Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 47.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) recorded 47.6% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) peaked at 60.6% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 47.5%, in 2021.
That places ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 9th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 60.6% | — |
| 1998 | 52.7% | -13.0% |
| 1999 | 56.0% | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 48.7% | -13.0% |
| 2001 | 49.5% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 49.9% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 49.5% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 57.5% | +16.1% |
| 2005 | 57.4% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 54.3% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 53.9% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 54.3% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 53.4% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 53.5% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 53.0% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 52.7% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 50.0% | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 49.1% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 48.6% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 48.0% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 47.8% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 47.7% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 47.6% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 47.6% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 47.5% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 47.7% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 47.6% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 47.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 56.4% | 52.7% | 60.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 52.8% | 48.7% | 57.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.8% | 47.6% | 53.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.6% | 47.5% | 47.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
More education data for ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 76.0% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 72.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 13.93 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 24.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 14.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 9.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 1.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 9.32 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 6.34 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 5.96 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) was 47.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The highest recorded value was 60.6% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.5% in 2021.
- How does ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) ranks 9th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 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