Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 10.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020
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 ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 10.5%, measured in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.4% on the previous year and down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 20.1% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 2019.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 94th of 214 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 20.1% | — |
| 1999 | 19.0% | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 19.5% | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 17.3% | -11.2% |
| 2002 | 16.3% | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 17.2% | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 16.6% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 17.1% | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 16.5% | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 16.5% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 16.5% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 15.8% | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 14.7% | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 14.0% | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 14.0% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 15.8% | +12.7% |
| 2014 | 14.1% | -10.7% |
| 2015 | 13.3% | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 13.3% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 13.3% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 12.9% | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | -24.3% |
| 2020 | 10.5% | +7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.5% | 19.0% | 20.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 16.9% | 15.8% | 19.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.5% | 9.7% | 15.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.5% | 10.5% | 10.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 10.5% 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 Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 20.1% in 1998.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 2019.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 94th 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 Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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