Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 1.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) stood at 1.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.4% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 2.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2022.
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 124th 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 ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.3% | — |
| 1999 | 2.5% | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 2.5% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 2.2% | -8.4% |
| 2002 | 2.1% | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 2.0% | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | -20.9% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | -16.7% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | +41.0% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | +18.6% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | -27.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | -17.2% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | +21.6% |
| 2024 | 1.4% | +24.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 5 |
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 765,771 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.6186 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.42 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 1.4% 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: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2022.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 124th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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