Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 26.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 26.1%. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 32.5% on the previous year and down 56.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 61.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 26.1%, in 2024.
That places GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 82nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 30.6% | — |
| 1999 | 31.9% | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 32.4% | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 34.3% | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 32.8% | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 32.0% | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 34.7% | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 39.0% | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 41.6% | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 45.0% | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 48.2% | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 51.5% | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 56.8% | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 59.3% | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 59.3% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 60.8% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 60.6% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 60.9% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 60.7% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 60.5% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 61.3% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 61.5% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 57.9% | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 52.4% | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 45.6% | -13.1% |
| 2023 | 38.7% | -15.0% |
| 2024 | 26.1% | -32.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.2% | 30.6% | 31.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 39.2% | 32.0% | 51.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.2% | 56.8% | 61.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.1% | 26.1% | 57.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 352,674 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 29.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 26.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 61.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.1% in 2024.
- How does GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 82nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 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