Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Western Balkans
UNICEF: Western Balkans: Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 2.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Western Balkans, 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Western Balkans is 2.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 75.4% on the previous year and up 58.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Western Balkans peaked at 2.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2022.
UNICEF: Western Balkans ranks 201st of 214 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Western Balkans, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2.2% | — |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | -18.3% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.8% | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 1.7% | -8.4% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | -18.3% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | -14.3% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 1.7% | +38.5% |
| 2024 | 2.9% | +75.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Western Balkans 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +75.4% | 1.7% | 2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.2% | 2.9% | 5 |
More education data for UNICEF: Western Balkans
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.7112 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45,751 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -2.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 544,823 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 571,333 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 316,196 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 214,619 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Western Balkans?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in UNICEF: Western Balkans was 2.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in UNICEF: Western Balkans?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in UNICEF: Western Balkans?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2022.
- How does UNICEF: Western Balkans rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- UNICEF: Western Balkans ranks 201st out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in UNICEF: Western Balkans?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNICEF: Western Balkans 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