Progression to secondary school in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Progression to secondary school was 97.6% in 2017. β² Rising
Progression to secondary school in Upper middle income, 1988β2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2017, progression to secondary school in Upper middle income stood at 97.6%. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school in Upper middle income peaked at 97.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 73.9%, in 1988.
That places Upper middle income 9th out of 41 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 74.3% | 73.9% | 74.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 85.9% | 78.4% | 90.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 94.7% | 90.7% | 97.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.1% | 95.9% | 97.6% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
- 6 Russia 99.9% compare
- 7 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 99.9% compare
- 8 United Arab Emirates 99.9% compare
- 9 Switzerland 99.9% compare
- 10 Finland 99.9% compare
- 11 North Macedonia 99.9% compare
- 12 Argentina 99.9% compare
More education data for Upper middle income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 13.41 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0044 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.7% (2024)
- Labor force, female 42.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school in Upper middle income?
- Progression to secondary school in Upper middle income was 97.6% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest progression to secondary school recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 97.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.9% in 1988.
- How does Upper middle income rank for progression to secondary school?
- Upper middle income ranks 9th out of 41 groups with data for 2017.
- Is progression to secondary school rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Progression to secondary school (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).