Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Developing Regions
MDG: Developing Regions: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 1.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Developing Regions, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Developing Regions stood at 1.3%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Developing Regions peaked at 1.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1998.
That places MDG: Developing Regions 128th 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 27 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Developing Regions, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8% | — |
| 1999 | 0.9% | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 1.0% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +21.6% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | +11.5% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | +16.4% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | +4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Developing Regions
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 210.26 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 266.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8747 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 286.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4912 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 171.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.1202 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 103.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Developing Regions was 1.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1998.
- How does MDG: Developing Regions rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- MDG: Developing Regions ranks 128th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Developing Regions 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