Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNESCO: Sids
UNESCO: Sids: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 2.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNESCO: Sids, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNESCO: Sids stood at 2.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNESCO: Sids peaked at 6.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2021.
UNESCO: Sids ranks 81st of 221 groups on this measure, 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 UNESCO: Sids, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6.2% | — |
| 1998 | 6.4% | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 6.3% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 6.3% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 6.2% | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 5.5% | -11.0% |
| 2003 | 5.0% | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 4.8% | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 4.6% | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 4.5% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 4.5% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 4.7% | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 4.9% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 4.7% | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 4.6% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 4.3% | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 4.1% | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 3.1% | -14.7% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 2.6% | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | -7.9% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | -27.3% |
| 2022 | 2.3% | +29.7% |
| 2023 | 2.3% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 2.3% | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.3% | 6.2% | 6.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 5.1% | 4.5% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 2.4% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 5 |
More education data for UNESCO: Sids
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 569,310 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 850,086 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0307 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 131,313 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.0239 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNESCO: Sids?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNESCO: Sids was 2.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNESCO: Sids?
- The highest recorded value was 6.4% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNESCO: Sids?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2021.
- How does UNESCO: Sids rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- UNESCO: Sids ranks 81st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in UNESCO: Sids?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNESCO: Sids 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