Urban population, primary education and below in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Urban population, primary education and below was 0.8% in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
0.8%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
13th
of 98 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2016
All-time low
0.4%
in 1998
Years of data
16
1998–2017

Urban population, primary education and below in Palestine, State of, 1998–2017

00.20.40.60.81998200720171998: 0.372 % of population with low education1999: 0.506 % of population with low education2000: 0.537 % of population with low education2001: 0.549 % of population with low education2002: 0.449 % of population with low education2003: 0.532 % of population with low education2004: 0.537 % of population with low education2005: 0.545 % of population with low education2006: 0.55 % of population with low education2007: 0.546 % of population with low education2008: 0.511 % of population with low education2009: 0.638 % of population with low education2010: 0.791 % of population with low education2011: 0.785 % of population with low education2016: 0.799 % of population with low education2017: 0.799 % of population with low education

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of population with low education.

Analysis

Palestine, State of recorded 0.8% for urban population, primary education and below in 2017. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of up 46.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, urban population, primary education and below in Palestine, State of peaked at 0.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1998.

Palestine, State of ranks 13th of 98 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Urban population, primary education and below in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Urban population, primary education and below (% of population with low education) in Palestine, State of, 1998 to 2017.
Year % of population with low education Change
1998 0.4%
1999 0.5% +36.0%
2000 0.5% +6.3%
2001 0.5% +2.1%
2002 0.4% -18.1%
2003 0.5% +18.4%
2004 0.5% +0.9%
2005 0.5% +1.6%
2006 0.5% +0.8%
2007 0.5% -0.7%
2008 0.5% -6.3%
2009 0.6% +24.7%
2010 0.8% +24.0%
2011 0.8% -0.8%
2016 0.8% +1.8%
2017 0.8% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 2
2000s 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 10
2010s 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% 4

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 10 Djibouti 0.8% compare
  2. 11 Chile 0.8% compare
  3. 12 Brazil 0.8% compare
  4. 14 Iceland 0.8% compare
  5. 15 Ukraine 0.7% compare
  6. 16 Mexico 0.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is urban population, primary education and below in Palestine, State of?
Urban population, primary education and below in Palestine, State of was 0.8% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest urban population, primary education and below recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2016.
What is the lowest urban population, primary education and below recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1998.
How does Palestine, State of rank for urban population, primary education and below?
Palestine, State of ranks 13th out of 98 countries with data for 2017.
Is urban population, primary education and below rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is up 46.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Urban population, primary education and below (% of population with low education). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Urban population, primary education and below (% of population with low education)
Unit
% of population with low education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
98 places, 1,331 data points, 1970–2021
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