Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 1.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) stood at 1.6%. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 4.2% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2023.
That places WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 70th out of 221 groups with data for 2023, 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 WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4.2% | — |
| 1998 | 3.9% | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 3.9% | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 3.5% | -9.2% |
| 2001 | 3.5% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 3.2% | -8.4% |
| 2003 | 3.2% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 3.0% | -7.5% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 2.5% | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 2.5% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 2.4% | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 2.2% | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 1.8% | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.0% | 3.9% | 4.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 2.9% | 2.4% | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 25.42 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.88 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.13 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.57 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.23 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 1.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2023.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 70th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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