Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Western Europe
UNICEF: Western Europe: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 0.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Western Europe, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Western Europe stood at 0.9%.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Western Europe peaked at 1.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2014.
That places UNICEF: Western Europe 204th out of 214 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Western Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.8% | — |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | +19.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 5 |
More education data for UNICEF: Western Europe
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.70 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 223,264 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0004 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Western Europe?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in UNICEF: Western Europe was 0.9% 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: Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in UNICEF: Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2014.
- How does UNICEF: Western Europe rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- UNICEF: Western Europe ranks 204th 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: Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Western Europe 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