Iceland vs WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in
Iceland
40.4%
in 2023
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
35.1%
in 2024
Iceland rank
51st
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank
49th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in over time
- Iceland
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 40.4% against 35.1% in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), a difference of 5.3%.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)'s.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Iceland ahead.
Iceland ranks 51st and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 49th of 168 countries.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 42.6% | 38.3% | 4.3% | Iceland |
| 2000s | 42.9% | 32.0% | 10.9% | Iceland |
| 2010s | 37.8% | 37.1% | 0.7% | Iceland |
| 2020s | 39.1% | 36.5% | 2.6% | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in, Iceland or WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Iceland, at 40.4% against 35.1% in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in between Iceland and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- 5.3%, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2023.
- How do Iceland and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank globally for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Iceland ranks 51st and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 49th of 168 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, male (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release