Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 31.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Small Island Developing States stood at 31.3%.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 35.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 20.2%, in 1998.
That places SDG: Small Island Developing States 7th out of 214 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Small Island Developing States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 20.2% | — |
| 1999 | 24.6% | +21.7% |
| 2000 | 25.2% | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 26.6% | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 24.4% | -8.0% |
| 2003 | 24.7% | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 23.9% | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 22.7% | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 22.9% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 26.4% | +15.0% |
| 2008 | 27.3% | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 27.6% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 26.8% | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 28.0% | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 24.6% | -12.1% |
| 2013 | 32.2% | +30.9% |
| 2014 | 30.3% | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 35.6% | +17.8% |
| 2016 | 34.9% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 34.4% | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 33.7% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 34.5% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 34.4% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 34.1% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 33.9% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 31.3% | -7.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Small Island Developing States 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +30.9% | 24.6% | 32.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.4% | 20.2% | 24.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 25.2% | 22.7% | 27.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.5% | 24.6% | 35.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.4% | 31.3% | 34.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
- 4 Cape Verde 52.4% compare
- 5 Burundi 50.4% compare
- 6 Solomon Islands 49.0% compare
- 7 Papua New Guinea 39.2% compare
- 8 Central African Republic 36.5% compare
- 9 Equatorial Guinea 36.0% compare
- 10 Malawi 34.2% compare
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1765 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0678 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.021 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.756 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 31.3% 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 SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 35.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.2% in 1998.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 7th 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 SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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