Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 19.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 2006–2024
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 ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) is 19.6%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 35.4% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 19.6%, in 2024.
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 72nd of 214 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 35.4% | — |
| 2007 | 33.3% | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 32.2% | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 30.9% | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 28.4% | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 26.7% | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 27.5% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 31.3% | +13.7% |
| 2014 | 21.7% | -30.6% |
| 2015 | 21.3% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 25.7% | +20.9% |
| 2017 | 25.5% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 24.1% | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 22.9% | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 31.1% | +36.0% |
| 2021 | 21.2% | -32.0% |
| 2022 | 20.6% | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 19.7% | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 19.6% | -0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 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 | +36.0% | 22.9% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | -32.0% | 31.1% | 21.2% |
| 2014 | -30.6% | 31.3% | 21.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.0% | 30.9% | 35.4% | 4 |
| 2010s | 25.5% | 21.3% | 31.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.4% | 19.6% | 31.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 229,324 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 19.6% 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 ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 35.4% in 2006.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.6% in 2024.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 72nd 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 ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 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