Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 82.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) is 82.2%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 82.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 67.4%, in 1998.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 114th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 67.4% | — |
| 1999 | 67.5% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 67.8% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 67.5% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 68.4% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 68.9% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 70.5% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 72.2% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 74.8% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 77.3% | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 79.1% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 81.3% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 80.8% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 80.2% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 80.8% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 80.8% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 81.8% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 81.8% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 82.0% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 81.6% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 81.5% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 81.3% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 80.9% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 81.3% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 82.1% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 82.1% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 82.2% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.5% | 67.4% | 67.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 72.8% | 67.5% | 81.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.2% | 80.2% | 82.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.7% | 80.9% | 82.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 16.59 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 25.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 11.98 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 11.49 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 82.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 82.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.4% in 1998.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 114th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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