Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income): Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 0.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), 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 WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) is 0.9%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 49.0% on the previous year and down 62.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) peaked at 2.7% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2024.
That places WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 208th 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 WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2.7% | — |
| 2004 | 2.7% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 2.6% | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 2.7% | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 2.6% | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 2.5% | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 2.5% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 2.2% | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | +18.3% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 1.8% | -26.6% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 1.4% | -18.2% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | +14.0% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | +76.2% |
| 2021 | 2.6% | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 2.5% | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 1.8% | -27.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | -49.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 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 | +76.2% | 1.4% | 2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 1.4% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 0.9% | 2.6% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8629 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 906,553 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1924 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.8854 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 12.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) was 0.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7% in 2004.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2024.
- How does WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ranks 208th out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 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