Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes was 96.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 96.6%. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 96.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 69.1%, in 1971.
That places GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 166th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 69.4% | — |
| 1971 | 69.1% | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 71.0% | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 72.8% | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 73.7% | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 75.0% | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 75.9% | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 77.9% | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 79.9% | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 82.1% | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 83.7% | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 84.1% | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 87.2% | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 87.7% | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 87.2% | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 85.5% | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 82.8% | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 83.1% | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 84.2% | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 82.9% | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 83.2% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 84.3% | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 84.8% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 86.0% | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 87.1% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 85.9% | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 86.0% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 87.4% | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 88.1% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 88.6% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 89.9% | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 90.0% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 91.1% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 92.3% | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 93.6% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 94.4% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 94.1% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 93.8% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 92.5% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 93.0% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 93.8% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 95.3% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 96.1% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 95.8% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 95.2% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 94.0% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 94.2% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 93.8% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 94.2% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 94.7% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 94.9% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 94.7% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 94.7% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 96.0% | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 96.6% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 74.7% | 69.1% | 82.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 84.9% | 82.8% | 87.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 86.1% | 83.2% | 88.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 92.5% | 89.9% | 94.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.7% | 93.8% | 96.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.4% | 94.7% | 96.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 64.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 67.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 132.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.324 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 96.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes recorded in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 96.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes recorded in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.1% in 1971.
- How does GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes?
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 166th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes rising or falling in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release