Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas)
UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas): Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes was 48.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) is 48.0%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) peaked at 48.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 1971.
That places UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 178th 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, secondary, both sexes in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8.2% | — |
| 1971 | 6.4% | -21.1% |
| 1972 | 9.0% | +40.5% |
| 1973 | 9.6% | +6.6% |
| 1974 | 10.0% | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 11.7% | +16.3% |
| 1976 | 11.3% | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 12.6% | +11.9% |
| 1978 | 14.1% | +11.5% |
| 1979 | 15.6% | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 16.4% | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 17.7% | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 17.4% | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 17.6% | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 18.0% | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 18.1% | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 18.5% | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 18.8% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 19.1% | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 19.1% | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 18.8% | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 19.0% | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 18.9% | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 19.3% | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 20.1% | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 20.7% | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 20.9% | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 21.0% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 21.4% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 21.6% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 22.5% | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 23.9% | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 23.8% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 24.7% | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 25.0% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 25.7% | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 25.9% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 28.3% | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 30.6% | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 32.7% | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 34.3% | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 36.3% | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 37.8% | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 38.5% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 41.9% | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 43.3% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 45.3% | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 45.8% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 46.2% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 46.7% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 47.5% | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 48.1% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 48.1% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 48.0% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 48.0% | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +40.5% | 6.4% | 9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.9% | 6.4% | 15.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.1% | 16.4% | 19.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.2% | 18.8% | 21.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.3% | 22.5% | 32.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.6% | 34.3% | 46.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.9% | 47.5% | 48.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas)
More education data for UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.18 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.04 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9308 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.14 million (2024)
All data for UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) was 48.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas)?
- The highest recorded value was 48.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 1971.
- How does UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) rank for gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes?
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) ranks 178th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes rising or falling in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 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