Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes was 13.0% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes 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 13.0% for net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 43.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 13.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 1998.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 205th out of 209 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 6.1% | — |
| 1999 | 6.2% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 6.3% | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 6.3% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 6.4% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 7.3% | +13.9% |
| 2004 | 7.3% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 7.3% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 7.8% | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 7.4% | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 8.3% | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 9.9% | +19.4% |
| 2010 | 9.1% | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 10.2% | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 10.5% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 10.4% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 10.8% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 11.4% | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 11.7% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 12.0% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 12.9% | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 13.0% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.2% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.4% | 6.3% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.1% | 9.1% | 12.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.0% | 13.0% | 13.0% | 1 |
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 net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 13.0% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 13.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 1998.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 205th out of 209 groups with data for 2020.
- Is net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.4%. 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 Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release