Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 65.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 65.5%.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 66.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 49.1%, in 2002.
That places GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 183rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 50.5% | — |
| 1999 | 49.5% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 49.9% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 50.0% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 49.1% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 51.9% | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 52.6% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 55.4% | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 58.0% | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 60.3% | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 62.4% | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 64.2% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 62.7% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 63.1% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 64.0% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 64.4% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 65.9% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 66.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 65.9% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 64.8% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 64.6% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 64.2% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 63.2% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 63.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 63.6% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 64.0% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 65.5% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50.0% | 49.5% | 50.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 55.4% | 49.1% | 64.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.6% | 62.7% | 66.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.9% | 63.2% | 65.5% | 5 |
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More education data for GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 844,570 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 23.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 8.64 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 65.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 66.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.1% in 2002.
- How does GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 183rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 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