Enrolment in lower secondary education, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): Enrolment in lower secondary education, female was 1.19 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Enrolment in lower secondary education, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) recorded 1.19 million for enrolment in lower secondary education, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, enrolment in lower secondary education, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 1.19 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 318,542, in 1997.
That places ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 199th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Enrolment in lower secondary education, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 318,542 | — |
| 1998 | 322,127 | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 330,025 | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 373,892 | +13.3% |
| 2001 | 440,540 | +17.8% |
| 2002 | 422,020 | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 451,874 | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 439,253 | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 465,116 | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 462,108 | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 560,596 | +21.3% |
| 2008 | 619,280 | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 701,029 | +13.2% |
| 2010 | 769,199 | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 847,546 | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 902,857 | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 920,596 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 1.01 million | +9.8% |
| 2015 | 1.05 million | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 1.10 million | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 1.10 million | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.08 million | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 1.07 million | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 1.06 million | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1.05 million | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 1.15 million | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 1.16 million | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 1.19 million | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 323,565 | 318,542 | 330,025 | 3 |
| 2000s | 493,571 | 373,892 | 701,029 | 10 |
| 2010s | 985,870 | 769,199 | 1.10 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.12 million | 1.05 million | 1.19 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 116,760 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 352,678 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 252,251 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 112,564 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is enrolment in lower secondary education, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Enrolment in lower secondary education, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 1.19 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest enrolment in lower secondary education, female recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest enrolment in lower secondary education, female recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 318,542 in 1997.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for enrolment in lower secondary education, female?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 199th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is enrolment in lower secondary education, female rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Enrolment in lower secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release