Education in SDG: Western Asia 481 indicators covering education for SDG: Western Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 50.8% 124th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 205,262 2023 up 43.5% 111th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 93,649 2023 up 54.5% 109th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male 111,613 2023 up 35.4% 110th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 111.7% 25th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.7% 2023 up 231.3% 23rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.9% 2023 up 16.0% 42nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 2.3% 2023 up 49.8% 40th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 15,680 2023 up 173.3% 62nd Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes 3.94 million 2023 up 87.1% 57th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female 1.94 million 2023 up 113.2% 59th Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes 335,750 2024 up 69.5% 142nd Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male 2.00 million 2023 up 67.2% 55th Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 121,378 2024 up 60.0% 148th Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 214,372 2024 up 75.4% 129th Out-of-school children of primary school age, female 2.23 million 2025 up 10.3% 20th Out-of-school children of primary school age, male 1.98 million 2025 up 14.4% 22nd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 15.0% 2025 down 0.7% 11th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 12.7% 2025 up 3.3% 16th Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes 758,543 2023 up 141.3% 51st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 156.9% 16th Inbound mobility rate, both sexes (UIS estimate) 5.2% 2023 up 64.2% 46th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 983 2023 up 99.0% 137th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 1,023 2023 up 94.1% 138th School age population, early childhood educational development 4.55 million 2024 up 7.4% 83rd School age population, early childhood educational development 4.79 million 2024 up 6.8% 83rd School age population, early childhood educational development 9.34 million 2024 up 7.1% 83rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 87.3% 129th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 82.8% 133rd Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes 28.3% 2023 up 43.4% 141st Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, both sexes (UIS estimate) 0.1% 2023 up 53.2% 41st Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female 28.3% 2023 up 43.1% 139th Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, male 28.3% 2023 up 43.7% 139th Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.4% 117th Outbound mobility ratio to the Pacific, both sexes (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 down 64.4% 150th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa, both sexes 89,764 2023 up 150.2% 70th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe, both sexes 32,060 2023 up 40.9% 48th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia, both sexes 319,677 2023 up 102.8% 61st Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania, both sexes 615 2023 down 10.6% 93rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 23,874 2019 up 45.8% 113th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 14,501 2019 up 79.9% 108th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 12.9% 2025 down 26.7% 23rd Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes 2.56 million 2025 down 10.6% 24th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 378 2023 up 29.5% 153rd Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes 4.13 million 2025 down 10.6% 25th Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes (UIS estimate) 3.9% 2023 up 8.4% 110th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes 23.9% 2025 down 23.6% 27th Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, both 1.5% 2023 down 16.1% 112th Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary 53.1% 2023 up 26.7% 155th Outbound mobility ratio to Central and Eastern Europe, both sexes 1.3% 2023 up 139.7% 35th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 21.4% 143rd Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary 53.2% 2023 up 27.4% 147th Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary 0.9947 GPIA 2023 down 1.1% 127th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female 24.9% 2025 down 24.5% 25th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male 23.0% 2025 down 22.3% 28th Total inbound internationally mobile students, female 325,426 2023 up 141.1% 46th Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, female 2.10 million 2025 down 11.4% 25th Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary 52.9% 2023 up 26.0% 156th Out-of-school youth of upper secondary school age, male 2.02 million 2025 down 9.9% 25th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2019 up 43.1% 91st ← Previous Page 5 of 9 Next →