Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway
Norway: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 49.4% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway, 1998–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Norway recorded 49.4% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway peaked at 60.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 49.4%, in 2018.
That places Norway 27th 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 Norway, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 52.5% | — |
| 1999 | 53.6% | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 57.3% | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 57.6% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 58.0% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 59.2% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 60.5% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 60.8% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 60.0% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 57.5% | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 55.2% | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 54.1% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 53.9% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 52.6% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 52.0% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 51.9% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 50.7% | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 50.1% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 50.4% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 49.7% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 49.4% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 53.1% | 52.5% | 53.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 58.0% | 54.1% | 60.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.2% | 49.4% | 53.9% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More education data for Norway
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 243,177 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4631 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 165,918 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 315,674 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.7664 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 38,168 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 13,721 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 185,801 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Norway was 49.4% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 60.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.4% in 2018.
- How does Norway rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Norway ranks 27th out of 158 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Norway 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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About this data
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.