Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203): Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 2.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) recorded 2.1% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) peaked at 3.3% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1999.
That places ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 73rd 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: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.9% | — |
| 1998 | 0.9% | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.8% | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9% | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 1.0% | +13.0% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 3.1% | +167.5% |
| 2005 | 3.3% | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 2.7% | -17.9% |
| 2007 | 2.8% | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 2.5% | -12.3% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | +12.2% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 2.9% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 2.9% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 2.5% | -11.8% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | -10.3% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 2.3% | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 2.4% | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 2.6% | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 2.3% | -10.6% |
| 2020 | 2.1% | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 2.0% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 2.1% | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 2.1% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 2.1% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
More education data for ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 19.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.22 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.0016 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 37.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 11.93 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) was 2.1% 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: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1999.
- How does ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) ranks 73rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 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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February 2026 Data Release