Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Developed Regions
MDG: Developed Regions: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 26.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Developed Regions, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Developed Regions recorded 26.0% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Developed Regions peaked at 35.4% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 25.7%, in 2021.
MDG: Developed Regions ranks 56th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 MDG: Developed Regions, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 35.4% | — |
| 1998 | 30.8% | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 31.9% | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 29.8% | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 30.1% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 30.0% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 29.2% | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 30.8% | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 30.6% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 29.2% | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 29.0% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 28.8% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 28.2% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 28.5% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 28.1% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 28.0% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 29.7% | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 29.0% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 28.4% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 28.3% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 28.4% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 28.0% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 28.0% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 25.7% | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 25.7% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 25.8% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 26.1% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 26.0% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.7% | 30.8% | 35.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 29.6% | 28.2% | 30.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.4% | 28.0% | 29.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.9% | 25.7% | 26.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Developed Regions
More education data for MDG: Developed Regions
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 48.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 36.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.4289 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 38.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4349 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 99.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.0353 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.51 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.2785 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.70 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Developed Regions?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Developed Regions was 26.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Developed Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 35.4% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Developed Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.7% in 2021.
- How does MDG: Developed Regions rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- MDG: Developed Regions ranks 56th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in MDG: Developed Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this MDG: Developed Regions 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