Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Switzerland
Switzerland: Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
1 GPIA
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
8th
of 78 countries
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2017
All-time low
1 GPIA
in 2017
Years of data
8
2017–2024
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Switzerland, 2017–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Switzerland stood at 1 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
That places Switzerland 8th out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 GPIA | — |
| 2018 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
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- 8 Burkina Faso 1 GPIA compare
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- 8 Belarus 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Brazil 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Canada 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Chile 1 GPIA compare
- 8 China 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Cameroon 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Colombia 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Cyprus 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Czechia 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Germany 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Denmark 1 GPIA compare
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- 8 Georgia 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Hong Kong, China 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Croatia 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Hungary 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Indonesia 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Israel 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Italy 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Kyrgyzstan 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Cambodia 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Republic of Korea 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Kuwait 1 GPIA
- 8 Sri Lanka 1 GPIA compare
- 8 Luxembourg 1 GPIA compare
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- 8 Republic of Moldova 1 GPIA compare
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More education data for Switzerland
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 89,549 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 636,381 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 556,945 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0618 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 556,945 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Switzerland?
- Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Switzerland was 1 GPIA 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2017.
- How does Switzerland rank for share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in?
- Switzerland ranks 8th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Switzerland 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 vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release