Secondary school enrollment — all countries

Secondary school enrollment — Lower-middle-income countries

Secondary school enrollment in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 72.7%. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 50.3 pp.

2023 72.7% +0.6 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 73.9%2020
Period minimum 22.4%1971

Trend over time

1971–2023 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Lower-middle-income countries, 1971–202302040608019711977198319891995200120072013201920231971: 22.4%1972: 22.9%1973: 23.5%1976: 26.4%1977: 25.7%1978: 25.5%1980: 28.2%1981: 32%1982: 33.2%1983: 34%1984: 35.1%1985: 36.1%1986: 37.5%1990: 41.4%1994: 49.6%1999: 46.1%2000: 48.5%2001: 49.1%2002: 50.9%2003: 52.5%2004: 52.5%2005: 53%2006: 53.9%2007: 55.7%2008: 57.2%2009: 57.9%2010: 59.6%2011: 61.8%2012: 64.1%2013: 64.6%2014: 67.5%2015: 67.9%2016: 68.9%2020: 73.9%2021: 72.1%2023: 72.7%
Change over the period: +50.3 pp Annual average: 0.97 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 72.7%
World 77.2%
Secondary school enrollment — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 72.7
2021 72.1 −1.7 pp
2020 73.9
2016 68.9 +1 pp
2015 67.9 +0.4 pp
2014 67.5 +2.9 pp
2013 64.6 +0.4 pp
2012 64.1 +2.4 pp
2011 61.8 +2.2 pp
2010 59.6 +1.7 pp
2009 57.9 +0.8 pp
2008 57.2 +1.5 pp
2007 55.7 +1.8 pp
2006 53.9 +0.9 pp
2005 53 +0.5 pp
2004 52.5 −0 pp
2003 52.5 +1.6 pp
2002 50.9 +1.8 pp
2001 49.1 +0.6 pp
2000 48.5 +2.4 pp
1999 46.1
1994 49.6
1990 41.4
1986 37.5 +1.3 pp
1985 36.1 +1.1 pp
1984 35.1 +1.1 pp
1983 34 +0.8 pp
1982 33.2 +1.2 pp
1981 32 +3.8 pp
1980 28.2
1978 25.5 −0.2 pp
1977 25.7 −0.7 pp
1976 26.4
1973 23.5 +0.6 pp
1972 22.9 +0.5 pp
1971 22.4

About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.