Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe and Northern America
SDG: Europe and Northern America: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 2.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe and Northern America, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe and Northern America stood at 2.2%. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 49.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe and Northern America peaked at 2.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1999.
SDG: Europe and Northern America ranks 47th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe and Northern America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.3% | — |
| 1998 | 0.3% | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.3% | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | +12.3% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | +147.3% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | +11.2% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -16.4% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | -18.9% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | +13.5% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | +42.4% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | +18.2% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 1.7% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | +31.7% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 2.1% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 2.2% | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 2.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Europe and Northern America
More education data for SDG: Europe and Northern America
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 43.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 31.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.059 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 45.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0656 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.83 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3241 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.0622 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.1479 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe and Northern America?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe and Northern America was 2.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Europe and Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Europe and Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1999.
- How does SDG: Europe and Northern America rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- SDG: Europe and Northern America ranks 47th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in SDG: Europe and Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Europe and Northern America 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 vocational programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release