Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 1.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 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 ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) is 1.9%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 15.5% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 3.0% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2022.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 105th 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 ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.8% | — |
| 1999 | 3.0% | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 2.9% | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 2.8% | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 2.7% | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 2.6% | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 2.9% | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 2.7% | -7.8% |
| 2006 | 2.5% | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 2.3% | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 2.4% | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 2.3% | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 1.9% | -17.6% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | -19.2% |
| 2012 | 2.2% | +41.0% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | +15.8% |
| 2017 | 2.4% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | -25.2% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | -15.3% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | +18.5% |
| 2024 | 1.9% | +15.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 1.6% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.4% | 2.2% | 5 |
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.304 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3069 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 16.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.28 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 1.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.0% in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2022.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 105th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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