Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Egypt
Egypt: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 1.08 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.08 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
25th
of 211 countries
All-time high
1.08 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.9658 GPIA
in 1980
Years of data
43
1971–2024
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Egypt, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 1.08 GPIA for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Egypt peaked at 1.08 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.9658 GPIA, in 1980.
Egypt ranks 25th of 211 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Egypt, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.9991 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.9969 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 1 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 0.9875 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.9979 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.9805 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.9875 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.9797 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.9658 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.9742 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 0.9752 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.975 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.978 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.9748 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.9698 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.978 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.9818 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.9844 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.9968 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.9989 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.9978 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.9844 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 1.01 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1.04 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 1.02 GPIA | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 1.06 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1.06 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.07 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9926 GPIA | 0.9797 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9757 GPIA | 0.9658 GPIA | 0.9844 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9844 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.06 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.08 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 319,626 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 163,427 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.92 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.94 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Egypt?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Egypt was 1.08 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9658 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Egypt rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Egypt ranks 25th out of 211 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release