Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 22.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1999–2022
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 WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) is 22.0%, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 35.9% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 22.0%, in 2022.
That places WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 47th out of 214 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 35.9% | — |
| 2000 | 35.6% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 35.7% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 34.0% | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 34.9% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 34.2% | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 33.1% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 31.9% | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 31.4% | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 29.9% | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 30.0% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 29.3% | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 26.0% | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 27.1% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 25.3% | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 24.0% | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 25.5% | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 23.9% | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 24.0% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 23.0% | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 22.8% | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 22.6% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 22.1% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 22.0% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.9% | 35.9% | 35.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 33.1% | 29.9% | 35.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.1% | 22.8% | 29.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.3% | 22.0% | 22.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 25.42 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.88 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.13 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.57 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.23 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.73 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 22.0% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 35.9% in 1999.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.0% in 2022.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 47th out of 214 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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