Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 24.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) recorded 24.0% for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.2% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 33.4% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 24.0%, in 2024.
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 46th of 214 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 30.5% | — |
| 2001 | 31.3% | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 28.3% | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 31.8% | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 28.4% | -10.7% |
| 2010 | 33.4% | +17.6% |
| 2011 | 27.9% | -16.5% |
| 2012 | 27.2% | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 27.1% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 26.4% | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 27.1% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 26.3% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 26.4% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 26.4% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 26.4% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 24.7% | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 25.0% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 24.8% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 25.3% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 24.0% | -5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.1% | 28.3% | 31.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 27.4% | 26.3% | 33.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.8% | 24.0% | 25.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 31.31 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 15.44 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 24.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 33.4% in 2010.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.0% in 2024.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 46th out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release