Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Eritrea
Eritrea: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 3.2% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Eritrea, 1999–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 3.2% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2018. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.6% on the previous year and up 56.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Eritrea peaked at 3.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1999.
That places Eritrea 134th out of 168 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.8% | — |
| 2000 | 1.1% | +45.6% |
| 2001 | 1.5% | +32.3% |
| 2002 | 1.4% | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 1.5% | +12.2% |
| 2004 | 2.4% | +54.1% |
| 2005 | 2.5% | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | +23.8% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | -29.4% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | -28.2% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 1.7% | +13.5% |
| 2012 | 2.7% | +62.3% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | -30.2% |
| 2014 | 2.5% | +31.1% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | -35.3% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | +84.2% |
| 2018 | 3.2% | +7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.9% | 1.1% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.3% | 1.5% | 3.2% | 8 |
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More education data for Eritrea
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4,198 (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.69 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6,033 (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -9.52 % change on previous year (2016)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Eritrea?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Eritrea was 3.2% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 3.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1999.
- How does Eritrea rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Eritrea ranks 134th out of 168 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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