Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Cyprus
Cyprus: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 81.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Cyprus, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 81.8% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Cyprus peaked at 87.4% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 81.8%, in 2024.
That places Cyprus 102nd out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 86.0% | — |
| 2000 | 85.8% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 85.7% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 86.2% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 86.3% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 86.6% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 86.5% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 86.7% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 87.1% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 87.4% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 87.4% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 87.0% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 87.3% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 87.2% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 86.4% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 84.9% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 84.4% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 83.3% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 83.3% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 83.3% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 83.1% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 83.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 82.4% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 82.1% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 82.1% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 81.8% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 86.0% | 86.0% | 86.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 86.6% | 85.7% | 87.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.0% | 83.1% | 87.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.3% | 81.8% | 83.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More education data for Cyprus
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5,389 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 105.26 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 105.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Cyprus?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Cyprus was 81.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 87.4% in 2008.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.8% in 2024.
- How does Cyprus rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Cyprus ranks 102nd out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release