Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 1.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) stood at 1.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.2% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 2.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2022.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 63rd 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 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2.0% | — |
| 1998 | 2.1% | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 2.3% | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 2.4% | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 2.2% | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 2.0% | -10.5% |
| 2003 | 1.7% | -14.4% |
| 2004 | 1.9% | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 1.7% | -11.5% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | -24.3% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | +19.3% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 1.4% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | -12.9% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | +9.9% |
| 2024 | 1.7% | +23.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 840,626 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.6536 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 14.56 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 1.7% 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: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2022.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 63rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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