Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 16.8% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries stood at 16.8%. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 29.0% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 16.8%, in 2020.
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 75th 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 primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 29.0% | — |
| 1999 | 29.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 27.4% | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 25.7% | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 23.9% | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 22.1% | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 22.0% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 21.9% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 21.8% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 21.8% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 21.8% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 20.2% | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 18.6% | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 18.1% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 23.7% | +31.2% |
| 2013 | 25.3% | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 23.7% | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 22.2% | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 20.7% | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 20.2% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 19.3% | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 16.8% | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 16.8% | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +31.2% | 18.1% | 23.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.0% | 29.0% | 29.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 22.9% | 20.2% | 27.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.9% | 16.8% | 25.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.8% | 16.8% | 16.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- 72 Marshall Islands 4.7% compare
- 73 Czechia 4.5% compare
- 74 Suriname 4.2% compare
- 75 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.2% compare
- 76 United States of America 4.0% compare
- 77 Brazil 3.8% compare
- 78 Bangladesh 3.7% compare
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 633,128 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 378,880 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 226,596 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 13.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 16.8% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 29.0% in 1999.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.8% in 2020.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 75th out of 214 groups with data for 2020.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release