Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational in Eritrea
Eritrea: Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational was 3.3% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Eritrea, 1999–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Eritrea is 3.3%, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.3% on the previous year and up 70.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Eritrea peaked at 3.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2009.
Eritrea ranks 143rd of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper … upper both sexes vocational in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1.7% | — |
| 2000 | 2.1% | +19.9% |
| 2001 | 2.5% | +18.0% |
| 2002 | 2.3% | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 2.5% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 1.9% | -25.5% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | -30.2% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | +44.4% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | +32.1% |
| 2013 | 2.2% | -15.4% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | -30.0% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | +90.3% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | +9.3% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 3.3% is below the median for low income countries, which is 16.2%, 20% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 3.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9.8%, 34% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.3% | 1.4% | 3.3% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More education data for Eritrea
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9,725 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23,881 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 28,835 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26,792 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 266,829 (2022)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 398,090 (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.7908 % change on previous year (2018)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1168 units per person (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Eritrea?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Eritrea was 3.3% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2009.
- How does Eritrea rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Eritrea ranks 143rd out of 168 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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