Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 95.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Papua New Guinea, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Papua New Guinea is 95.4%, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Papua New Guinea peaked at 98.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 71.9%, in 1975.
Papua New Guinea ranks 87th of 219 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 73.0% | — |
| 1971 | 74.5% | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 74.2% | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 75.0% | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 75.4% | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 71.9% | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 73.1% | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 76.6% | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 80.1% | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 80.5% | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 80.5% | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 82.4% | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 84.6% | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 85.8% | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 84.8% | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 83.9% | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 86.1% | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 85.0% | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 85.0% | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 83.7% | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 84.2% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 84.6% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 87.4% | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 88.2% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 92.2% | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 98.2% | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 93.8% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 94.5% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 94.1% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 95.4% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 75.4% | 71.9% | 80.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 84.0% | 80.5% | 86.1% | 7 |
| 1990s | 85.4% | 83.7% | 88.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 94.8% | 92.2% | 98.2% | 3 |
| 2020s | 94.7% | 94.1% | 95.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More education data for Papua New Guinea
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14,791 (2016)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 80,915 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 226,545 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 208,353 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 655,030 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.65 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 10.31 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1593 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Papua New Guinea?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Papua New Guinea was 95.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 98.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.9% in 1975.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 87th out of 219 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release