Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 2.8% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries stood at 2.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.1% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 5.3% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2017.
That places ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5.3% | — |
| 1999 | 4.8% | -9.4% |
| 2000 | 4.5% | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 4.3% | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 4.0% | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 3.3% | -16.7% |
| 2004 | 2.7% | -19.2% |
| 2005 | 3.0% | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 4.4% | +49.3% |
| 2007 | 3.3% | -25.5% |
| 2008 | 3.2% | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 3.2% | +12.7% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | -19.4% |
| 2012 | 2.5% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 2.4% | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 2.1% | -11.8% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | +32.9% |
| 2016 | 2.2% | -21.5% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | -21.4% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | +63.7% |
| 2019 | 2.3% | -20.1% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | +22.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.0% | 4.8% | 5.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 2.7% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 1.7% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 1 |
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 183,698 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 193,251 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.84 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.48 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 577,798 (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.17 million (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 435,827 (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 2.8% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 5.3% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2017.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 216th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release