Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes was 83.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes in Upper middle income, 1994–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Upper middle income recorded 83.9% for gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes in 2019. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes in Upper middle income peaked at 83.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 40.2%, in 1994.
That places Upper middle income 13th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes in Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 40.2% | — |
| 1995 | 41.6% | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 44.0% | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 46.2% | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 49.0% | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 51.6% | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 52.0% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 51.2% | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 51.2% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 51.6% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 53.4% | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 54.6% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 58.3% | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 63.2% | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 67.6% | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 71.3% | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 74.6% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 77.3% | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 78.2% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 82.4% | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 83.1% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 82.2% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 82.0% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 82.8% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 83.8% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 83.9% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.4% | 40.2% | 51.6% | 6 |
| 2000s | 57.4% | 51.2% | 71.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.0% | 74.6% | 83.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
More education data for Upper middle income
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.5256 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0774 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 19.6% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 237.35 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 233.28 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes in Upper middle income?
- Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes in Upper middle income was 83.9% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 83.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.2% in 1994.
- How does Upper middle income rank for gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes?
- Upper middle income ranks 13th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total enrollment in upper secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of official upper secondary education age.