Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
WB: Africa Eastern and Southern: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 17.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern, 1997–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Africa Eastern and Southern recorded 17.0% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2022. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern peaked at 17.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13.7%, in 1997.
That places WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 119th out of 221 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 13.7% | — |
| 1998 | 14.9% | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 14.4% | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 15.3% | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 14.8% | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 15.5% | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 15.3% | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 15.1% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 14.5% | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 14.7% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 14.1% | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 14.5% | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 14.8% | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 14.7% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 14.6% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 14.3% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 14.2% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 14.8% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 15.9% | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 15.9% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 16.0% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 16.5% | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 16.7% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 16.7% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 16.8% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 17.0% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.3% | 13.7% | 14.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 14.9% | 14.1% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 14.2% | 16.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.8% | 16.7% | 17.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
More education data for WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.71 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.23 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.92 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.91 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.18 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.98 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.9717 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 46.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern was 17.0% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The highest recorded value was 17.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.7% in 1997.
- How does WB: Africa Eastern and Southern rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 119th out of 221 groups with data for 2022.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 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