Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 20.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Small Island Developing States stood at 20.0%.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 77.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 20.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 11.2%, in 2014.
That places SDG: Small Island Developing States 92nd 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 SDG: Small Island Developing States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 16.4% | — |
| 1998 | 14.5% | -11.5% |
| 1999 | 12.8% | -11.6% |
| 2000 | 13.2% | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 14.3% | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 14.3% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 14.9% | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 15.1% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 15.9% | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 15.5% | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 13.9% | -9.8% |
| 2008 | 13.2% | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 12.2% | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 11.7% | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 12.1% | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 11.9% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 12.0% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 11.2% | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 11.5% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 12.6% | +10.0% |
| 2017 | 13.2% | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 16.3% | +23.7% |
| 2019 | 17.7% | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 19.1% | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 20.2% | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 20.9% | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 20.1% | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 20.0% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.6% | 12.8% | 16.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 14.3% | 12.2% | 15.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.0% | 11.2% | 17.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.0% | 19.1% | 20.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
- 89 Brunei Darussalam 16.1% compare
- 90 Djibouti 15.9% compare
- 91 Sao Tome and Principe 15.7% compare
- 92 Mongolia 15.2% compare
- 93 Chile 14.8% compare
- 94 Guinea 13.2% compare
- 95 Burkina Faso 13.1% compare
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 135,487 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 294,841 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -3.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 632,078 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.021 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 945,323 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 20.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 20.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.2% in 2014.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 92nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 77.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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