Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 15.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 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 ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) is 15.5%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 16.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4.8%, in 1997.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 137th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4.8% | — |
| 1998 | 5.5% | +14.7% |
| 1999 | 5.9% | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 7.7% | +30.0% |
| 2001 | 8.3% | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 9.1% | +10.1% |
| 2003 | 9.1% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 9.4% | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 8.5% | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 9.0% | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 8.9% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 9.7% | +8.8% |
| 2009 | 10.2% | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 9.5% | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 9.6% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 10.0% | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 10.7% | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 11.6% | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 13.8% | +18.4% |
| 2016 | 14.2% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 14.5% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 15.5% | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 16.3% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 15.8% | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 15.0% | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 14.8% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 15.5% | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 15.5% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.4% | 4.8% | 5.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 9.0% | 7.7% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 9.5% | 16.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.3% | 14.8% | 15.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8034 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 875,127 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34.62 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 15.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.8% in 1997.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 137th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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 vocational programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release