Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 44.5% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), 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 ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) stood at 44.5%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 81.7% on the previous year and up 113.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) peaked at 44.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 20.9%, in 2010.
That places ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 6th 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 ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 37.0% | — |
| 2000 | 32.8% | -11.2% |
| 2001 | 27.6% | -15.8% |
| 2002 | 25.8% | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 23.9% | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 24.1% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 24.0% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 25.4% | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 25.4% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 23.7% | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 24.4% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 20.9% | -14.4% |
| 2011 | 22.6% | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 30.5% | +34.9% |
| 2013 | 32.4% | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 35.5% | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 32.7% | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 24.2% | -26.0% |
| 2017 | 27.0% | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 25.1% | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 24.5% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 44.5% | +81.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 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 | +81.7% | 24.5% | 44.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.0% | 37.0% | 37.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 25.7% | 23.7% | 32.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.6% | 20.9% | 35.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.5% | 44.5% | 44.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
- 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
- 9 Cape Verde 37.8% compare
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 651,300 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 431,218 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 235,625 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.53 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 12.78 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.29 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.82 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.03 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) was 44.5% 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 ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The highest recorded value was 44.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.9% in 2010.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) ranks 6th 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 ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 113.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 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