Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 8.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) stood at 8.7%.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 18.9% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 8.0%, in 2021.
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 119th of 214 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 15.7% | — |
| 2000 | 14.6% | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 16.2% | +11.4% |
| 2002 | 15.4% | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 15.3% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 14.8% | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 14.2% | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 14.2% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 13.6% | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 17.2% | +26.0% |
| 2009 | 13.2% | -23.5% |
| 2010 | 12.6% | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 15.1% | +19.4% |
| 2012 | 18.9% | +25.5% |
| 2013 | 14.3% | -24.4% |
| 2014 | 13.6% | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 18.9% | +38.3% |
| 2016 | 12.2% | -35.5% |
| 2017 | 11.7% | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 10.9% | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 10.6% | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 9.3% | -12.5% |
| 2021 | 8.0% | -14.0% |
| 2022 | 12.2% | +52.7% |
| 2023 | 8.6% | -29.4% |
| 2024 | 8.7% | +1.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +52.7% | 8.0% | 12.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.7% | 15.7% | 15.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 14.9% | 13.2% | 17.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.9% | 10.6% | 18.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.3% | 8.0% | 12.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.75 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5445 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 28.97 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 8.7% 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 ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 18.9% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.0% in 2021.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 119th 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 ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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