Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 16.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
16.7%
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
145th
of 221 groups
All-time high
18.0%
in 2019
All-time low
6.4%
in 1997
Years of data
28
1997–2024
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) stood at 16.7%.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 18.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 1997.
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 145th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6.4% | — |
| 1998 | 7.0% | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 7.8% | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 9.7% | +23.7% |
| 2001 | 10.4% | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 11.5% | +10.5% |
| 2003 | 11.5% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 12.0% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 11.1% | -7.5% |
| 2006 | 11.5% | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 11.3% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 12.2% | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 12.7% | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 11.9% | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 12.2% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 12.7% | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 13.3% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 14.1% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 15.1% | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 16.0% | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 16.7% | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 17.7% | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 18.0% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 17.3% | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 16.1% | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 15.9% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 16.7% | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 16.7% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.1% | 6.4% | 7.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 11.4% | 9.7% | 12.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.8% | 11.9% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.5% | 15.9% | 17.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- 142 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.4% compare
- 143 Eritrea 3.3% compare
- 144 Chad 3.2% compare
- 145 Sudan 3.2% compare
- 146 Nepal 2.2% compare
- 147 Equatorial Guinea 2.2% compare
- 148 Russian Federation 2.2% compare
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8034 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 875,127 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7424 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 16.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 18.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 1997.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 145th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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