Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Belgium
Belgium: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 56.8% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Belgium, 1999–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Belgium stood at 56.8%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Belgium peaked at 73.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 56.8%, in 2018.
Belgium ranks 20th of 158 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 65.7% | — |
| 2000 | 66.8% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 69.2% | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 69.7% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 70.3% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 68.2% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 69.6% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 69.5% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 69.6% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 72.9% | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 72.8% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 73.0% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 72.8% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 72.8% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 60.2% | -17.3% |
| 2014 | 59.7% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 59.6% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 59.2% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 57.8% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 56.8% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.7% | 65.7% | 65.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 69.9% | 66.8% | 72.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.6% | 56.8% | 73.0% | 9 |
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More education data for Belgium
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 568,692 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.11 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 431,997 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.0553 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 550,999 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2912 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 66,778 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 13,985 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 311,113 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.4819 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Belgium?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Belgium was 56.8% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 73.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.8% in 2018.
- How does Belgium rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Belgium ranks 20th out of 158 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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.