Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Macao
Macao: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 5.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Macao, 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Macao stood at 5.5%.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Macao peaked at 9.3% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 1999.
That places Macao 132nd out of 168 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Macao, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4.5% | — |
| 2000 | 5.3% | +19.0% |
| 2001 | 5.5% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 6.4% | +16.3% |
| 2003 | 6.5% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 6.7% | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 5.9% | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 5.8% | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 6.7% | +16.5% |
| 2008 | 6.2% | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 6.5% | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 7.1% | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 8.3% | +18.1% |
| 2012 | 8.9% | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 9.3% | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 8.5% | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 7.5% | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 6.9% | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 6.8% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 6.8% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 6.5% | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 6.2% | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 6.1% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 5.9% | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 5.8% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 5.5% | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 6.2% | 5.3% | 6.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.7% | 6.5% | 9.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 5.5% | 6.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Macao
More education data for Macao
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 547 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2,349 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16,188 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 16,303 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 30,211 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -5.38 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Macao?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Macao was 5.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 9.3% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 1999.
- How does Macao rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Macao ranks 132nd out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macao 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