Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes was 80.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025) stood at 80.5%.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 83.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 54.9%, in 1999.
That places WB: Low Income (july 2025) 205th out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 56.0% | — |
| 1998 | 55.6% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 54.9% | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 56.5% | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 58.7% | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 62.2% | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 65.0% | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 67.3% | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 69.6% | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 72.1% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 74.1% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 77.5% | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 78.4% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 78.8% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 79.3% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 80.2% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 79.1% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 80.2% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 79.2% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 80.2% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 81.0% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 81.8% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 82.6% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 83.1% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 82.6% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 80.8% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 80.5% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 55.5% | 54.9% | 56.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 68.1% | 56.5% | 78.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.2% | 78.8% | 82.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.7% | 80.5% | 83.1% | 4 |
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.68 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8586 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 80.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 83.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.9% in 1999.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 205th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low Income (july 2025) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release