Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 12.6% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) recorded 12.6% 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.1% on the previous year and down 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) peaked at 26.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 12.6%, in 2020.
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) ranks 86th of 214 groups on this measure, 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 ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 26.8% | — |
| 2000 | 26.9% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 26.1% | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 24.4% | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 22.5% | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 22.4% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 22.7% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 21.3% | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 21.1% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 22.2% | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 20.2% | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 20.0% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 17.9% | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 19.2% | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 19.7% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 18.4% | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 17.7% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 19.3% | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 18.3% | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 18.1% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 14.5% | -19.8% |
| 2020 | 12.6% | -13.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.8% | 26.8% | 26.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 23.0% | 20.2% | 26.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.3% | 14.5% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.6% | 12.6% | 12.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 651,300 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 431,218 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 235,625 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.53 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 12.78 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.29 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.82 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.03 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) was 12.6% 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 Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The highest recorded value was 26.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.6% in 2020.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) ranks 86th 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 Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 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