Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 29.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) recorded 29.4% for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 45.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 29.4%, in 2024.
That places WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 38th out of 215 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 43.0% | — |
| 2000 | 45.2% | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 43.2% | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 43.0% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 43.0% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 42.9% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 43.3% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 44.8% | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 44.5% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 43.6% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 42.6% | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 40.8% | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 40.0% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 37.7% | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 36.4% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 35.3% | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 34.9% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 34.1% | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 33.4% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 32.6% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 31.8% | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 31.4% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 30.7% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 30.4% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 29.8% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 29.4% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 43.0% | 43.0% | 43.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 43.6% | 42.6% | 45.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.7% | 31.8% | 40.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.3% | 29.4% | 31.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 25.42 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.88 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.13 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.57 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.23 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.73 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 29.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 45.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.4% in 2024.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 38th out of 215 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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