Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 36.7% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific, 1997–2019
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 is 36.7%, measured in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 46.5% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 33.4%, in 2005.
That places East Asia & Pacific 9th out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
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 East Asia & Pacific, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 46.5% | — |
| 1998 | 43.8% | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 43.4% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 41.3% | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 41.4% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 38.6% | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 34.7% | -9.9% |
| 2004 | 34.1% | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 33.4% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 34.3% | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 35.7% | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 37.6% | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 38.5% | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 39.4% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 39.4% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 38.9% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 40.0% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 38.2% | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 36.3% | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 36.0% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 36.6% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 36.7% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 36.7% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 44.6% | 43.4% | 46.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 37.0% | 33.4% | 41.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.8% | 36.0% | 40.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
More education data for East Asia & Pacific
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 174.05 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4731 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0801 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 191.34 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.94 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in East Asia & Pacific was 36.7% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 46.5% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.4% in 2005.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 9th 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?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific 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.