ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
85.5%
in 2024
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
72.8%
in 2023
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank
196th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
195th

Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general over time

  • ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
020406080100197119972024

How they compare

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) currently reports 85.5% against 72.8% in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a difference of 12.7%.

That makes ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)'s figure about 1.2 times United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1975 it was United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 196th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 195th of 221 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) averaged higher in 4 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1970s 95.0% 95.4% 0.4% United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1980s 91.7% 92.1% 0.4% United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1990s 87.1% 84.2% 2.9% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
2000s 85.8% 81.3% 4.5% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
2010s 82.5% 75.3% 7.2% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
2020s 85.2% 72.2% 13.0% ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general, ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), at 85.5% against 72.8% in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 2024.
What is the difference in share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general between ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
12.7%, with ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
48 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2023.
How do ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 196th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 195th of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
438 places, 18,351 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release