Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 0.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) recorded 0.7% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2023.
The figure is down 12.4% on the previous year and down 40.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) peaked at 1.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2016.
ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) ranks 147th of 221 groups on this measure, 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 ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1.0% | — |
| 1998 | 1.2% | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 1.2% | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 1.2% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 1.2% | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -14.7% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -32.1% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -15.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | -11.4% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -12.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 4 |
More education data for ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.5 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.43 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.95 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.58 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 12.51 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9236 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.67 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) was 0.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2016.
- How does ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) ranks 147th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 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