Enrolment in secondary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Enrolment in secondary education, female was 3.22 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
3.22 million
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
190th
of 221 groups
All-time high
3.22 million
in 2024
All-time low
910,461
in 1984
Years of data
39
1984–2024
Enrolment in secondary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1984–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, enrolment in secondary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 3.22 million. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, enrolment in secondary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 3.22 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 910,461, in 1984.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 190th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Enrolment in secondary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 910,461 | — |
| 1985 | 944,523 | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 975,984 | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 1.00 million | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 1.02 million | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 1.03 million | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 1.04 million | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 1.04 million | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 1.05 million | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 1.08 million | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 1.10 million | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 1.11 million | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 1.14 million | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 1.17 million | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 1.20 million | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 1.24 million | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 1.31 million | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 1.39 million | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 1.50 million | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 2.00 million | +33.2% |
| 2004 | 2.17 million | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 2.27 million | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 2.33 million | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 2.39 million | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 2.50 million | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 2.63 million | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 2.72 million | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 2.75 million | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 2.89 million | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 2.54 million | -12.3% |
| 2014 | 2.32 million | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 2.42 million | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 2.44 million | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 2.56 million | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 2.58 million | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 2.69 million | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 2.98 million | +11.0% |
| 2023 | 3.21 million | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 3.22 million | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 979,548 | 910,461 | 1.03 million | 6 |
| 1990s | 1.12 million | 1.04 million | 1.24 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.05 million | 1.31 million | 2.63 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.59 million | 2.32 million | 2.89 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.14 million | 2.98 million | 3.22 million | 3 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- 187 United States Virgin Islands 6,350 compare
- 188 Saint Lucia 5,271 compare
- 189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4,800 compare
- 190 Aruba 4,362 compare
- 191 Grenada 4,354 compare
- 192 Seychelles 4,112 compare
- 193 Antigua and Barbuda 3,535 compare
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.46 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.14 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 907,217 (2016)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is enrolment in secondary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Enrolment in secondary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 3.22 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest enrolment in secondary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.22 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest enrolment in secondary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 910,461 in 1984.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for enrolment in secondary education, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 190th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is enrolment in secondary education, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Enrolment in secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release