Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Finland
Finland: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 65.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Finland, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Finland recorded 65.0% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Finland peaked at 69.1% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 47.3%, in 2004.
That places Finland 9th out of 168 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 Finland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 47.7% | — |
| 1999 | 48.5% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 51.5% | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 53.9% | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 54.7% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 56.7% | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 47.3% | -16.6% |
| 2005 | 48.2% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 49.1% | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 49.4% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 49.8% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 49.9% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 51.1% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 52.2% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 52.8% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 67.7% | +28.2% |
| 2014 | 68.0% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 68.8% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 68.7% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 69.1% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 69.0% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 65.5% | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 64.5% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 64.4% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 65.0% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 65.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 65.0% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48.1% | 47.7% | 48.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 51.0% | 47.3% | 56.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.3% | 51.1% | 69.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.8% | 64.4% | 65.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 543,350 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 30,824 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 280,873 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 262,477 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 183,354 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Finland?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Finland was 65.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 69.1% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.3% in 2004.
- How does Finland rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Finland ranks 9th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release