Proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education was 0.7354 GPIA in 2020. ▼ Falling
Proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 0.7354 GPIA for proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 89.7% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 1.02 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.3819 GPIA, in 2018.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 71st out of 214 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.4642 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.7573 GPIA | +63.2% |
| 2000 | 0.7831 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 0.7043 GPIA | -10.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7277 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.7327 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.7261 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7682 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8113 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 0.8029 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8332 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 0.806 GPIA | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7832 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8344 GPIA | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 1.02 GPIA | +22.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8275 GPIA | -18.9% |
| 2014 | 0.4349 GPIA | -47.4% |
| 2015 | 0.3972 GPIA | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4803 GPIA | +20.9% |
| 2017 | 0.441 GPIA | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3819 GPIA | -13.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3876 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7354 GPIA | +89.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6108 GPIA | 0.4642 GPIA | 0.7573 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7695 GPIA | 0.7043 GPIA | 0.8332 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5989 GPIA | 0.3819 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7354 GPIA | 0.7354 GPIA | 0.7354 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 0.7354 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3819 GPIA in 2018.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 71st out of 214 groups with data for 2020.
- Is proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release