Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 83.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 83.3% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 93.6% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 82.0%, in 2019.
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 77th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 93.6% | — |
| 1998 | 93.0% | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 92.2% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 90.3% | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 89.6% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 88.5% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 88.5% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 88.0% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 88.9% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 88.5% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 88.7% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 87.8% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 87.3% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 88.1% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 87.8% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 87.3% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 86.7% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 85.9% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 84.9% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 84.0% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 83.3% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 82.3% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 82.0% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 82.7% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 83.9% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 84.1% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 83.3% | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 83.3% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.9% | 92.2% | 93.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 88.6% | 87.3% | 90.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.2% | 82.0% | 88.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.5% | 82.7% | 84.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 0.4167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 973,742 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.1548 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.27 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 329,590 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 545,537 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5261 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9717 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 83.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 93.6% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.0% in 2019.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 77th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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.
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February 2026 Data Release