Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway
Norway: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 1.31 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway stood at 1.31 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway peaked at 1.31 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.23 GPIA, in 1998.
That places Norway 8th out of 183 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Norway, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1.23 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 1.24 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 1.25 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 1.24 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 1.24 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.23 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 1.24 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1.26 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 1.27 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 1.29 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 1.3 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 1.29 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.26 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 1.25 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 1.26 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 1.26 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.27 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 1.29 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.28 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.28 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.28 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1.29 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.31 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 1.31 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.31 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.31 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.31 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.24 GPIA | 1.23 GPIA | 1.24 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.26 GPIA | 1.23 GPIA | 1.3 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.27 GPIA | 1.25 GPIA | 1.29 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.31 GPIA | 1.31 GPIA | 1.31 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More education data for Norway
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 51,889 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.54 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway was 1.31 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 1.31 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.23 GPIA in 1998.
- How does Norway rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Norway ranks 8th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release