Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Sweden
Sweden: Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in was 6.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
6.7%
Change on year
down 6.5%
World rank
22nd
of 83 countries
All-time high
17.9%
in 2016
All-time low
6.7%
in 2024
Years of data
9
2016–2024
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Sweden, 2016–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 6.7% for share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 62.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Sweden peaked at 17.9% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 2024.
Sweden ranks 22nd of 83 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 17.9% | — |
| 2017 | 14.5% | -18.8% |
| 2018 | 10.9% | -25.2% |
| 2019 | 12.0% | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 10.5% | -12.3% |
| 2021 | 8.9% | -16.0% |
| 2022 | 7.7% | -12.9% |
| 2023 | 7.2% | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 6.7% | -6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.8% | 10.9% | 17.9% | 4 |
| 2020s | 8.2% | 6.7% | 10.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 19 Japan 16.0% compare
- 20 Samoa 9.6% compare
- 21 New Zealand 9.1% compare
- 23 Senegal 1.0% compare
- 24 Albania 0.0%
- 24 Andorra 0.0%
- 24 Armenia 0.0%
- 24 Austria 0.0%
- 24 Azerbaijan 0.0%
- 24 Belgium 0.0%
- 24 Burkina Faso 0.0%
- 24 Bangladesh 0.0%
- 24 Belarus 0.0%
- 24 Brazil 0.0%
- 24 Canada 0.0%
- 24 Switzerland 0.0%
- 24 Chile 0.0%
- 24 China 0.0%
- 24 Cameroon 0.0%
- 24 Colombia 0.0%
- 24 Cyprus 0.0%
- 24 Czechia 0.0%
- 24 Germany 0.0%
- 24 Denmark 0.0%
- 24 Algeria 0.0% compare
- 24 Ecuador 0.0%
- 24 Spain 0.0%
- 24 France 0.0%
- 24 Georgia 0.0%
- 24 Hong Kong, China 0.0%
- 24 Croatia 0.0%
- 24 Hungary 0.0%
- 24 Indonesia 0.0%
- 24 Israel 0.0%
- 24 Italy 0.0%
- 24 Kyrgyzstan 0.0%
- 24 Cambodia 0.0%
- 24 Republic of Korea 0.0%
- 24 Kuwait 0.0%
- 24 Sri Lanka 0.0%
- 24 Luxembourg 0.0%
- 24 Latvia 0.0%
- 24 Macau, China 0.0%
- 24 Morocco 0.0%
- 24 Monaco 0.0%
- 24 Republic of Moldova 0.0%
- 24 Mexico 0.0%
- 24 Netherlands 0.0%
- 24 Norway 0.0%
- 24 Panama 0.0%
- 24 Peru 0.0%
- 24 Poland 0.0%
- 24 Portugal 0.0%
- 24 Palestine, State of 0.0%
- 24 Saudi Arabia 0.0% compare
- 24 Singapore 0.0%
- 24 El Salvador 0.0%
- 24 Slovakia 0.0%
- 24 Slovenia 0.0%
- 24 Seychelles 0.0%
- 24 Togo 0.0%
- 24 Turkmenistan 0.0%
- 24 Türkiye 0.0%
- 24 Ukraine 0.0%
More education data for Sweden
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 71,551 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Sweden?
- Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Sweden was 6.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 17.9% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 2024.
- How does Sweden rank for share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in?
- Sweden ranks 22nd out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary 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