Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Cyprus
Cyprus: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 18.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Cyprus, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Cyprus stood at 18.2%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Cyprus peaked at 18.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12.6%, in 2008.
Cyprus ranks 90th of 168 countries on this measure, 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 Cyprus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 14.0% | — |
| 2000 | 14.2% | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 14.3% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 13.8% | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 13.7% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 13.4% | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 13.5% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 13.3% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 12.9% | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 12.6% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 13.0% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 12.7% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 12.8% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 13.6% | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 15.1% | +11.3% |
| 2015 | 15.6% | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 16.7% | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 16.7% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 16.7% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 16.9% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 16.8% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 17.6% | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 17.9% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 17.9% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 18.2% | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.0% | 14.0% | 14.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 13.4% | 12.6% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.0% | 12.7% | 16.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.7% | 16.8% | 18.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More education data for Cyprus
- 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)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5,389 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Cyprus?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Cyprus was 18.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 18.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.6% in 2008.
- How does Cyprus rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Cyprus ranks 90th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release