Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 82.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries stood at 82.7%.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 82.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 74.4%, in 1998.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 106th of 221 groups on this measure, 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 UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 74.4% | — |
| 1999 | 75.1% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 76.3% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 76.7% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 78.8% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 80.1% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 79.5% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 79.6% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 79.1% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 78.4% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 78.2% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 77.9% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 78.7% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 79.0% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 79.7% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 79.2% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 80.5% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 81.0% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 81.6% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 81.5% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 81.6% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 82.1% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 82.8% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 82.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 82.5% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 82.5% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 82.7% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 74.7% | 74.4% | 75.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 78.5% | 76.3% | 80.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.5% | 78.7% | 82.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.7% | 82.5% | 82.8% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 220.95 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 274.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8422 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 294.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4689 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 178.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.1674 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 108.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 82.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 82.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.4% in 1998.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 106th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 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