Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 11.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) recorded 11.2% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) peaked at 11.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 1998.
That places MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) 175th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 11.4% | — |
| 1998 | 6.7% | -41.4% |
| 1999 | 6.8% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 7.2% | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 7.5% | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 7.8% | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 8.6% | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 9.8% | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 10.5% | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 10.8% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 11.0% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 11.1% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 11.1% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 10.7% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 10.6% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 10.7% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 10.8% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 10.8% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 10.5% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 9.9% | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 10.0% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 11.0% | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 10.3% | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 11.2% | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 11.3% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 11.5% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 11.4% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 11.2% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.3% | 6.7% | 11.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 9.5% | 7.2% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.5% | 9.9% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.3% | 11.2% | 11.5% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 11.57 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.7828 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 24.83 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 26.38 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) was 11.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 1998.
- How does MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) ranks 175th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Southern Asia (excluding India) 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