Proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: Proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic was 83.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries stood at 83.7%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 83.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 79.7%, in 2019.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 95th of 143 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 81.2% | — |
| 2016 | 80.6% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 79.7% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 80.4% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 79.7% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 80.5% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 81.2% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 81.3% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 83.3% | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 83.7% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 80.3% | 79.7% | 81.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 82.0% | 80.5% | 83.7% | 5 |
More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 220.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6486 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 274.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8422 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 294.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4689 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 178.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.1674 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 108.41 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 83.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 83.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.7% in 2019.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 95th out of 143 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic sanitation facilities (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release