Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 4.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa is 4.9%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa peaked at 11.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4.9%, in 2024.
That places UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 142nd out of 214 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 11.8% | — |
| 1999 | 11.9% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 11.9% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 11.6% | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 11.2% | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 11.0% | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 10.7% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 9.8% | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 9.6% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 9.2% | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 8.8% | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 8.3% | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 7.8% | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 7.9% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 7.4% | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 6.9% | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 6.9% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 6.3% | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 6.2% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 6.0% | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 5.6% | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 4.9% | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 5.0% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 4.9% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 4.9% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.8% | 11.8% | 11.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.4% | 8.8% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.9% | 5.6% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.0% | 4.9% | 5.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.5257 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa was 4.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 11.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.9% in 2024.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 142nd out of 214 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release