Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 4.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), 1999–2024
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 ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) is 4.1%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) peaked at 19.1% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4.1%, in 2024.
That places ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 178th out of 214 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7.5% | — |
| 2000 | 7.1% | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 7.7% | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 7.2% | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 7.4% | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 7.5% | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 6.9% | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 6.4% | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 7.8% | +21.8% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | +61.3% |
| 2013 | 6.7% | -47.0% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 19.1% | +183.0% |
| 2016 | 6.3% | -67.2% |
| 2017 | 6.1% | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 5.8% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 5.6% | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 4.6% | -17.2% |
| 2021 | 4.1% | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 10.3% | +151.9% |
| 2023 | 4.2% | -59.6% |
| 2024 | 4.1% | -2.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +183.0% | 6.8% | 19.1% |
| 2022 | +151.9% | 4.1% | 10.3% |
| 2008 | +61.3% | 7.8% | 12.6% |
| 2016 | -67.2% | 19.1% | 6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.5% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 7.9% | 6.4% | 12.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 5.6% | 19.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 5.5% | 4.1% | 10.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
- 175 United Arab Emirates 0.0% compare
- 175 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0%
- 175 Guyana 0.0% compare
- 175 Iceland 0.0%
- 175 Liechtenstein 0.0% compare
- 175 Montserrat 0.0% compare
- 175 Malaysia 0.0% compare
- 175 Norway 0.0%
- 175 Tokelau 0.0% compare
More education data for ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.5456 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2365 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.2143 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) was 4.1% 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: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The highest recorded value was 19.1% in 2015.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.1% in 2024.
- How does ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) ranks 178th 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: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 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