Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 90.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
90.2%
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
106th
of 221 groups
All-time high
91.6%
in 2016
All-time low
83.8%
in 1977
Years of data
54
1971–2024
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in SDG: Small Island Developing States stood at 90.2%.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 91.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 83.8%, in 1977.
That places SDG: Small Island Developing States 106th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in SDG: Small Island Developing States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 87.1% | — |
| 1972 | 90.1% | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 88.9% | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 88.7% | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 88.1% | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 84.5% | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 83.8% | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 89.3% | +6.6% |
| 1979 | 90.0% | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 86.1% | -4.4% |
| 1981 | 86.1% | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 84.8% | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 86.2% | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 84.3% | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 85.3% | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 85.0% | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 85.5% | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 85.0% | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 85.3% | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 85.6% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 85.8% | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 85.8% | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 86.1% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 86.8% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 88.5% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 88.0% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 89.5% | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 89.6% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 89.8% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 89.3% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 89.0% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 88.1% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 88.2% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 89.1% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 88.9% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 89.0% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 89.2% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 89.6% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 89.9% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 90.1% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 90.1% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 90.4% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 90.4% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 91.2% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 91.4% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 91.6% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 91.4% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 90.8% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 90.2% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 89.7% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 89.6% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 89.3% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 89.9% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 90.2% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 87.8% | 83.8% | 90.1% | 9 |
| 1980s | 85.4% | 84.3% | 86.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 87.5% | 85.6% | 89.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 89.0% | 88.1% | 89.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.8% | 90.1% | 91.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.7% | 89.3% | 90.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
- 103 Morocco 92.6% compare
- 104 Malaysia 92.4% compare
- 105 Colombia 92.4% compare
- 106 Belize 92.2% compare
- 107 American Samoa 92.2% compare
- 108 Azerbaijan 92.0% compare
- 109 Republic of Korea 92.0% compare
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.58 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.021 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 632,078 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -3.47 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 90.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 91.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.8% in 1977.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 106th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release