Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Northern America
SDG: Northern America: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 0.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Northern America, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Northern America recorded 0.9% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Northern America peaked at 1.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1997.
That places SDG: Northern America 219th 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 SDG: Northern America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.0% | — |
| 1998 | 0.1% | +26408.3% |
| 1999 | 0.1% | +94.6% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | +49.6% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +31.5% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | +24.1% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | +18.7% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +13.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +11.5% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Northern America
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -3.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3042 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3046 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 19.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.08 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Northern America?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Northern America was 0.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1997.
- How does SDG: Northern America rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- SDG: Northern America ranks 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in SDG: Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Northern America 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