Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Early-demographic Dividend
WB: Early-demographic Dividend: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 2.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Early-demographic Dividend, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Early-demographic Dividend stood at 2.1%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Early-demographic Dividend peaked at 2.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 1998.
WB: Early-demographic Dividend ranks 52nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Early-demographic Dividend, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.3% | — |
| 1999 | 1.4% | +9.0% |
| 2000 | 1.5% | +7.3% |
| 2001 | 1.5% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 1.5% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 1.7% | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | +9.6% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | -11.3% |
| 2021 | 1.4% | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | +35.1% |
| 2024 | 2.1% | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.4% | 2.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Early-demographic Dividend
More education data for WB: Early-demographic Dividend
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.97 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2597 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 163.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3392 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 156.47 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 320.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 91.79 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Early-demographic Dividend?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Early-demographic Dividend was 2.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Early-demographic Dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Early-demographic Dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 1998.
- How does WB: Early-demographic Dividend rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend ranks 52nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in WB: Early-demographic Dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Early-demographic Dividend 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