Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female was 2.30 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) recorded 2.30 million for repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 42.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 2.30 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 601,999, in 1999.
That places ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 25th out of 216 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 601,999 | — |
| 2000 | 656,119 | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 648,466 | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 646,359 | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 662,414 | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 721,120 | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 761,236 | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 814,655 | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 853,149 | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 948,145 | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 1.03 million | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 1.14 million | +10.2% |
| 2011 | 1.23 million | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 1.31 million | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 1.44 million | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 1.61 million | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 1.54 million | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 1.57 million | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.52 million | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 1.62 million | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 1.73 million | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 1.83 million | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 1.96 million | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 2.18 million | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 2.28 million | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 2.30 million | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 601,999 | 601,999 | 601,999 | 1 |
| 2000s | 774,461 | 646,359 | 1.03 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.47 million | 1.14 million | 1.73 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.11 million | 1.83 million | 2.30 million | 5 |
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More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
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- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.89 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.35 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.62 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.53 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5039 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9976 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 2.30 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.30 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 601,999 in 1999.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 25th out of 216 groups with data for 2024.
- Is repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release