Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 13.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 13.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 24.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 13.1%, in 2019.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 89th 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 Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 24.0% | — |
| 1999 | 23.8% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 23.8% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 23.1% | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 22.3% | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 19.0% | -14.8% |
| 2004 | 18.3% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 18.5% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 16.3% | -12.0% |
| 2007 | 15.8% | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 15.6% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 15.8% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 15.7% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 15.1% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 15.4% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 19.3% | +24.8% |
| 2014 | 18.2% | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 17.2% | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 16.1% | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 16.5% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 16.9% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 13.1% | -22.8% |
| 2020 | 13.1% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.9% | 23.8% | 24.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 18.9% | 15.6% | 23.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.3% | 13.1% | 19.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.1% | 13.1% | 13.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- 86 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.5% compare
- 87 Chile 6.5% compare
- 88 Turks and Caicos Islands 6.3% compare
- 89 Macau, China 5.7% compare
- 90 Hong Kong, China 5.4% compare
- 91 Czechia 5.1% compare
- 92 Peru 4.9% compare
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)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 13.1% 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 Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 24.0% in 1998.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.1% in 2019.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 89th out of 215 groups with data for 2020.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.3%. 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 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