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 49.9% 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
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe is 49.9%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Europe peaked at 49.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 39.2%, in 1997.
That places SDG: Europe 210th 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 SDG: Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 39.2% | — |
| 1998 | 45.3% | +15.4% |
| 1999 | 43.5% | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 48.4% | +11.3% |
| 2001 | 47.8% | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 47.9% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 48.7% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 43.4% | -10.9% |
| 2005 | 43.1% | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 44.8% | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 44.5% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 44.9% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 44.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 44.4% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 44.6% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 45.2% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 45.3% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 46.0% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 46.5% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 46.3% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 46.6% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 46.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 46.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 49.6% | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 49.7% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 49.7% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 49.8% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 49.9% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 42.7% | 39.2% | 45.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 45.8% | 43.1% | 48.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.8% | 44.4% | 46.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.7% | 49.6% | 49.9% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Europe
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0555 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.0663 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.0449 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 30.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.4455 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 32.93 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22.66 million (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 49.9% 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 49.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.2% in 1997.
- How does SDG: Europe rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- SDG: Europe ranks 210th 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 8.4%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release