Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 69.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 69.4%. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 69.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50.4%, in 1997.
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 138th of 212 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 50.4% | — |
| 1998 | 51.3% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 51.2% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 52.5% | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 52.3% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 53.1% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 55.1% | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 56.1% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 57.1% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 57.7% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 58.8% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 59.6% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 59.8% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 61.2% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 62.4% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 63.8% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 64.4% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 65.2% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 65.5% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 66.8% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 66.3% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 64.7% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 64.9% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 66.1% | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 66.7% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 68.1% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 68.5% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 69.4% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51.0% | 50.4% | 51.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 56.2% | 52.3% | 59.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.5% | 61.2% | 66.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.7% | 66.1% | 69.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 129.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2969 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 69.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 69.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.4% in 1997.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 138th out of 212 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release