Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ALECSO: Member Countries
ALECSO: Member Countries: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 2.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ALECSO: Member Countries, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ALECSO: Member Countries stood at 2.6%.
The figure is up 13.1% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ALECSO: Member Countries peaked at 3.3% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2022.
That places ALECSO: Member Countries 53rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 ALECSO: Member Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2.9% | — |
| 1998 | 3.0% | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 3.1% | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 3.2% | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 3.1% | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 2.5% | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 2.9% | +16.0% |
| 2005 | 2.8% | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 3.3% | +13.9% |
| 2009 | 3.0% | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 2.5% | -17.6% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | +16.2% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 2.6% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 2.8% | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 2.7% | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 2.2% | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 2.3% | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 2.6% | +13.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.0% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 3.0% | 2.5% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ALECSO: Member Countries
More education data for ALECSO: Member Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (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) 14.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.42 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ALECSO: Member Countries?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ALECSO: Member Countries was 2.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ALECSO: Member Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2008.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ALECSO: Member Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2022.
- How does ALECSO: Member Countries rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- ALECSO: Member Countries ranks 53rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ALECSO: Member Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ALECSO: Member Countries 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release