Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 20.4% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Low & middle income, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Low & middle income recorded 20.4% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2019.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Low & middle income peaked at 26.0% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 20.3%, in 2016.
Low & middle income ranks 25th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 26.0% | — |
| 1999 | 24.3% | -6.6% |
| 2000 | 23.2% | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 22.9% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 21.7% | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 20.6% | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 20.8% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 20.5% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 21.0% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 21.8% | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 22.1% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 22.5% | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 22.8% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 22.5% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 21.9% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 22.8% | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 21.4% | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 20.8% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 20.3% | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 20.9% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 20.7% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 20.4% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.1% | 24.3% | 26.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.7% | 20.5% | 23.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.5% | 20.3% | 22.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More education data for Low & middle income
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1043 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.3% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 27.98 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 554.22 million (2024)
- Secondary 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 Low & middle income?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Low & middle income was 20.4% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 26.0% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.3% in 2016.
- How does Low & middle income rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Low & middle income ranks 25th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low & middle 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.