Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 1.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), 2006–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) recorded 1.5% for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in 2024.
The figure is down 19.2% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) peaked at 2.2% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2016.
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ranks 203rd of 214 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2.2% | — |
| 2007 | 2.1% | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 2.0% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 1.8% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -42.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +8.2% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | +20.2% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 1.4% | +12.9% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 1.8% | +20.9% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | -19.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 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 | -42.0% | 1.7% | 1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8629 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 906,553 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1924 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.8854 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 12.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) was 1.5% 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 WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2006.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2016.
- How does WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ranks 203rd 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 WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 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