Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 3.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries recorded 3.1% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.5% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries peaked at 3.7% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2003.
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 54th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
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: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.7% | — |
| 1999 | 2.8% | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 2.9% | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 2.9% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2.7% | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 2.5% | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 3.0% | +20.1% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 3.0% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 3.1% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | +21.5% |
| 2009 | 3.5% | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | -13.7% |
| 2011 | 2.8% | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 3.2% | +15.5% |
| 2013 | 3.2% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 3.2% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 3.2% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 3.4% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 3.4% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 2.9% | -11.7% |
| 2022 | 2.7% | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 2.8% | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 3.1% | +9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.0% | 2.5% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 2.7% | 3.3% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.93 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 24.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.3301 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.99 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries →
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries was 3.1% 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: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 2008.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2003.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 54th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme 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