Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 86.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, 1997–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa stood at 86.2%.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa peaked at 92.9% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 85.8%, in 2018.
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa ranks 58th of 221 groups on this measure, 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 UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 92.9% | — |
| 1998 | 91.8% | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 91.9% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 90.7% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 90.5% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 89.2% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 88.6% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 88.4% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 88.6% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 88.0% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 87.5% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 87.2% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 86.6% | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 86.6% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 86.7% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 86.8% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 87.1% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 87.0% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 86.7% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 86.4% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 86.4% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 85.8% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 85.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 86.2% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 86.3% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 86.2% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.2% | 91.8% | 92.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 88.5% | 86.6% | 90.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.6% | 85.8% | 87.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.2% | 86.2% | 86.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 50.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 17.76 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.77 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.30 million (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.85 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 99.95 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa was 86.2% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 92.9% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.8% in 2018.
- How does UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa ranks 58th out of 221 groups with data for 2022.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 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