Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Southern Asia
SDG: Southern Asia: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 4.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Southern Asia, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Southern Asia recorded 4.9% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 88.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Southern Asia peaked at 4.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.3%, in 2016.
That places SDG: Southern Asia 199th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 SDG: Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.4% | — |
| 1999 | 2.5% | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 2.7% | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 2.5% | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 2.5% | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 2.5% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 2.8% | +12.1% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 3.1% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 2.9% | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 3.1% | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 2.8% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 2.8% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 2.6% | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 2.4% | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 2.3% | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 2.6% | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 2.5% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | +31.1% |
| 2021 | 3.6% | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 4.5% | +26.1% |
| 2023 | 4.9% | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 4.9% | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.8% | 2.5% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.2% | 3.3% | 4.9% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Southern Asia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 55.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 88.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.205 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 94.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 54.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 28.18 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.82 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Southern Asia?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Southern Asia was 4.9% 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: Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3% in 2016.
- How does SDG: Southern Asia rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- SDG: Southern Asia ranks 199th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in SDG: Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 88.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Southern Asia 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