Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary was 49.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), 2000–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) recorded 49.1% for proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary in 2019. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 49.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 35.9%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 35.9% | — |
| 2001 | 36.7% | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 37.5% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 38.3% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 39.3% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 40.2% | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 41.0% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 41.9% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 42.8% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 43.6% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 44.3% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 44.9% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 45.5% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 46.0% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 46.6% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 47.1% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 47.6% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 48.1% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 48.6% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 49.1% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39.7% | 35.9% | 43.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.8% | 44.3% | 49.1% | 10 |
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More education data for WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 233.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 112.37 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9825 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 237.35 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5256 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 120.91 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) was 49.1% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 49.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.9% in 2000.
- How does WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank for proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary?
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 4th out of 8 groups with data for 2019.
- Is proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary rising or falling in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of children/young people at the age of lower secondary education prepared for the future in reading, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release