Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes was 79.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes in Lower middle income, 1993–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 79.5% for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes in 2019.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes in Lower middle income peaked at 80.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 57.8%, in 1999.
Lower middle income ranks 32nd of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 58.2% | — |
| 1994 | 58.6% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 58.5% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 61.3% | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 60.7% | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 58.9% | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 57.8% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 58.9% | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 60.2% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 62.4% | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 63.8% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 65.4% | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 67.1% | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 67.4% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 69.7% | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 70.4% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 70.2% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 73.1% | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 74.8% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 75.9% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 77.5% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 79.4% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 79.5% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 80.1% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 79.7% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 79.9% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 79.5% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.2% | 57.8% | 61.3% | 7 |
| 2000s | 65.5% | 58.9% | 70.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.9% | 73.1% | 80.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More education data for Lower middle income
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1181 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 265.94 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 343.48 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes in Lower middle income?
- Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes in Lower middle income was 79.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 80.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.8% in 1999.
- How does Lower middle income rank for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes?
- Lower middle income ranks 32nd out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total enrollment in lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of official lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.