Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Post-demographic Dividend
WB: Post-demographic Dividend: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 2.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Post-demographic Dividend, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Post-demographic Dividend recorded 2.3% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Post-demographic Dividend peaked at 3.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 1997.
That places WB: Post-demographic Dividend 91st 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 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Post-demographic Dividend, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1.2% | — |
| 1998 | 1.3% | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 1.3% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 1.3% | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 1.3% | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 1.4% | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 1.4% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 2.4% | +71.8% |
| 2005 | 2.5% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 2.2% | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 2.3% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | +23.0% |
| 2014 | 2.7% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 2.6% | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 2.9% | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | +13.8% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | -15.7% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 2.3% | -13.8% |
| 2021 | 2.1% | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 2.1% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 2.3% | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 2.3% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 2.3% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Post-demographic Dividend
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 40.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0449 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 43.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27.77 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 50.69 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 821,878 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.41 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in WB: Post-demographic Dividend 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 WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 1997.
- How does WB: Post-demographic Dividend rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend ranks 91st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Post-demographic Dividend 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