Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)
WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 59.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) recorded 59.5% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 59.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 43.3%, in 2012.
WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) ranks 200th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 46.6% | — |
| 1999 | 49.3% | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 50.9% | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 51.1% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 52.1% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 53.2% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 51.8% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 52.0% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 51.2% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 50.0% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 48.1% | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 46.6% | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 44.7% | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 43.7% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 43.3% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 45.1% | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 45.1% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 44.3% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 44.9% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 46.1% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 46.0% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 46.5% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 53.4% | +14.8% |
| 2021 | 54.7% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 55.9% | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 57.2% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 59.5% | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48.0% | 46.6% | 49.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 50.7% | 46.6% | 53.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.0% | 43.3% | 46.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.1% | 53.4% | 59.5% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 11.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.5726 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5449 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 15.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 5.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 8.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 8.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 180,868 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) was 59.5% 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: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)?
- The highest recorded value was 59.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.3% in 2012.
- How does WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) ranks 200th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release