Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 17.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 recorded 17.3% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 28.3% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 17.3%, in 2024.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 113th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 28.3% | — |
| 1998 | 22.0% | -22.5% |
| 1999 | 21.4% | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 21.1% | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 21.5% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 21.5% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 21.1% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 21.5% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 21.4% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 21.0% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 20.5% | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 20.4% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 20.2% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 20.5% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 20.9% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 20.9% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 19.4% | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 20.1% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 19.7% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 19.5% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 20.3% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 21.2% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 20.5% | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 19.6% | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 18.9% | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 18.3% | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 17.7% | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 17.3% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.9% | 21.4% | 28.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 21.0% | 20.2% | 21.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.3% | 19.4% | 21.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.4% | 17.3% | 19.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- 110 San Marino 9.0% compare
- 111 Côte d'Ivoire 8.7% compare
- 112 Canada 8.2% compare
- 113 Kiribati 8.0% compare
- 114 British Virgin Islands 7.9% compare
- 115 Bangladesh 7.3% compare
- 116 Sri Lanka 7.0% compare
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 17.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 28.3% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.3% in 2024.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 113th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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