Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Developed Regions
MDG: Developed Regions: Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 6.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Developed Regions, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Developed Regions stood at 6.8%. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 139.3% on the previous year and up 130.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Developed Regions peaked at 6.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2022.
MDG: Developed Regions ranks 141st of 214 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Developed Regions, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3.4% | — |
| 2013 | 3.3% | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | -10.5% |
| 2015 | 2.9% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | -15.2% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 2.6% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 2.5% | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 2.5% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 2.8% | +15.4% |
| 2024 | 6.8% | +139.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Developed Regions 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 | +139.3% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.9% | 2.5% | 3.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 2.5% | 6.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Developed Regions
More education data for MDG: Developed Regions
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.432 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 99.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4349 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 38.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.4289 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 36.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 18.18 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.55 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 749,754 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.70 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Developed Regions?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Developed Regions was 6.8% 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 MDG: Developed Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in MDG: Developed Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2022.
- How does MDG: Developed Regions rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- MDG: Developed Regions ranks 141st 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 MDG: Developed Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is up 130.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Developed Regions 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