Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Post-demographic Dividend
WB: Post-demographic Dividend: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 2.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Post-demographic Dividend, 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 WB: Post-demographic Dividend is 2.1%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Post-demographic Dividend peaked at 2.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 1997.
That places WB: Post-demographic Dividend 69th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Post-demographic Dividend, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1.0% | — |
| 1998 | 1.1% | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 1.1% | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 1.1% | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 1.2% | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 2.1% | +72.8% |
| 2005 | 2.2% | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 1.9% | -12.8% |
| 2007 | 2.0% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 1.8% | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 1.9% | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 2.5% | +26.1% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 2.2% | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | +11.6% |
| 2017 | 2.8% | +13.0% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | -14.9% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 2.1% | -11.9% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 2.0% | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 2.1% | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 2.1% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Post-demographic Dividend
More education data for WB: Post-demographic Dividend
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 50.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0449 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 43.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27.77 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 821,878 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 22.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 27.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 40.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Post-demographic Dividend was 2.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 1997.
- How does WB: Post-demographic Dividend rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend ranks 69th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Post-demographic Dividend 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