Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 0.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Least Developed Countries stood at 0.6%.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and down 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 1.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1997.
SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 150th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 SDG: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.4% | — |
| 1998 | 0.6% | +45.5% |
| 1999 | 0.6% | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 0.7% | +12.3% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | +16.0% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | +12.6% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | -11.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -28.6% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -33.1% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +9.8% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | -9.6% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22.98 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.684 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 36.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7518 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.49 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.12 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 0.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1997.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 150th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed 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