Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 1.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries stood at 1.5%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 1.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1998.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 120th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8% | — |
| 1999 | 0.8% | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | +9.4% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | +18.1% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 5 |
More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.1674 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6486 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.12 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 274.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8422 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 294.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4689 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 178.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 108.41 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 1.5% 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: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1998.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 120th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef 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