Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand
SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 2.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand, 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, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand stood at 2.9%.
The figure is up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand peaked at 2.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1997.
That places SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 43rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.8% | — |
| 1998 | 0.8% | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 1.8% | +81.8% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | -11.3% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 1.8% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 2.3% | +25.4% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 2.3% | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 2.5% | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | -12.4% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 2.9% | +37.0% |
| 2021 | 2.8% | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 2.8% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2.9% | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 2.9% | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +81.8% | 1.0% | 1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand
More education data for SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2455 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 44.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0633 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 47.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0567 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 32.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 54.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 0.6972 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -0.1179 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand →
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand was 2.9% 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, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 2.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1997.
- How does SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand ranks 43rd 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, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 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