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

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 94.5% in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
94.5%
Change on year
down 0.7%
Rank
15th
of 221 groups
All-time high
95.7%
in 2017
All-time low
86.5%
in 1998
Years of data
23
1998–2020

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020

0204060801001998200920201998: 86.5 %1999: 87.3 %2000: 87.3 %2001: 88.2 %2002: 88.7 %2003: 89.7 %2004: 90.3 %2005: 90.7 %2006: 90 %2007: 91.6 %2008: 92 %2009: 92.5 %2010: 92.1 %2011: 91.8 %2012: 92.1 %2013: 93.8 %2014: 95.5 %2015: 95 %2016: 95.4 %2017: 95.7 %2018: 94.7 %2019: 95.1 %2020: 94.5 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 94.5%, measured in 2020.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 95.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 86.5%, in 1998.

ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 15th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998 to 2020.
Year % Change
1998 86.5%
1999 87.3% +0.9%
2000 87.3% +0.1%
2001 88.2% +1.0%
2002 88.7% +0.6%
2003 89.7% +1.1%
2004 90.3% +0.7%
2005 90.7% +0.4%
2006 90.0% -0.7%
2007 91.6% +1.8%
2008 92.0% +0.4%
2009 92.5% +0.5%
2010 92.1% -0.3%
2011 91.8% -0.4%
2012 92.1% +0.3%
2013 93.8% +1.9%
2014 95.5% +1.8%
2015 95.0% -0.6%
2016 95.4% +0.5%
2017 95.7% +0.3%
2018 94.7% -1.0%
2019 95.1% +0.4%
2020 94.5% -0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 86.9% 86.5% 87.3% 2
2000s 90.1% 87.3% 92.5% 10
2010s 94.1% 91.8% 95.7% 10
2020s 94.5% 94.5% 94.5% 1

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 94.5% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 2017.
What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
The lowest recorded value was 86.5% in 1998.
How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 15th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of all students in upper 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
411 places, 9,820 data points, 1996–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release