Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden
Sweden: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 39.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden stood at 39.1%.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden peaked at 64.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 33.7%, in 2017.
That places Sweden 54th out of 168 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 44.7% | — |
| 1999 | 48.9% | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 49.3% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 52.4% | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 50.6% | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 51.1% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 53.8% | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 63.2% | +17.5% |
| 2006 | 63.4% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 63.8% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 64.4% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 64.8% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 64.7% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 64.2% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 53.6% | -16.6% |
| 2013 | 49.5% | -7.6% |
| 2014 | 46.5% | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 39.5% | -15.1% |
| 2016 | 37.6% | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 33.7% | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 35.2% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 36.7% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 38.3% | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 38.6% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 38.7% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 39.3% | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 39.1% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.8% | 44.7% | 48.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 57.7% | 49.3% | 64.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.1% | 33.7% | 64.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.8% | 38.3% | 39.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 222,360 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 987,895 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 859,847 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.8572 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0814 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 859,847 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.8572 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden was 39.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 64.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.7% in 2017.
- How does Sweden rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Sweden ranks 54th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release