Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany
Germany: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 46.5% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany, 1998–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany stood at 46.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany peaked at 64.6% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 45.6%, in 2017.
That places Germany 30th out of 158 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 64.6% | — |
| 1999 | 64.6% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 63.2% | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 63.3% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 63.0% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 62.2% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 61.2% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 60.3% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 59.4% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 57.4% | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 57.5% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 53.2% | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 51.5% | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 48.6% | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 48.3% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 47.5% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 47.8% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 46.8% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 46.3% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 45.6% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 46.5% | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.6% | 64.6% | 64.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 60.1% | 53.2% | 63.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.6% | 45.6% | 51.5% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More education data for Germany
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 247,884 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 35,967 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.62 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Germany was 46.5% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 64.6% in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.6% in 2017.
- How does Germany rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Germany ranks 30th out of 158 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Germany 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.