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 5.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
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
In 2020, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 5.5%.
The figure is up 13.0% on the previous year and down 29.9% 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 13.5% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2017.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 207th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling 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 | 13.5% | — |
| 1999 | 12.7% | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 12.7% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 11.8% | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 11.3% | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 10.3% | -8.6% |
| 2004 | 9.7% | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 9.3% | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 10.0% | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 8.4% | -15.9% |
| 2008 | 8.0% | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 7.5% | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 7.9% | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 8.2% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 7.9% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 6.2% | -22.0% |
| 2014 | 4.5% | -26.7% |
| 2015 | 5.0% | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 4.6% | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 4.3% | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 5.3% | +21.2% |
| 2019 | 4.9% | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 5.5% | +13.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.1% | 12.7% | 13.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.9% | 7.5% | 12.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.9% | 4.3% | 8.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 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 5.5% 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 13.5% in 1998.
- 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 4.3% in 2017.
- 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 207th 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 down 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 vocational programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release