Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 51.7% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries stood at 51.7%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 119.6% on the previous year and up 168.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 51.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 19.2%, in 2010.
That places ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 5th out of 214 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 35.8% | — |
| 2000 | 32.9% | -8.2% |
| 2001 | 26.6% | -19.0% |
| 2002 | 24.7% | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 22.8% | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 22.9% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 22.6% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 24.2% | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 24.3% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 22.7% | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 22.6% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 19.2% | -14.9% |
| 2011 | 20.8% | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 29.5% | +42.0% |
| 2013 | 31.7% | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 34.9% | +10.2% |
| 2015 | 32.0% | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 23.3% | -27.2% |
| 2017 | 25.8% | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 23.6% | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 23.6% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 51.7% | +119.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +119.6% | 23.6% | 51.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.8% | 35.8% | 35.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 24.6% | 22.6% | 32.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.5% | 19.2% | 34.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.7% | 51.7% | 51.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- 2 Liberia 60.3% compare
- 3 Eritrea 57.7% compare
- 4 Burundi 55.7% compare
- 5 Solomon Islands 53.2%
- 6 Equatorial Guinea 41.4% compare
- 7 Central African Republic 39.5% compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 39.4% compare
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 633,128 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 378,880 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 226,596 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 13.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 51.7% 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 ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 51.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.2% in 2010.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 5th 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 ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 168.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release