Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UIS: North America and Western Europe
UIS: North America and Western Europe: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 2.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UIS: North America and Western Europe, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UIS: North America and Western Europe stood at 2.3%.
That represents a change of up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UIS: North America and Western Europe peaked at 3.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1997.
That places UIS: North America and Western Europe 82nd 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 UIS: North America and Western Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.4% | — |
| 1998 | 0.4% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | +11.6% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | +15.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +16.2% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 2.1% | +197.0% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | -21.2% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 1.7% | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 1.8% | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 2.4% | +36.5% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 2.5% | +21.6% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | +18.9% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | -9.0% |
| 2020 | 2.3% | -12.2% |
| 2021 | 2.2% | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 2.2% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 2.3% | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 2.3% | -0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UIS: North America and Western Europe 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 | +197.0% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.3% | 0.5% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 5 |
More education data for UIS: North America and Western Europe
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.1303 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 33.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.1311 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 21.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 38.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 606,356 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UIS: North America and Western Europe?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in UIS: North America and Western Europe was 2.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in UIS: North America and Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3.0% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in UIS: North America and Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1997.
- How does UIS: North America and Western Europe rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- UIS: North America and Western Europe ranks 82nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in UIS: North America and Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UIS: North America and Western Europe 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release