School enrollment, secondary in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: School enrollment, secondary was 63.3% in 2018. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, secondary in Low & middle income, 1998–2018
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % net.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school enrollment, secondary in Low & middle income is 63.3%, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, secondary in Low & middle income peaked at 63.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 49.6%, in 1998.
That places Low & middle income 26th out of 41 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
School enrollment, secondary in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % net | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 49.6% | — |
| 1999 | 49.9% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 50.9% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 51.6% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 52.2% | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 53.1% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 54.0% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 54.7% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 55.4% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 56.5% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 57.3% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 57.8% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 59.2% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 60.3% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 60.6% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 61.9% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 62.7% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 62.7% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 62.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 63.2% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 63.3% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.8% | 49.6% | 49.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 54.4% | 50.9% | 57.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.9% | 59.2% | 63.3% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More education data for Low & middle income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 27.98 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 26.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 27.98 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.0% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4422 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, secondary in Low & middle income?
- School enrollment, secondary in Low & middle income was 63.3% in 2018, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, secondary recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 63.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, secondary recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.6% in 1998.
- How does Low & middle income rank for school enrollment, secondary?
- Low & middle income ranks 26th out of 41 groups with data for 2018.
- Is school enrollment, secondary rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, secondary (% net). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.