Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)
WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 13.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), 1999–2024
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: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) is 13.5%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 27.4% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 20.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11.9%, in 2022.
WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) ranks 82nd 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 WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 18.8% | — |
| 2000 | 20.6% | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 16.6% | -19.3% |
| 2002 | 16.7% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 17.2% | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 16.5% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 16.2% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 15.7% | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 19.9% | +27.4% |
| 2008 | 15.2% | -23.7% |
| 2013 | 15.0% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 14.7% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 13.7% | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 15.9% | +15.9% |
| 2017 | 15.4% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 14.3% | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 15.3% | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 19.7% | +29.2% |
| 2021 | 18.1% | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 11.9% | -34.0% |
| 2023 | 18.6% | +55.5% |
| 2024 | 13.5% | -27.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) 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 | +55.5% | 11.9% | 18.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.8% | 18.8% | 18.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 17.2% | 15.2% | 20.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 14.9% | 13.7% | 15.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 16.4% | 11.9% | 19.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)
More education data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 61.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 6.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 28.76 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 5.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 40.56 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) was 13.5% 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 WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- The highest recorded value was 20.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.9% in 2022.
- How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) ranks 82nd 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 WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Middle East & North Africa (ida & Ibrd) 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