Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: South Asia
WB: South Asia: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 5.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: South Asia, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: South Asia recorded 5.7% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.9% on the previous year and up 80.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: South Asia peaked at 8.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2001.
That places WB: South Asia 203rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: South Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.5% | — |
| 1999 | 2.3% | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 2.3% | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 2.0% | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 2.3% | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 2.4% | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 2.4% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 2.4% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 2.5% | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 2.7% | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 3.0% | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 3.1% | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 3.3% | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 3.2% | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 3.5% | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 4.2% | +23.5% |
| 2018 | 3.5% | -15.7% |
| 2019 | 3.3% | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 6.5% | +101.3% |
| 2021 | 8.6% | +31.8% |
| 2022 | 6.9% | -20.2% |
| 2023 | 6.6% | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 5.7% | -12.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 2.9% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.9% | 5.7% | 8.6% | 5 |
More education data for WB: South Asia
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 77.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 7.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 83.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 152.88 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: South Asia?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: South Asia was 5.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2001.
- How does WB: South Asia rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: South Asia ranks 203rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in WB: South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: South Asia 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