Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Croatia
Croatia: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 89.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Croatia, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Croatia stood at 89.6%.
That represents a change of down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Croatia peaked at 100.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 89.5%, in 2020.
That places Croatia 189th out of 198 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 100.0% | — |
| 1999 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 94.0% | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 93.7% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 93.5% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 93.4% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 93.3% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 93.1% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 92.8% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 92.5% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 91.4% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 90.7% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 90.3% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 90.0% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 89.7% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 89.5% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 89.5% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 89.5% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 89.7% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 89.6% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 89.6% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 96.4% | 93.3% | 100.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 90.9% | 89.5% | 93.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.6% | 89.5% | 89.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More education data for Croatia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13,441 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Croatia?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Croatia was 89.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.5% in 2020.
- How does Croatia rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- Croatia ranks 189th out of 198 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release