Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 50.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) stood at 50.5%.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) peaked at 52.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 36.6%, in 2003.
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 3rd of 45 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 43.3% | — |
| 1998 | 40.4% | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 37.8% | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 37.4% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 37.4% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 37.0% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 36.6% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 39.2% | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 39.8% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 41.2% | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 42.5% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 44.5% | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 46.4% | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 48.8% | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 50.4% | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 51.1% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 50.6% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 51.0% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 52.3% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 51.5% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 50.2% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 50.4% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 50.5% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40.5% | 37.8% | 43.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 40.2% | 36.6% | 46.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.7% | 48.8% | 52.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- 1 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 100.0% compare
- 2 Uzbekistan 95.1% compare
- 3 Guatemala 83.6% compare
- 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.2% compare
- 5 Serbia 73.8% compare
- 6 Honduras 71.8% compare
More education data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.66 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1746 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0626 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 28.09 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 906,553 (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.7% (2025)
All data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) was 50.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 52.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.6% in 2003.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 3rd out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (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.