Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 37.7% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) is 37.7%, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 46.4% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 33.8%, in 2005.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 46.4% | — |
| 1999 | 45.8% | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 43.4% | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 43.4% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 40.0% | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 35.4% | -11.6% |
| 2004 | 34.5% | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 33.8% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 34.8% | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 36.4% | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 38.5% | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 39.6% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 40.7% | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 40.8% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 40.4% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 41.6% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 39.5% | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 37.4% | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 37.2% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 37.8% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 38.0% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 37.7% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.1% | 45.8% | 46.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 38.0% | 33.8% | 43.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.1% | 37.2% | 41.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More education data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 161.08 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 179.31 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.5749 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0837 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.1% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.13 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 37.7% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 46.4% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.8% in 2005.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 8th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.