Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 15.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Early-demographic dividend, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Early-demographic dividend recorded 15.5% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 15.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 12.8%, in 2008.
That places Early-demographic dividend 28th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 14.7% | — |
| 1999 | 13.4% | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 13.6% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 13.5% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 13.7% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 13.6% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 13.9% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 13.3% | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 13.1% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 12.8% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 13.2% | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 13.6% | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 13.9% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 13.8% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 15.4% | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 14.5% | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 14.9% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 14.6% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 15.8% | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 15.7% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 15.5% | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.1% | 13.4% | 14.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.4% | 12.8% | 13.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.8% | 13.6% | 15.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
More education data for Early-demographic dividend
- Population ages 15-64 66.3% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13.97 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 364.78 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1027 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 320.06 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 26.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Early-demographic dividend?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Early-demographic dividend was 15.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 15.8% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.8% in 2008.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 28th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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.