Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Small States
WB: Small States: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 1.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Small States, 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: Small States is 1.8%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Small States peaked at 2.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1.8%, in 2024.
That places WB: Small States 87th 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 WB: Small States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2.3% | — |
| 1998 | 2.4% | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 2.2% | -10.4% |
| 2000 | 2.1% | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 2.2% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 2.2% | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2.2% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | -8.8% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 2.3% | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 2.3% | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | -12.3% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 2.2% | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 2.2% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 2.4% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 2.0% | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 1.9% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.9% | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.8% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Small States
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 74,454 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.08 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 3.34 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 820,716 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 168,615 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 337,554 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.42 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Small States?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Small States was 1.8% 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: Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8% in 2024.
- How does WB: Small States rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Small States ranks 87th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in WB: Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Small States 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