Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general was 46.7% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 46.7% for gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 53.8% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 46.7%, in 2020.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 180th out of 219 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 48.9% | — |
| 1999 | 48.8% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 49.5% | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 50.5% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 50.7% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 51.5% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 52.6% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 53.2% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 52.7% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 52.4% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 52.9% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 52.8% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 53.0% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 53.2% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 53.8% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 49.7% | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 49.1% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 48.8% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 48.0% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 47.8% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 47.5% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 46.9% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 46.7% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48.9% | 48.8% | 48.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 51.9% | 49.5% | 53.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.8% | 46.9% | 53.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.7% | 46.7% | 46.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 46.7% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 53.8% in 2012.
- What is the lowest gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.7% in 2020.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 180th out of 219 groups with data for 2020.
- Is gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release