Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Euro area
Euro area: Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in was 3.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Euro area, 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 3.0% for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in 2019.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Euro area peaked at 4.2% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 1999.
Euro area ranks 6th of 43 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1.0% | — |
| 1998 | 1.0% | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 1.0% | -0.8% |
| 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% | +11.7% |
| 2010 | 3.4% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 3.4% | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | -16.0% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 2.3% | -9.4% |
| 2016 | 2.6% | +14.6% |
| 2017 | 2.8% | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More education data for Euro area
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 18.29 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 14.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.1% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.51 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0512 units per person (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Euro area?
- Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in in Euro area was 3.0% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in recorded in Euro area?
- 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 Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 1999.
- How does Euro area rank for share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in?
- Euro area ranks 6th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the lower secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the lower secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.