Which has higher share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in, Democratic Republic of Congo or Egypt?

Democratic Republic of Congo, at 98.0% against 97.9% in Egypt as of 2023.

What is the difference in share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in between Democratic Republic of Congo and Egypt?

0.1%, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Egypt?

6 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Egypt: Share of all students in lower secondary … lower both sexes general

Democratic Republic of Congo

98.0%

in 2023

Egypt

97.9%

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

159th

Egypt rank

160th

Share of all students in lower secondary … lower both sexes general over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Egypt

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 98.0% against 97.9% in Egypt, a difference of 0.1%.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 159th and Egypt ranks 160th of 198 countries.

Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Democratic Republic of Congo	Egypt	Difference	Ahead
2000s	97.3%	98.6%	1.4%	Egypt
2010s	96.5%	97.1%	0.6%	Egypt
2020s	97.5%	98.1%	0.7%	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in, Democratic Republic of Congo or Egypt?: Democratic Republic of Congo, at 98.0% against 97.9% in Egypt as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in between Democratic Republic of Congo and Egypt?: 0.1%, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Egypt?: 6 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2023.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Egypt rank globally for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?: Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 159th and Egypt ranks 160th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage: 419 places, 10,257 data points, 1996–2025
Last refreshed: 27 September 2026

February 2026 Data Release