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 11.9% 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
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries recorded 11.9% for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and down 33.9% 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 25.7% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 11.9%, in 2020.
That places ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 88th 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 22 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 | 25.7% | — |
| 2000 | 25.0% | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 24.5% | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 22.9% | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 21.0% | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 20.8% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 20.9% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 20.2% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 20.0% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 20.6% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 18.7% | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 18.0% | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 16.4% | -8.7% |
| 2012 | 17.2% | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 17.9% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 17.1% | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 16.5% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 17.8% | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 16.9% | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 16.7% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 12.9% | -22.8% |
| 2020 | 11.9% | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.7% | 25.7% | 25.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 21.5% | 18.7% | 25.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.7% | 12.9% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.9% | 11.9% | 11.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- 85 Fiji 2.5% compare
- 86 Portugal 2.5%
- 87 Puerto Rico 2.4% compare
- 88 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.4% compare
- 89 Türkiye 2.2% compare
- 90 Luxembourg 1.9% compare
- 91 Belarus 1.9% 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 11.9% 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 25.7% in 1998.
- 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 11.9% 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 88th 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 33.9%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release