Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
WB: Africa Eastern and Southern: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 0.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern, 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Africa Eastern and Southern recorded 0.6% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.4% on the previous year and down 69.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern peaked at 2.1% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2023.
That places WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 153rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023, 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 WB: Africa Eastern and Southern, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.8% | — |
| 1998 | 0.9% | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 0.9% | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | +16.7% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | +9.8% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | +10.9% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | +18.8% |
| 2010 | 2.1% | +14.5% |
| 2011 | 2.1% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 1.8% | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | -11.9% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -32.6% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -41.9% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | -10.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 0.6% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 4 |
More education data for WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.71 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.23 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.92 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.91 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.18 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.98 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.9717 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 46.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern was 0.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2023.
- How does WB: Africa Eastern and Southern rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 153rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 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