Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Africa
UNICEF: Africa: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 2.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Africa, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Africa is 2.3%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Africa peaked at 3.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2022.
That places UNICEF: Africa 61st 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 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2.7% | — |
| 1998 | 2.8% | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 3.1% | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 3.3% | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 3.2% | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 3.0% | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 3.0% | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 3.1% | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 3.0% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 3.0% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 3.2% | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 3.2% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 3.1% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 3.2% | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 3.1% | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 3.0% | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 2.6% | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 2.5% | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 2.3% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 2.2% | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 2.2% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 2.2% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2.3% | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.9% | 2.7% | 3.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 3.1% | 2.9% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Africa
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 50.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.29 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Africa?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Africa was 2.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNICEF: Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNICEF: Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2022.
- How does UNICEF: Africa rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- UNICEF: Africa ranks 61st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in UNICEF: Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNICEF: Africa 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release