UNESCO Report Finds Global Stagnation in School Enrollment Growth Since 2015
The report indicates that while many countries experienced strong increases in school participation during the 1990s and 2000s, progress has significantly slowed since around 2015. In many regions, enrollment growth has largely plateaued over the past decade.
According to the findings, this stagnation is visible across several major global regions, including Europe and North America, East and Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. In some cases, the proportion of children not attending school has even increased slightly since 2015.
The report notes that this trend is not limited to lower-income countries such as Laos, Bolivia, Angola, and Ethiopia, but also appears in several high-income states, including Austria, Belgium, Spain, Canada, and Singapore.
The analysis also highlights that secondary school participation is a key measure used in broader assessments of social development indicators.
Separately, commentary associated with the Social Well-Being Index (SWI) framework emphasizes education as one of several core components used to evaluate societal conditions. This framework considers factors such as demographic sustainability, health outcomes, inequality levels, and access to education when assessing overall social well-being.
Within this approach, reduced school participation is viewed as a factor that can contribute to long-term inequality and limited social mobility. The framework argues that access to education in childhood plays a central role in shaping future opportunity structures, influencing both economic outcomes and broader social cohesion.
The report underscores that maintaining and expanding educational participation remains essential not only for improving literacy and skills, but also for addressing structural disparities within and between societies.
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