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 92.5% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2020
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 92.5%, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 2.0% 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 94.5% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 87.1%, in 1998.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 22nd 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
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 87.1% | — |
| 1999 | 88.3% | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 88.2% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 88.6% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 88.6% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 89.4% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 90.0% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 90.1% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 89.7% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 90.2% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 90.6% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 91.1% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 90.6% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 90.2% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 90.5% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 92.7% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 94.4% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 93.8% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 94.1% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 94.5% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 92.7% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 93.5% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 92.5% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 87.7% | 87.1% | 88.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 89.7% | 88.2% | 91.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.7% | 90.2% | 94.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.5% | 92.5% | 92.5% | 1 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
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 92.5% 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 94.5% 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 87.1% 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 22nd 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 2.0%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release