Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe
SDG: Europe: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 60.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Europe recorded 60.9% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe peaked at 61.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 51.0%, in 1997.
SDG: Europe ranks 206th of 221 groups on this measure, 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 SDG: Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 51.0% | — |
| 1998 | 57.9% | +13.4% |
| 1999 | 55.7% | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 59.0% | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 58.5% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 58.4% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 59.5% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 56.0% | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 55.8% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 57.7% | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 57.6% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 57.6% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 58.0% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 57.1% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 57.5% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 57.9% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 56.4% | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 57.1% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 57.7% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 57.3% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 57.2% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 57.5% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 58.0% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 61.2% | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 61.1% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 60.9% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 60.9% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 60.9% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.9% | 51.0% | 57.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 57.8% | 55.8% | 59.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.4% | 56.4% | 58.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.0% | 60.9% | 61.2% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Europe
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 15.29 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.65 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 342,650 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0555 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 32.93 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.4455 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.32 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe was 60.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 61.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.0% in 1997.
- How does SDG: Europe rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- SDG: Europe ranks 206th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in SDG: Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Europe 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release