Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Central and Southern Asia
SDG: Central and Southern Asia: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 8.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Central and Southern Asia, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Central and Southern Asia stood at 8.8%.
The figure is down 15.3% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Central and Southern Asia peaked at 14.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.2%, in 2001.
SDG: Central and Southern Asia ranks 191st of 221 groups on this measure, 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 SDG: Central and Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5.3% | — |
| 1999 | 5.4% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 5.4% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 5.2% | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 5.6% | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 6.1% | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 6.4% | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 6.6% | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 6.8% | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 7.1% | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 7.4% | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 7.7% | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 7.7% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 7.8% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 8.3% | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 7.8% | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 8.1% | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 7.8% | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 8.9% | +14.5% |
| 2018 | 8.0% | -9.5% |
| 2019 | 7.8% | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 12.2% | +57.0% |
| 2021 | 14.9% | +21.9% |
| 2022 | 11.3% | -23.7% |
| 2023 | 10.3% | -8.8% |
| 2024 | 8.8% | -15.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.3% | 5.3% | 5.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.4% | 5.2% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.0% | 7.7% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.5% | 8.8% | 14.9% | 5 |
More education data for SDG: Central and Southern Asia
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 92.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 58.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 99.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3161 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 192.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.4111 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 8.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in SDG: Central and Southern Asia was 8.8% 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: Central and Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2% in 2001.
- How does SDG: Central and Southern Asia rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia ranks 191st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in SDG: Central and Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Central and Southern 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release