Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 15.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) recorded 15.6% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 29.6% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 15.6%, in 2024.
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 129th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 28.3% | — |
| 1998 | 29.1% | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 29.4% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 29.3% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 29.6% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 28.6% | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 28.2% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 27.2% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 25.7% | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 23.1% | -10.3% |
| 2007 | 20.6% | -10.6% |
| 2008 | 19.5% | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 17.6% | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 17.7% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 18.3% | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 17.8% | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 17.9% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 17.2% | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 17.3% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 17.2% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 17.6% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 17.8% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 18.0% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 18.4% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 18.0% | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 17.3% | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 16.1% | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 15.6% | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.9% | 28.3% | 29.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 24.9% | 17.6% | 29.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.7% | 17.2% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.1% | 15.6% | 18.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.14 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 840,626 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.74 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5856 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 15.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 29.6% in 2001.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.6% in 2024.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 129th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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 vocational programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release