Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 1.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 1.9%.
The figure is up 61.3% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 3.7% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2023.
That places GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 86th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, 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 GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3.7% | — |
| 1999 | 3.5% | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 3.6% | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 3.2% | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 3.0% | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 3.1% | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | +16.8% |
| 2005 | 3.5% | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 3.2% | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 2.8% | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 2.5% | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 1.9% | -16.4% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | -14.7% |
| 2012 | 3.0% | +86.7% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | -15.8% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | +19.8% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | -10.6% |
| 2018 | 2.6% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | -23.6% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | -21.6% |
| 2023 | 1.2% | -20.2% |
| 2024 | 1.9% | +61.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +86.7% | 1.6% | 3.0% |
| 2024 | +61.3% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.1% | 2.2% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 1.6% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.2% | 2.4% | 5 |
More education data for GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 844,570 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 23.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 8.64 million (2024)
All data for GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 1.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2023.
- How does GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 86th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 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