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

Latest (2020)
5.5%
Change on year
up 13.0%
Rank
207th
of 221 groups
All-time high
13.5%
in 1998
All-time low
4.3%
in 2017
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

4681012141998200920201998: 13.5 %1999: 12.7 %2000: 12.7 %2001: 11.8 %2002: 11.3 %2003: 10.3 %2004: 9.7 %2005: 9.3 %2006: 10 %2007: 8.4 %2008: 8 %2009: 7.5 %2010: 7.9 %2011: 8.2 %2012: 7.9 %2013: 6.2 %2014: 4.5 %2015: 5 %2016: 4.6 %2017: 4.3 %2018: 5.3 %2019: 4.9 %2020: 5.5 %

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

Annual values for Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%) in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998 to 2020.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

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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 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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Indicator
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
389 places, 9,250 data points, 1996–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release