Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 0.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) recorded 0.8% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 56.0% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 1.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2022.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 126th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.6% | — |
| 1999 | 1.8% | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 1.9% | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 1.6% | -19.4% |
| 2002 | 1.4% | -11.5% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | +9.6% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 1.3% | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -29.3% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | +41.3% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -21.4% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | +27.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -16.9% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -35.6% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -23.5% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +34.4% |
| 2024 | 0.8% | +56.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 5 |
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 16.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3069 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.6186 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.42 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 0.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2022.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 126th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release