Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany
Germany: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.6804 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.6804 GPIA
Change on year
up 2.2%
World rank
96th
of 160 countries
All-time high
0.8611 GPIA
in 1998
All-time low
0.6514 GPIA
in 2022
Years of data
27
1998–2024
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany is 0.6804 GPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany peaked at 0.8611 GPIA in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.6514 GPIA, in 2022.
Germany ranks 96th of 160 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.8611 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.859 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.8348 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8337 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.834 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8252 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.821 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.8311 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8206 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8114 GPIA | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8105 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.7362 GPIA | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7358 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7167 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.711 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.7156 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.7202 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7112 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.7058 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.6898 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.6803 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6746 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.672 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.6615 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.6514 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.666 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 0.6804 GPIA | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.86 GPIA | 0.859 GPIA | 0.8611 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8159 GPIA | 0.7362 GPIA | 0.8348 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7061 GPIA | 0.6746 GPIA | 0.7358 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6663 GPIA | 0.6514 GPIA | 0.6804 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More education data for Germany
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 247,884 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 35,967 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.62 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany was 0.6804 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8611 GPIA in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6514 GPIA in 2022.
- How does Germany rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Germany ranks 96th out of 160 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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