Secondary school enrollment — all countries

Secondary school enrollment — Western Africa

Secondary school enrollment in Western Africa in 2015 — 43.9%. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 35.5 pp.

2015 43.9% +1.4 pp vs 2014
World rank
Period maximum 43.9%2015
Period minimum 5.6%1972

Trend over time

1971–2015 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Western Africa, 1971–2015020406019711976198119861991199620012006201120151971: 8.4%1972: 5.6%1976: 13%1977: 10.3%1978: 11.4%1979: 12.7%1980: 14.4%1981: 16.1%1982: 18.7%1983: 20.9%1984: 22.8%1985: 23.8%1987: 22.3%1988: 16.5%1989: 20.2%1990: 20.6%1999: 20.9%2000: 22.3%2001: 23.9%2004: 29.7%2005: 30.4%2006: 30.7%2011: 41%2014: 42.5%2015: 43.9%
Change over the period: +35.5 pp Annual average: 0.81 pp

Comparison, 2015

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa

Western Africa 43.9%
World 75%
Secondary school enrollment — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 43.9 +1.4 pp
2014 42.5
2011 41
2006 30.7 +0.3 pp
2005 30.4 +0.7 pp
2004 29.7
2001 23.9 +1.6 pp
2000 22.3 +1.4 pp
1999 20.9
1990 20.6 +0.4 pp
1989 20.2 +3.7 pp
1988 16.5 −5.8 pp
1987 22.3
1985 23.8 +1 pp
1984 22.8 +1.9 pp
1983 20.9 +2.2 pp
1982 18.7 +2.6 pp
1981 16.1 +1.6 pp
1980 14.4 +1.8 pp
1979 12.7 +1.3 pp
1978 11.4 +1.1 pp
1977 10.3 −2.7 pp
1976 13
1972 5.6 −2.8 pp
1971 8.4

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.