Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 20.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) stood at 20.0%. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 25.9% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 20.0%, in 2024.
That places ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 114th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 24.9% | — |
| 1999 | 25.9% | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 24.3% | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 24.2% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 23.0% | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 21.4% | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 21.7% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 21.4% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 22.1% | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 23.1% | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 23.5% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 24.1% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 24.4% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 24.2% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 23.4% | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 24.3% | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 22.3% | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 21.5% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 20.7% | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 21.4% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 21.0% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 20.6% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 20.9% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 21.7% | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 20.9% | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 20.7% | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 20.0% | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.4% | 24.9% | 25.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 22.9% | 21.4% | 24.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.4% | 20.6% | 24.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.8% | 20.0% | 21.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 187.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 203.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 127.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 18.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 216.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 126.65 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 116.03 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 20.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 25.9% in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.0% in 2024.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 114th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 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