Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 3.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) recorded 3.7% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
The figure is up 13.0% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) peaked at 4.2% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2022.
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 32nd of 221 groups on this measure, 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 ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3.6% | — |
| 1998 | 3.7% | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 3.9% | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 4.0% | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 3.9% | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 3.5% | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 3.3% | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | +18.6% |
| 2005 | 3.8% | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 3.8% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 3.8% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 4.2% | +11.7% |
| 2009 | 3.8% | -10.5% |
| 2010 | 3.2% | -14.4% |
| 2011 | 3.0% | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | +23.0% |
| 2013 | 3.6% | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 3.4% | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 3.5% | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 3.8% | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 3.8% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 3.8% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 3.3% | -12.5% |
| 2022 | 3.0% | -8.0% |
| 2023 | 3.2% | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 3.7% | +13.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 3.8% | 3.3% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.85 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 28.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 19.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4091 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.95 million (2024)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) was 3.7% 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: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 2008.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2022.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 32nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 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