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 93.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Sweden, 2016–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Sweden stood at 93.8%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Sweden peaked at 93.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 79.8%, in 2016.
That places Sweden 63rd out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 79.8% | — |
| 2017 | 83.3% | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 87.0% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 86.9% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 88.9% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 90.7% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 92.4% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 93.1% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 93.8% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 84.2% | 79.8% | 87.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 91.8% | 88.9% | 93.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 222,360 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 987,895 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 859,847 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.8572 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0814 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 859,847 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.8572 % change on previous year (2024)
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 93.8% 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 93.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.8% in 2016.
- How does Sweden rank for share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in?
- Sweden ranks 63rd out of 78 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 up 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 vocational programmes, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release