Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries
UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries: Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 1.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries, 2003–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries stood at 1.2%. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is down 48.1% on the previous year and down 56.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries peaked at 3.0% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2024.
That places UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 207th out of 214 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2.9% | — |
| 2004 | 3.0% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 2.8% | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 2.8% | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 2.8% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 2.7% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 2.5% | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 2.7% | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | -26.2% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | -17.0% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | +10.7% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | +63.5% |
| 2021 | 2.8% | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 2.7% | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 2.3% | -15.2% |
| 2024 | 1.2% | -48.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +63.5% | 1.6% | 2.6% |
| 2024 | -48.1% | 2.3% | 1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.9% | 2.7% | 3.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 1.6% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.3% | 1.2% | 2.8% | 5 |
More education data for UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 30.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8404 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.60 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 990,955 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.8196 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1442 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.19 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 15.72 million (2024)
All data for UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries was 1.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 3.0% in 2004.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2024.
- How does UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries ranks 207th out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 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