Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)

ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 2.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
2.5%
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
58th
of 221 groups
All-time high
4.2%
in 2005
All-time low
1.0%
in 1999
Years of data
28
1997–2024

Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), 1997–2024

12341997201020241997: 1 %1998: 1 %1999: 1 %2000: 1.1 %2001: 1.2 %2002: 1.4 %2003: 1.5 %2004: 4 %2005: 4.2 %2006: 3.4 %2007: 3.5 %2008: 3 %2009: 3.3 %2010: 3.4 %2011: 3.5 %2012: 3.4 %2013: 2.9 %2014: 2.5 %2015: 2.3 %2016: 2.6 %2017: 2.8 %2018: 3 %2019: 2.7 %2020: 2.5 %2021: 2.4 %2022: 2.4 %2023: 2.5 %2024: 2.5 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) stood at 2.5%.

That represents a change of down 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) peaked at 4.2% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 1999.

That places ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 58th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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 ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), year by year

Annual values for Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%) in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), 1997 to 2024.
Year % Change
1997 1.0%
1998 1.0% +0.1%
1999 1.0% -2.9%
2000 1.1% +8.8%
2001 1.2% +12.8%
2002 1.4% +15.6%
2003 1.5% +5.0%
2004 4.0% +164.6%
2005 4.2% +4.8%
2006 3.4% -19.4%
2007 3.5% +2.8%
2008 3.0% -13.5%
2009 3.3% +11.6%
2010 3.4% +2.5%
2011 3.5% +2.0%
2012 3.4% -3.1%
2013 2.9% -15.8%
2014 2.5% -11.6%
2015 2.3% -9.6%
2016 2.6% +14.6%
2017 2.8% +8.5%
2018 3.0% +6.7%
2019 2.7% -11.5%
2020 2.5% -7.0%
2021 2.4% -3.8%
2022 2.4% -0.7%
2023 2.5% +3.7%
2024 2.5% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 3
2000s 2.7% 1.1% 4.2% 10
2010s 2.9% 2.3% 3.5% 10
2020s 2.4% 2.4% 2.5% 5

Countries ranked near ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)

  1. 55 Laos 1.2% compare
  2. 56 Lesotho 1.1% compare
  3. 57 Eswatini 1.1% compare
  4. 58 Malta 1.0% compare
  5. 59 Poland 1.0% compare
  6. 60 Tuvalu 0.9% compare
  7. 61 Denmark 0.9% compare

See the full ranking of 309 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) was 2.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 2005.
What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 1999.
How does ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) ranks 58th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
309 places, 7,367 data points, 1996–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release