Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male was 49.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 49.1%.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 65.9% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 48.9%, in 2019.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 212th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 55.0% | — |
| 1999 | 55.2% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 55.5% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 56.2% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 54.4% | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 61.8% | +13.5% |
| 2004 | 63.9% | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 64.0% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 62.8% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 62.1% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 62.9% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 65.2% | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 65.9% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 64.6% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 64.6% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 53.0% | -18.0% |
| 2014 | 51.1% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 50.6% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 49.8% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 50.3% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 49.2% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 48.9% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 49.1% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 55.1% | 55.0% | 55.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 60.9% | 54.4% | 65.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.8% | 48.9% | 65.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.1% | 49.1% | 49.1% | 1 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- 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)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 49.1% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 65.9% in 2010.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.9% in 2019.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 212th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release