Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 2.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) recorded 2.2% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 3.4% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2021.
That places ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 92nd 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 ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2.3% | — |
| 1998 | 2.4% | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 2.5% | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 2.7% | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 2.8% | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 2.6% | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 2.8% | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 2.6% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 2.4% | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 2.7% | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 3.1% | +11.7% |
| 2010 | 3.2% | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 3.4% | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 3.4% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 3.3% | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 3.1% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | -12.4% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | -14.3% |
| 2017 | 2.3% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 2.2% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 2.1% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 2.1% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 2.2% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 2.2% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 2.2% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 2.7% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 2.2% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.89 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 38.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 2.2% 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: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.4% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2021.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 92nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 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.
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February 2026 Data Release