Inbound mobility rate, male (UIS estimate) (%) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Inbound mobility rate, male (UIS estimate) (%) was 2.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Inbound mobility rate, male (UIS estimate) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 2.5% for inbound mobility rate, male (uis estimate) in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.9% on the previous year and down 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inbound mobility rate, male (uis estimate) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 5.4% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2022.
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 78th of 201 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Inbound mobility rate, male (UIS estimate) (%) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2.4% | — |
| 1998 | 2.3% | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 4.4% | +90.2% |
| 2000 | 5.3% | +19.8% |
| 2001 | 4.4% | -16.8% |
| 2002 | 4.8% | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 4.5% | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 5.1% | +13.1% |
| 2005 | 4.7% | -8.5% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 4.9% | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 5.2% | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 4.8% | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 5.2% | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 5.4% | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 3.6% | -33.7% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 3.5% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 2.5% | -11.3% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 2.1% | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 2.5% | +18.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Inbound mobility rate, male (UIS estimate) (%) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +90.2% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.1% | 2.3% | 4.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 4.9% | 4.4% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 2.8% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 545,537 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inbound mobility rate, male (uis estimate) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Inbound mobility rate, male (uis estimate) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 2.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest inbound mobility rate, male (uis estimate) recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.4% in 2011.
- What is the lowest inbound mobility rate, male (uis estimate) recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2022.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for inbound mobility rate, male (uis estimate)?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 78th out of 201 groups with data for 2023.
- Is inbound mobility rate, male (uis estimate) rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Inbound mobility rate, male (UIS estimate) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release