Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 97.9% in 2020. ▬ Flat

Latest (2020)
97.9%
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
10th
of 221 groups
All-time high
98.2%
in 2017
All-time low
93.6%
in 1997
Years of data
37
1984–2020

Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1984–2020

0204060801001984200220201984: 96 %1985: 96 %1986: 96.3 %1987: 96.3 %1988: 96.4 %1989: 96.1 %1990: 96.1 %1991: 96.1 %1992: 96.6 %1993: 96 %1994: 95.9 %1995: 95.6 %1996: 95.6 %1997: 93.6 %1998: 95.1 %1999: 95.4 %2000: 95.4 %2001: 95.6 %2002: 95.7 %2003: 96.7 %2004: 96.8 %2005: 97 %2006: 96.8 %2007: 97.4 %2008: 97.5 %2009: 97.6 %2010: 97.6 %2011: 97.4 %2012: 97.4 %2013: 97.7 %2014: 98.1 %2015: 97.9 %2016: 98.1 %2017: 98.2 %2018: 97.8 %2019: 97.9 %2020: 97.9 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 97.9% for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in 2020.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 98.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 93.6%, in 1997.

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 10th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year

Annual values for Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1984 to 2020.
Year % Change
1984 96.0%
1985 96.0% +0.1%
1986 96.3% +0.2%
1987 96.3% +0.1%
1988 96.4% +0.1%
1989 96.1% -0.2%
1990 96.1% -0.1%
1991 96.1% +0.0%
1992 96.6% +0.5%
1993 96.0% -0.6%
1994 95.9% -0.1%
1995 95.6% -0.3%
1996 95.6% +0.0%
1997 93.6% -2.1%
1998 95.1% +1.6%
1999 95.4% +0.3%
2000 95.4% -0.1%
2001 95.6% +0.2%
2002 95.7% +0.1%
2003 96.7% +1.1%
2004 96.8% +0.1%
2005 97.0% +0.1%
2006 96.8% -0.1%
2007 97.4% +0.5%
2008 97.5% +0.2%
2009 97.6% +0.1%
2010 97.6% -0.1%
2011 97.4% -0.1%
2012 97.4% -0.0%
2013 97.7% +0.4%
2014 98.1% +0.3%
2015 97.9% -0.2%
2016 98.1% +0.2%
2017 98.2% +0.1%
2018 97.8% -0.4%
2019 97.9% +0.2%
2020 97.9% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 96.2% 96.0% 96.4% 6
1990s 95.6% 93.6% 96.6% 10
2000s 96.7% 95.4% 97.6% 10
2010s 97.8% 97.4% 98.2% 10
2020s 97.9% 97.9% 97.9% 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 97.9% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 98.2% in 2017.
What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 93.6% in 1997.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 10th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
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Indicator
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
440 places, 19,519 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release