Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Least developed countries
Least developed countries: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 13.6% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Least developed countries, 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Least developed countries recorded 13.6% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2019.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Least developed countries peaked at 35.0% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 13.0%, in 2002.
Least developed countries ranks 30th of 43 groups on this measure, 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 Least developed countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 35.0% | — |
| 1998 | 15.0% | -57.0% |
| 1999 | 14.1% | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 13.7% | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 13.2% | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 13.0% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 13.0% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 13.5% | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 14.1% | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 14.0% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 14.1% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 14.6% | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 14.7% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 14.8% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 14.3% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 14.0% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 13.3% | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 13.8% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 14.0% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 13.7% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 14.0% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 13.6% | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.4% | 14.1% | 35.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 13.8% | 13.0% | 14.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.9% | 13.3% | 14.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Least developed countries
More education data for Least developed countries
- Population ages 0-14 38.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 4.43 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 57.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0037 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 4.43 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.0% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.3712 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Least developed countries?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Least developed countries was 13.6% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Least developed countries?
- The highest recorded value was 35.0% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Least developed countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.0% in 2002.
- How does Least developed countries rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Least developed countries ranks 30th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Least developed countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Least developed countries 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.