Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Euro Area
WB: Euro Area: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 58.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Euro Area, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Euro Area recorded 58.7% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Euro Area peaked at 59.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 44.0%, in 1997.
That places WB: Euro Area 209th 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 WB: Euro Area, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 44.0% | — |
| 1998 | 52.7% | +19.8% |
| 1999 | 49.7% | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 55.0% | +10.7% |
| 2001 | 54.4% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 54.1% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 54.5% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 48.8% | -10.5% |
| 2005 | 48.7% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 51.9% | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 52.2% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 51.7% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 53.0% | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 52.6% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 53.1% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 53.4% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 55.9% | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 56.9% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 57.4% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 58.0% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 58.3% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 58.6% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 58.9% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 59.1% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 59.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 58.9% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 58.7% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 58.7% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48.8% | 44.0% | 52.7% | 3 |
| 2000s | 52.4% | 48.7% | 55.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 56.3% | 52.6% | 58.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.9% | 58.7% | 59.1% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Euro Area
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.10 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.002 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.51 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 28.96 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 9.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.90 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Euro Area?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Euro Area was 58.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Euro Area?
- The highest recorded value was 59.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Euro Area?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.0% in 1997.
- How does WB: Euro Area rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Euro Area ranks 209th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in WB: Euro Area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Euro Area 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