Education in SDG: Western Asia 519 indicators covering education for SDG: Western Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 7.72 years 2024 down 0.5% 161st School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9624 GPIA 2024 up 1.3% 178th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 77.7% 2024 up 7.4% 83rd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9364 GPI 2024 up 0.0% 163rd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 82.9% 2024 up 7.3% 72nd Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.3% 2024 up 99.5% 161st Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.2% 2024 up 147.7% 174th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.7% 2024 down 0.1% 61st Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 80.2% 2023 up 8.4% 84th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 99.8% 2024 down 0.1% 48th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 76.3% 2024 up 6.8% 147th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.2% 2024 up 113.9% 172nd Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 23.7% 2024 down 17.0% 75th Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes 4.20 million 2025 up 12.2% 22nd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 13.9% 2025 up 1.5% 12th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 72.7% 2024 up 4.2% 147th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 80.3% 2024 up 9.6% 129th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 27.3% 2024 down 9.7% 75th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 19.7% 2024 down 26.2% 93rd Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 1.13 million 2024 up 18.7% 132nd Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 178,573 2024 down 19.9% 136th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 6,902 2023 down 47.7% 143rd Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 940,045 2024 up 17.3% 134th Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 12.4% 2022 up 0.0% 30th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male 459,027 2024 down 2.3% 124th Teachers in lower secondary education, female 676,602 2024 up 28.5% 121st Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 60.0% 2024 up 8.2% 82nd Teachers in lower secondary education, male 450,180 2024 up 6.6% 143rd Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 54.0% 2024 up 2.8% 80th Teachers in upper secondary education, female 508,035 2024 up 20.5% 120th Teachers in upper secondary education, male 432,010 2024 up 13.6% 137th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9621 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% 157th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 78.6% 2023 up 8.6% 93rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 81.7% 2023 up 8.2% 83rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 15,018 2023 up 125.1% 63rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 216,354 2023 up 23.3% 113th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 182,769 2023 up 252.3% 61st Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 567,057 2023 up 59.3% 105th 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 ← Previous 1 3 4 5 6 7 … 9 Next → Page 5 of 9