Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Syria
Syria: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 83.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Syria, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Syria recorded 83.8% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Syria peaked at 83.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 57.8%, in 1998.
That places Syria 96th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Syria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 57.8% | — |
| 1999 | 60.5% | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 60.2% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 63.8% | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 66.6% | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 68.6% | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 68.5% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 71.8% | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 74.5% | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 77.7% | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 78.6% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 79.0% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 78.7% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 77.7% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 77.4% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 78.5% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 80.9% | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 80.4% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 81.6% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 82.7% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 83.8% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.2% | 57.8% | 60.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 70.9% | 60.2% | 79.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.1% | 77.4% | 78.7% | 4 |
| 2020s | 81.9% | 80.4% | 83.8% | 5 |
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More education data for Syria
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 144,621 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.4% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Syria?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Syria was 83.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 83.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.8% in 1998.
- How does Syria rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Syria ranks 96th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Syria 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release