Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 28.5% in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
28.5%
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
13th
of 45 groups
All-time high
30.5%
in 2004
All-time low
23.6%
in 2009
Years of data
22
1998–2019

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1998–2019

01020301998200820191998: 29.1 %1999: 29.1 %2000: 29.2 %2001: 29.5 %2002: 29.8 %2003: 30.3 %2004: 30.5 %2005: 29.2 %2006: 27.5 %2007: 26 %2008: 24.7 %2009: 23.6 %2010: 24 %2011: 24.7 %2012: 24.8 %2013: 26 %2014: 25 %2015: 25.8 %2016: 26.8 %2017: 27.5 %2018: 28 %2019: 28.5 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2019, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) stood at 28.5%.

That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 20.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 30.5% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 23.6%, in 2009.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 13th of 45 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), year by year

Annual values for Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1998 to 2019.
Year % Change
1998 29.1%
1999 29.1% -0.2%
2000 29.2% +0.6%
2001 29.5% +0.8%
2002 29.8% +1.1%
2003 30.3% +1.7%
2004 30.5% +0.8%
2005 29.2% -4.5%
2006 27.5% -5.6%
2007 26.0% -5.7%
2008 24.7% -4.9%
2009 23.6% -4.5%
2010 24.0% +2.0%
2011 24.7% +2.9%
2012 24.8% +0.1%
2013 26.0% +5.1%
2014 25.0% -3.8%
2015 25.8% +2.9%
2016 26.8% +4.0%
2017 27.5% +2.4%
2018 28.0% +2.0%
2019 28.5% +1.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 29.1% 29.1% 29.1% 2
2000s 28.0% 23.6% 30.5% 10
2010s 26.1% 24.0% 28.5% 10

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

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  2. 11 Austria 68.4% compare
  3. 12 Montenegro 68.2% compare
  4. 13 Slovakia 67.8% compare
  5. 14 Netherlands 67.5% compare
  6. 15 Liechtenstein 66.8% compare
  7. 16 Switzerland 63.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 28.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
The highest recorded value was 30.5% in 2004.
What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
The lowest recorded value was 23.6% in 2009.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 13th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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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Indicator
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocational programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
203 places, 3,533 data points, 1997–2020
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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.