Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway
Norway: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.7099 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.7099 GPIA
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
90th
of 160 countries
All-time high
0.8401 GPIA
in 2004
All-time low
0.6982 GPIA
in 2020
Years of data
27
1998–2024
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Norway recorded 0.7099 GPIA for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway peaked at 0.8401 GPIA in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.6982 GPIA, in 2020.
That places Norway 90th out of 160 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Norway, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.785 GPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.792 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8113 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.8174 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8206 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.832 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.8401 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8258 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8085 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.7772 GPIA | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 0.7483 GPIA | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.7423 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.7664 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.7743 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7524 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.7515 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7278 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.7101 GPIA | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.7171 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.7128 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.7077 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.7073 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.6982 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.702 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.7099 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.7137 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.7099 GPIA | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7885 GPIA | 0.785 GPIA | 0.792 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.8024 GPIA | 0.7423 GPIA | 0.8401 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7327 GPIA | 0.7073 GPIA | 0.7743 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7067 GPIA | 0.6982 GPIA | 0.7137 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More education data for Norway
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 469,508 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5663 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 51,889 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.7534 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 226,331 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6775 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 243,177 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4631 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 165,918 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway was 0.7099 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8401 GPIA in 2004.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6982 GPIA in 2020.
- How does Norway rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Norway ranks 90th out of 160 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Norway 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