Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Germany
Germany: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 81.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
81.7%
Change on year
down 0.3%
World rank
167th
of 219 countries
All-time high
81.9%
in 2023
All-time low
69.0%
in 1991
Years of data
34
1991–2024
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Germany, 1991–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Germany stood at 81.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Germany peaked at 81.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 69.0%, in 1991.
Germany ranks 167th of 219 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Germany, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 69.0% | — |
| 1992 | 69.7% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 71.0% | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 71.7% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 72.3% | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 72.5% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 72.3% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 79.1% | +9.4% |
| 1999 | 78.9% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 79.1% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 79.2% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 79.3% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 79.5% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 78.6% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 78.3% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 77.8% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 78.4% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 78.0% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 79.6% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 79.7% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 80.6% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 81.1% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 81.6% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 81.3% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 81.4% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 80.9% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 80.8% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 80.8% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 80.5% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 80.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 81.3% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 81.7% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 81.9% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 81.7% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 72.9% | 69.0% | 79.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 78.8% | 77.8% | 79.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.9% | 79.7% | 81.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.4% | 80.5% | 81.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More education data for Germany
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.97 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6093 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 283,851 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.29 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6418 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5802 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.123 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Germany?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Germany was 81.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 81.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.0% in 1991.
- How does Germany rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Germany ranks 167th out of 219 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release