Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)
ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 10.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) recorded 10.6% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.0% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) peaked at 15.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2001.
That places ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 187th 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 ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7.6% | — |
| 1999 | 7.4% | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 7.1% | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 6.8% | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 7.3% | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 7.6% | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 7.8% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 6.9% | -11.8% |
| 2006 | 7.0% | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 7.1% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 6.9% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 7.4% | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 7.8% | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 8.0% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 7.8% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 8.8% | +12.6% |
| 2014 | 8.5% | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 9.1% | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 8.7% | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 9.9% | +13.2% |
| 2018 | 8.9% | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 8.5% | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 12.7% | +50.1% |
| 2021 | 15.6% | +22.4% |
| 2022 | 12.5% | -20.1% |
| 2023 | 11.7% | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 10.6% | -10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.5% | 7.4% | 7.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.2% | 6.8% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.6% | 7.8% | 9.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.6% | 10.6% | 15.6% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.5261 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 100.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.1925 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 93.84 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 108.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) was 10.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- The highest recorded value was 15.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2001.
- How does ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) ranks 187th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release