Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)
MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 90.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China), 1996–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) recorded 90.9% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) peaked at 91.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 72.1%, in 1996.
That places MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 36th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 72.1% | — |
| 1997 | 73.4% | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 74.0% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 75.5% | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 77.5% | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 79.4% | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 81.1% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 82.0% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 82.8% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 83.4% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 84.0% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 84.3% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 84.9% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 85.3% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 85.7% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 87.0% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 88.1% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 89.0% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 89.0% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 89.0% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 88.9% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 89.0% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 89.3% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 89.6% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 89.9% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 90.1% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 90.6% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 91.0% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 90.9% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 73.8% | 72.1% | 75.5% | 4 |
| 2000s | 82.5% | 77.5% | 85.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.5% | 85.7% | 89.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.5% | 89.9% | 91.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)
More education data for MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 229,389 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.0285 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.3681 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.66 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 60,829 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.288 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.1474 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.84 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) was 90.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- The highest recorded value was 91.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.1% in 1996.
- How does MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) ranks 36th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 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