Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 1.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries recorded 1.5% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 1.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1998.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 122nd of 221 groups on this measure, 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 UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8% | — |
| 1999 | 0.8% | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +22.7% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | +11.6% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1.4% | +12.3% |
| 2021 | 1.3% | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | +13.4% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 5 |
More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 569.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8422 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 274.67 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6486 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 345.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 294.84 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 1.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1998.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 122nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 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