Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Arab World
Arab World: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 20.7% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Arab World, 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Arab World recorded 20.7% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2019.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Arab World peaked at 33.1% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 18.4%, in 2014.
That places Arab World 23rd out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Arab World, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 32.3% | — |
| 1998 | 32.8% | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 33.1% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 33.1% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 33.0% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 32.6% | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 31.2% | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 30.2% | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 27.9% | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 25.6% | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 22.7% | -11.4% |
| 2008 | 21.2% | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 19.8% | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 19.8% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 20.4% | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 19.7% | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 19.7% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 18.4% | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 19.1% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 19.3% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 20.1% | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 20.4% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 20.7% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.7% | 32.3% | 33.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 27.7% | 19.8% | 33.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.8% | 18.4% | 20.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Arab World
More education data for Arab World
- Population ages 0-14 32.0% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0052 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.58 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 93.4% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.2783 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Arab World?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Arab World was 20.7% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 33.1% in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.4% in 2014.
- How does Arab World rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Arab World ranks 23rd out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Arab World 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total number of students enrolled in vocational programmes at the upper secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the upper secondary level. Vocational education is designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades. Vocational education may have work-based components (e.g. apprenticeships). Successful completion of such programmes leads to labour-market relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.