Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 20.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 stood at 20.2%. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 28.0% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 20.2%, in 2024.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 113th 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 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 28.0% | — |
| 1998 | 23.0% | -17.8% |
| 1999 | 23.0% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 22.8% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 23.1% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 23.2% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 23.1% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 23.3% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 23.2% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 22.6% | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 22.1% | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 22.1% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 21.8% | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 22.2% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 22.4% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 22.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 21.4% | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 21.9% | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 21.2% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 21.2% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 22.6% | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 23.5% | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 22.8% | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 22.2% | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 21.7% | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 21.3% | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 20.8% | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 20.2% | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.7% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 22.7% | 21.8% | 23.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.2% | 21.2% | 23.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.2% | 20.2% | 22.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- 110 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11.0% compare
- 111 United Arab Emirates 10.9% compare
- 112 Bahrain 10.7% compare
- 113 Guinea 10.6% compare
- 114 San Marino 10.5% compare
- 115 Georgia 9.9% compare
- 116 Guyana 9.7% compare
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 20.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 28.0% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.2% in 2024.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 113th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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