Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Pacific Island Small States
WB: Pacific Island Small States: Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 28.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Pacific Island Small States, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Pacific Island Small States stood at 28.2%. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Pacific Island Small States peaked at 28.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.5%, in 1999.
That places WB: Pacific Island Small States 40th out of 215 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Pacific Island Small States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 14.6% | — |
| 1998 | 14.8% | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 14.5% | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 14.7% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 15.0% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 15.2% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 14.7% | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 14.9% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 15.0% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 15.5% | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 21.2% | +36.9% |
| 2008 | 22.6% | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 23.4% | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 24.5% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 25.0% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 25.5% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 26.3% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 25.9% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 25.9% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 24.3% | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 23.7% | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 23.1% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 22.4% | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 24.1% | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 27.2% | +12.5% |
| 2022 | 27.4% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 27.8% | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 28.2% | +1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Pacific Island Small States 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +36.9% | 15.5% | 21.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.6% | 14.5% | 14.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 17.2% | 14.7% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.7% | 22.4% | 26.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.0% | 24.1% | 28.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Pacific Island Small States
More education data for WB: Pacific Island Small States
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 160,694 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12,820 (2016)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 4,138 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 49,199 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 46,660 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 357,181 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2028 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 171,363 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2596 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.51 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Pacific Island Small States?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Pacific Island Small States was 28.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in WB: Pacific Island Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 28.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in WB: Pacific Island Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5% in 1999.
- How does WB: Pacific Island Small States rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- WB: Pacific Island Small States ranks 40th out of 215 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in WB: Pacific Island Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Pacific Island Small States 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