Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 28.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125), 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) stood at 28.0%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 47.0% on the previous year and up 146.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) peaked at 28.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11.4%, in 2013.
That places ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 11th out of 214 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 21.2% | — |
| 1999 | 19.9% | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 26.5% | +33.0% |
| 2001 | 24.9% | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 24.3% | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 18.4% | -24.1% |
| 2004 | 17.3% | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 19.6% | +13.4% |
| 2006 | 18.8% | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 15.8% | -15.6% |
| 2008 | 14.8% | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 16.0% | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 15.5% | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 14.5% | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 14.0% | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 11.4% | -18.8% |
| 2014 | 11.8% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 14.6% | +23.9% |
| 2016 | 14.8% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 12.5% | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 14.9% | +18.9% |
| 2019 | 14.9% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 14.9% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 14.8% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 19.0% | +28.8% |
| 2023 | 28.0% | +47.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +47.0% | 19.0% | 28.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.6% | 19.9% | 21.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 19.6% | 14.8% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.9% | 11.4% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.2% | 14.8% | 28.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
- 8 Central African Republic 36.5% compare
- 9 Equatorial Guinea 36.0% compare
- 10 Malawi 34.2% compare
- 11 Uganda 32.9% compare
- 12 Mauritania 31.4% compare
- 13 Mozambique 30.5% compare
- 14 Gambia 28.9% compare
More education data for ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 272,391 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.6735 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 139,514 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.1712 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 15,332 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.7694 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.29 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.41 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 161,978 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 132,877 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) was 28.0% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The highest recorded value was 28.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.4% in 2013.
- How does ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) ranks 11th out of 214 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 146.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 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