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 7.5% 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 7.5%.
The figure is up 15.0% on the previous year and down 19.8% 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 12.9% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 2017.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 200th 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 | 12.9% | — |
| 1999 | 11.7% | -9.6% |
| 2000 | 11.8% | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 11.4% | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 11.4% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 10.6% | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 10.0% | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 9.9% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 10.3% | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 9.8% | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 9.4% | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 8.9% | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 9.4% | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 9.5% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 7.3% | -22.3% |
| 2014 | 5.6% | -24.2% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | +11.0% |
| 2016 | 5.9% | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 5.5% | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | +31.1% |
| 2019 | 6.5% | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 7.5% | +15.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.3% | 11.7% | 12.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.3% | 8.9% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.3% | 5.5% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.5% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 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 secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (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)
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 7.5% 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 12.9% 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 5.5% 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 200th 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 19.8%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release