Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)
MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 0.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China), 2008–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) stood at 0.8%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 239.4% on the previous year and up 86.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) peaked at 0.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2023.
That places MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 210th out of 214 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.7% | — |
| 2009 | 0.5% | -26.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | +25.5% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -9.7% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | -19.4% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -16.3% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -12.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -18.7% |
| 2024 | 0.8% | +239.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 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 | +239.4% | 0.2% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.288 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6275 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 290,219 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.185 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.57 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6242 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6303 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) was 0.8% 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: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2023.
- How does MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) ranks 210th 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: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 86.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release