Enrolment in lower secondary education, male in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): Enrolment in lower secondary education, male was 1.36 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Enrolment in lower secondary education, male in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) recorded 1.36 million for enrolment in lower secondary education, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, enrolment in lower secondary education, male in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 1.36 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 436,361, in 1997.
That places ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 198th 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, male in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 436,361 | — |
| 1998 | 451,743 | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 470,692 | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 516,747 | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 611,429 | +18.3% |
| 2002 | 577,494 | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 632,650 | +9.6% |
| 2004 | 614,880 | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 645,936 | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 637,358 | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 778,273 | +22.1% |
| 2008 | 843,399 | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 928,153 | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 1.00 million | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 1.08 million | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 1.13 million | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 1.18 million | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 1.27 million | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 1.30 million | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 1.36 million | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 1.32 million | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 1.30 million | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.27 million | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 1.26 million | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 1.25 million | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 1.32 million | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 1.34 million | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 1.36 million | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 452,932 | 436,361 | 470,692 | 3 |
| 2000s | 678,632 | 516,747 | 928,153 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.22 million | 1.00 million | 1.36 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.31 million | 1.25 million | 1.36 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, male in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Enrolment in lower secondary education, male in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 1.36 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest enrolment in lower secondary education, male recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.36 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest enrolment in lower secondary education, male recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 436,361 in 1997.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for enrolment in lower secondary education, male?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 198th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is enrolment in lower secondary education, male rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. 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, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release