Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 109.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1997–2024
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: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) is 109.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 279.0% on the previous year and up 232.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 109.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27.8%, in 2017.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 3rd out of 214 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 90.8% | — |
| 1998 | 36.4% | -59.9% |
| 1999 | 37.3% | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 40.8% | +9.2% |
| 2001 | 38.4% | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 38.7% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 35.2% | -9.2% |
| 2004 | 39.3% | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 39.6% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 38.7% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 38.7% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 39.6% | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 38.8% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 38.8% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 40.5% | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 33.6% | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 32.0% | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 33.0% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 30.3% | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 28.8% | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 27.8% | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 30.5% | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 30.0% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 27.9% | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 33.0% | +18.4% |
| 2022 | 28.7% | -13.3% |
| 2023 | 28.9% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 109.6% | +279.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +279.0% | 28.9% | 109.6% |
| 1998 | -59.9% | 90.8% | 36.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.8% | 36.4% | 90.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 38.8% | 35.2% | 40.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.5% | 27.8% | 40.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.6% | 27.9% | 109.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6859 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.16 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 109.6% 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: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 109.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.8% in 2017.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 3rd 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: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 232.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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