Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Iran
Iran: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 1.07 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
1.07 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
29th
of 211 countries
All-time high
1.1 GPIA
in 2013
All-time low
1 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
37
1971–2023
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Iran, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Iran recorded 1.07 GPIA for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Iran peaked at 1.1 GPIA in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1 GPIA, in 1971.
Iran ranks 29th of 211 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Iran, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 1 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 1.02 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 1.05 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 1.04 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 1.03 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1.03 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.06 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 1.07 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.1 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1.09 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.09 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1.08 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.07 GPIA | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.02 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 7 |
| 1980s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.08 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 1.1 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.08 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Iran
More education data for Iran
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 372,396 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Iran?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Iran was 1.07 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 GPIA in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Iran rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Iran ranks 29th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran 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