Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 23.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) is 23.0%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 37.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 23.0%, in 2019.
That places Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 17th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 28.6% | — |
| 1998 | 29.3% | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 27.5% | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 37.8% | +37.5% |
| 2001 | 35.4% | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 34.9% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 34.9% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 32.5% | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 31.4% | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 30.4% | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 29.8% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 28.1% | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 27.4% | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 27.5% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 25.7% | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 24.6% | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 23.3% | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 23.9% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 24.1% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 24.0% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 23.7% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 23.3% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 23.0% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.5% | 27.5% | 29.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 32.2% | 27.4% | 37.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 23.0% | 27.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- 14 Netherlands 67.5% compare
- 15 Liechtenstein 66.8% compare
- 16 Switzerland 63.7% compare
- 17 Luxembourg 61.6% compare
- 18 North Macedonia 59.9% compare
- 19 Suriname 59.6% compare
- 20 Belgium 56.8% compare
More education data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Population ages 0-14 41.2% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1578 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 148.37 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.67 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.15 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 55.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 23.0% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 37.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.0% in 2019.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 17th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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.