Education in UNICEF: Gulf Area

490 indicators covering education for UNICEF: Gulf Area.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
School age population, secondary education, female 2.13 million 2023 up 26.7% 203rd
School age population, secondary education, male 2.21 million 2023 up 14.3% 203rd
School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 2.00 million 2023 up 12.0% 203rd
School age population, upper secondary education, male 1.02 million 2023 up 4.8% 203rd
School age population, upper secondary education, female 977,542 2023 up 20.5% 203rd
Enrolment in primary education, male 2.28 million 2024 up 19.8% 207th
Enrolment in primary education, female 2.22 million 2024 up 18.7% 203rd
Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 4.94 million 2024 up 39.0% 196th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 98.3% 2024 down 0.7% 9th
Teachers in primary education, both sexes 344,316 2024 down 18.7% 194th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 796,027 2024 up 47.3% 207th
Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.52 million 2024 up 35.0% 196th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 1.7% 2024 up 59.3% 213th
Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.41 million 2024 up 43.3% 196th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.3% 2024 down 0.9% 12th
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 2.60 million 2024 up 32.9% 185th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 99.3% 2024 down 0.4% 9th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.7% 2024 up 161.6% 213th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 2.7% 2024 up 48.6% 210th
School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.6 years 2023 down 2.2% 147th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 99.2% 2023 down 2.0% 117th
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 65.8% 2024 up 14.6% 127th
Teachers in primary education, female 226,544 2024 down 6.9% 196th
Teachers in primary education, male 117,772 2024 down 34.7% 187th
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 1.34 million 2024 up 36.1% 186th
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 1.27 million 2024 up 29.6% 183rd
Enrolment in primary education, both sexes 4.50 million 2024 up 19.3% 207th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female 99.3% 2023 down 5.2% 105th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index 1 GPIA 2023 down 5.9% 17th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male 99.2% 2023 up 1.2% 122nd
School life expectancy, primary, female 5.6 years 2023 down 5.8% 138th
School life expectancy, primary, male 5.6 years 2023 up 0.9% 148th
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9991 GPIA 2023 down 6.2% 39th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 400,031 2024 up 48.0% 207th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, male 395,996 2024 up 46.7% 207th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 29,955 2024 down 21.4% 200th
Teachers in secondary education, both sexes 419,380 2024 up 1.6% 192nd
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes 113.5% 2023 up 19.7% 2nd
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes 7.1 years 2023 up 28.7% 22nd
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 12.69 years 2023 up 12.8% 8th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 106.3% 2023 up 8.5% 3rd
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 8,091 2024 down 50.5% 205th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 21,864 2024 up 0.3% 197th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 96,808 2024 down 6.2% 188th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 68.0% 2023 up 54.7% 42nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 106.4% 2023 up 5.9% 3rd
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 113.5% 2023 up 18.2% 2nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 106.3% 2023 up 10.9% 3rd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2023 down 4.3% 62nd
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 113.4% 2023 up 21.0% 2nd
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1 GPIA 2023 down 2.2% 85th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 12.9 years 2023 up 10.8% 7th
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 3.27 years 2023 up 53.0% 41st
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.03 GPIA 2023 down 3.5% 15th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 12.57 years 2023 up 15.2% 13th
School life expectancy, secondary, female 7.31 years 2023 up 28.7% 17th
School life expectancy, secondary, male 6.98 years 2023 up 30.5% 23rd
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.05 GPIA 2023 down 1.2% 17th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 53,706 2024 up 12.1% 199th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 1.07 years 2023 up 54.5% 133rd