Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 26.1% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 1999–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Low Income (july 2025) stood at 26.1%. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 44.0% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 26.1%, in 2021.
WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 48th of 214 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 44.0% | — |
| 2000 | 43.8% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 41.3% | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 40.5% | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 39.1% | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 40.0% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 37.8% | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 38.5% | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 36.2% | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 35.5% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 34.4% | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 33.9% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 32.8% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 31.9% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 33.1% | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 31.8% | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 31.1% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 33.2% | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 31.2% | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 31.6% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 30.8% | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 27.8% | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 26.1% | -5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 44.0% | 44.0% | 44.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 38.7% | 34.4% | 43.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.1% | 30.8% | 33.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.0% | 26.1% | 27.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- 45 Dominican Republic 11.4% compare
- 46 Togo 11.4% compare
- 47 Congo 11.2% compare
- 48 Micronesia, Federated States of 11.0% compare
- 49 Lebanon 10.5% compare
- 50 Aruba 10.4% compare
- 51 Philippines 9.5% compare
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.68 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8586 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 26.1% in 2021, 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: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 44.0% in 1999.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.1% in 2021.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 48th out of 214 groups with data for 2021.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Low Income (july 2025) 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