School enrollment, primary in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: School enrollment, primary was 105.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, primary in Lower middle income, 1970–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 105.4% for school enrollment, primary in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary in Lower middle income peaked at 105.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 56.7%, in 1971.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 65.8% | 56.7% | 86.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 77.8% | 71.5% | 82.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 88.5% | 83.3% | 92.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 98.7% | 93.1% | 102.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 101.6% | 96.9% | 104.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 101.0% | 97.8% | 105.4% | 5 |
More education data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 11.30 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 105.8% (2024)
- Labor force, female 33.3% (2025)
- Labor force, total 1.20 billion (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9919 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 68.0% (2024)
- Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 3.2 per 1,000 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, primary in Lower middle income?
- School enrollment, primary in Lower middle income was 105.4% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, primary recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 105.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.7% in 1971.
- Is school enrollment, primary rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, primary (% gross). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.