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 16.4% 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 16.4%.
That represents a change of down 29.5% on the previous year and down 5.4% 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 38.1% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 15.2%, in 2012.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 109th of 214 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 | 38.1% | — |
| 1999 | 27.3% | -28.4% |
| 2000 | 27.1% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 26.3% | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 25.1% | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 21.5% | -14.3% |
| 2004 | 20.8% | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 20.6% | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 18.0% | -12.9% |
| 2007 | 17.5% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 17.0% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 17.5% | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 17.4% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 16.5% | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 15.2% | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 20.9% | +36.9% |
| 2014 | 30.7% | +46.9% |
| 2015 | 30.5% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 23.8% | -21.9% |
| 2017 | 31.9% | +34.0% |
| 2018 | 30.5% | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 23.3% | -23.7% |
| 2020 | 16.4% | -29.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.7% | 27.3% | 38.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.1% | 17.0% | 27.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.1% | 15.2% | 31.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.4% | 16.4% | 16.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
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 16.4% 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 38.1% 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 15.2% in 2012.
- 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 109th out of 214 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 5.4%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release