Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 2.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) is 2.6%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 3.6% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2019.
That places ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 72nd 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 27 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.8% | — |
| 1999 | 3.2% | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 3.6% | +12.4% |
| 2001 | 3.6% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 3.4% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 3.1% | -8.2% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | -9.8% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 2.7% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 2.9% | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 2.9% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 2.7% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 2.6% | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 2.3% | -11.0% |
| 2017 | 2.3% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 2.2% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 2.3% | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 2.6% | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 2.6% | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 2.6% | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.0% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.1% | 2.6% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 2.2% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- 69 Qatar 0.2% compare
- 70 Hungary 0.1% compare
- 71 Malaysia 0.1% compare
- 72 Paraguay 0.0% compare
- 73 Oman 0.0% compare
- 74 Afghanistan 0.0%
- 74 China 0.0% compare
- 74 Dominica 0.0% compare
- 74 Iran 0.0% compare
- 74 Kuwait 0.0% compare
- 74 Liechtenstein 0.0% compare
- 74 Macao 0.0% compare
- 74 Mauritania 0.0% compare
- 74 Nicaragua 0.0% compare
- 74 British Virgin Islands 0.0% compare
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.66 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.54 million (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 15.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5935 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.26 million (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 2.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 2001.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2019.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 72nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release