Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 26.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Low Income (july 2025) recorded 26.4% for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 32.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 26.4%, in 2023.
WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 44th of 215 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 32.3% | — |
| 2001 | 30.6% | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 31.0% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 30.3% | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 30.3% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 30.3% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 31.8% | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 31.8% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 32.0% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 31.9% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 31.2% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 31.2% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 30.3% | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 30.9% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 30.3% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 30.2% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 29.8% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 28.7% | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 27.9% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 27.1% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 27.2% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 26.7% | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 26.5% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 26.4% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.2% | 30.3% | 32.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.8% | 27.1% | 31.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.7% | 26.4% | 27.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.68 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8586 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 26.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 32.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.4% in 2023.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 44th out of 215 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Low Income (july 2025) 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