Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes was 35.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1984–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 35.4% for gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 44.6% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 33.0%, in 1997.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 221st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 34.7% | — |
| 1985 | 35.0% | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 35.3% | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 35.5% | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 35.2% | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 35.1% | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 34.7% | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 34.3% | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 34.0% | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 33.9% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 33.5% | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 33.3% | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 33.1% | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 33.0% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 33.2% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 33.1% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 33.8% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 34.6% | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 35.0% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 40.7% | +16.2% |
| 2004 | 42.7% | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 43.1% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 42.5% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 42.2% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 42.5% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 43.7% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 44.0% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 43.3% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 44.6% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 38.7% | -13.4% |
| 2014 | 38.0% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 37.9% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 37.2% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 37.6% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 36.9% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 37.1% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 37.2% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 37.2% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 35.5% | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 35.4% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 35.1% | 34.7% | 35.5% | 6 |
| 1990s | 33.6% | 33.0% | 34.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 40.1% | 33.8% | 43.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.5% | 36.9% | 44.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.3% | 35.4% | 37.2% | 4 |
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, secondary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 35.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 44.6% in 2012.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.0% in 1997.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 221st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, secondary, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release