Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in European Union
European Union: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 48.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in European Union, 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
European Union recorded 48.0% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in European Union peaked at 58.8% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 47.3%, in 2015.
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 European Union, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 58.8% | — |
| 1998 | 51.0% | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 54.2% | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 49.5% | -8.7% |
| 2001 | 49.8% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 49.7% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 48.4% | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 53.9% | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 53.8% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 50.9% | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 50.7% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 50.0% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 49.3% | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 49.6% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 48.9% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 48.5% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 49.1% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 48.1% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 47.3% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 47.4% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 47.8% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 47.6% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 48.0% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.6% | 51.0% | 58.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 50.6% | 48.4% | 53.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.2% | 47.3% | 49.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near European Union
- 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
More education data for European Union
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 37.39 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.89 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0517 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 23.26 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 14.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in European Union?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in European Union was 48.0% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in European Union?
- The highest recorded value was 58.8% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in European Union?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.3% in 2015.
- How does European Union rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- European Union ranks 1st out of 2 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in European Union?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union 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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About this data
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.