Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505): Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 19.2% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) is 19.2%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) peaked at 34.8% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 19.2%, in 2020.
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) ranks 72nd of 215 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 34.7% | — |
| 1999 | 34.8% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 34.2% | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 33.5% | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 32.7% | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 31.8% | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 31.0% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 30.4% | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 29.1% | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 28.1% | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 27.5% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 26.7% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 25.1% | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 24.3% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 24.6% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 27.8% | +13.3% |
| 2014 | 27.0% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 25.2% | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 23.9% | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 24.5% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 25.1% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 19.2% | -23.7% |
| 2020 | 19.2% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34.8% | 34.7% | 34.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 30.5% | 26.7% | 34.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.7% | 19.2% | 27.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.2% | 19.2% | 19.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
- 69 Costa Rica 9.4% compare
- 70 Myanmar 9.4% compare
- 71 Mali 9.1% compare
- 72 Brazil 9.0% compare
- 73 Trinidad and Tobago 8.9% compare
- 74 Sierra Leone 8.8% compare
- 75 Palau 8.7% compare
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 651,300 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 431,218 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 235,625 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.53 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 12.78 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.29 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.82 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.03 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) was 19.2% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The highest recorded value was 34.8% in 1999.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.2% in 2020.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) ranks 72nd out of 215 groups with data for 2020.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release