Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 13.7% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 13.7% 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 22.3% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 13.7%, in 2020.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 87th 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 Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 21.0% | — |
| 1999 | 20.9% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 19.9% | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 19.2% | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 17.8% | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 18.3% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 17.8% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 18.2% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 17.2% | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 17.3% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 17.5% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 16.5% | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 15.4% | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 14.9% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 19.3% | +29.8% |
| 2013 | 22.3% | +15.5% |
| 2014 | 20.7% | -7.3% |
| 2015 | 19.1% | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 17.7% | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 17.1% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 16.2% | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 13.9% | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 13.7% | -1.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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 | +29.8% | 14.9% | 19.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.9% | 20.9% | 21.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 18.0% | 16.5% | 19.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.7% | 13.9% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.7% | 13.7% | 13.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- 84 Puerto Rico 3.0% compare
- 85 Dominica 3.0% compare
- 86 Portugal 2.9%
- 87 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.8% compare
- 88 British Virgin Islands 2.3% compare
- 89 Türkiye 2.3% compare
- 90 Luxembourg 2.2% compare
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 13.7% 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 Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 22.3% in 2013.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.7% in 2020.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 87th 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 Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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