Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 17.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 2003–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 is 17.7%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 38.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 17.7%, in 2024.
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 107th of 214 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 20.8% | — |
| 2004 | 20.6% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 21.5% | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 22.9% | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 26.5% | +15.8% |
| 2009 | 23.0% | -13.0% |
| 2010 | 22.1% | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 24.8% | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 25.7% | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 22.1% | -14.1% |
| 2014 | 22.3% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 20.9% | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 20.5% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 19.5% | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 20.5% | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 21.8% | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 29.4% | +34.8% |
| 2021 | 33.4% | +13.7% |
| 2022 | 38.3% | +14.5% |
| 2023 | 18.2% | -52.4% |
| 2024 | 17.7% | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.5% | 20.6% | 26.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 22.0% | 19.5% | 25.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.4% | 17.7% | 38.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 17.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 38.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.7% in 2024.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 107th out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release