Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: High Income (july 2025)
WB: High Income (july 2025): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 29.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: High Income (july 2025), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: High Income (july 2025) stood at 29.5%. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: High Income (july 2025) peaked at 40.9% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 29.5%, in 2024.
That places WB: High Income (july 2025) 65th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: High Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 40.9% | — |
| 1998 | 37.5% | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 38.2% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 35.2% | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 35.5% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 35.1% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 34.5% | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 36.7% | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 37.2% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 35.4% | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 35.1% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 34.6% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 34.3% | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 34.3% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 33.7% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 33.7% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 34.4% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 33.9% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 33.4% | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 33.2% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 32.8% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 32.2% | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 32.4% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 30.1% | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 30.1% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 30.1% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 29.5% | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 29.5% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38.9% | 37.5% | 40.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 35.3% | 34.3% | 37.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.4% | 32.2% | 34.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.9% | 29.5% | 30.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: High Income (july 2025)
- 62 Ecuador 34.6% compare
- 63 Lithuania 34.2% compare
- 64 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 34.1% compare
- 65 Costa Rica 34.0% compare
- 66 Lebanon 33.1% compare
- 67 Armenia 32.4% compare
- 68 Puerto Rico 32.4% compare
More education data for WB: High Income (july 2025)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 54.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0898 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 51.82 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.1159 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 106.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 43.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0538 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in WB: High Income (july 2025) was 29.5% 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: High Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 40.9% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.5% in 2024.
- How does WB: High Income (july 2025) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- WB: High Income (july 2025) ranks 65th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: High Income (july 2025) 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