Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income): Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal was 1.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), 2000–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) is 1.7%, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 15.6% on the previous year and up 101.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) peaked at 1.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2016.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8% | — |
| 2001 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -19.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | +16.0% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | +56.6% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | +18.7% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | +15.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +56.6% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
More education data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8629 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 906,553 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1924 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.8854 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 12.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) was 1.7% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2016.
- How does WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) rank for participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal?
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ranks 9th out of 16 groups with data for 2022.
- Is participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal rising or falling in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 101.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 55-64 years old, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release