Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 17.4% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) recorded 17.4% for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) peaked at 30.2% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 17.4%, in 2020.
That places ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 74th out of 214 groups with data for 2020, putting it 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 ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 30.2% | — |
| 1999 | 30.2% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 28.6% | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 26.9% | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 25.1% | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 23.2% | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 23.3% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 23.4% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 23.0% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 22.9% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 23.0% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 21.8% | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 20.4% | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 19.7% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 25.2% | +27.6% |
| 2013 | 26.5% | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 24.9% | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 23.3% | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 21.9% | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 21.6% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 20.7% | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 18.3% | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 17.4% | -4.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 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 | +27.6% | 19.7% | 25.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.2% | 30.2% | 30.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 24.1% | 21.8% | 28.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.3% | 18.3% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.4% | 17.4% | 17.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
- 71 Paraguay 4.7% compare
- 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
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 651,300 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 431,218 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 235,625 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.53 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 12.78 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.29 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.82 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.03 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) was 17.4% 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 ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The highest recorded value was 30.2% in 1999.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.4% in 2020.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) ranks 74th 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 ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 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