Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Belgium
Belgium: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.8943 GPIA in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.8943 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
45th
of 160 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPIA
in 2012
All-time low
0.8896 GPIA
in 2022
Years of data
25
1999–2023
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Belgium, 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 0.8943 GPIA for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2023.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Belgium peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.8896 GPIA, in 2022.
That places Belgium 45th out of 160 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Belgium, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.9289 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9446 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9537 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9538 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9493 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9392 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9565 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9656 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.97 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9987 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 1 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.9972 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 1 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9428 GPIA | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9426 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9374 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9332 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9296 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9216 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9151 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9032 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8908 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.8896 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.8943 GPIA | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9289 GPIA | 0.9289 GPIA | 0.9289 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9632 GPIA | 0.9392 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9527 GPIA | 0.9151 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8945 GPIA | 0.8896 GPIA | 0.9032 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More education data for Belgium
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.18 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.61 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 80,763 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 613,964 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.08 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 568,692 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.11 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 431,997 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.0553 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Belgium?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Belgium was 0.8943 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8896 GPIA in 2022.
- How does Belgium rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Belgium ranks 45th out of 160 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release