Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 57.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) is 57.9%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) peaked at 58.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 43.3%, in 1997.
That places ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 43.3% | — |
| 1998 | 51.8% | +19.5% |
| 1999 | 49.2% | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 53.4% | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 53.0% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 53.1% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 54.2% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 49.8% | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 50.4% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 52.8% | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 53.0% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 52.4% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 53.4% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 52.9% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 53.3% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 53.8% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 56.2% | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 57.1% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 57.6% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 58.1% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 58.4% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 58.2% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 58.4% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 58.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 58.4% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 58.1% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 57.9% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 57.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48.1% | 43.3% | 51.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 52.5% | 49.8% | 54.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.4% | 52.9% | 58.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.1% | 57.9% | 58.4% | 5 |
More education data for ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 19.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.22 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.0016 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 37.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 11.93 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) was 57.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- The highest recorded value was 58.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.3% in 1997.
- How does ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) ranks 211th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release