Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in OECD members
OECD members: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 31.1% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in OECD members, 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in OECD members stood at 31.1%.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in OECD members peaked at 40.1% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 28.5%, in 2012.
OECD members ranks 11th of 43 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 OECD members, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 40.1% | — |
| 1998 | 34.6% | -13.7% |
| 1999 | 35.0% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 32.4% | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 31.5% | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 30.9% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 29.9% | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 31.8% | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 31.2% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 29.6% | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 29.3% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 29.0% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 28.9% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 29.2% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 28.5% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 28.5% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 32.3% | +13.4% |
| 2014 | 32.1% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 31.9% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 31.6% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 31.4% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 30.7% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 31.1% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36.5% | 34.6% | 40.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 30.5% | 28.9% | 32.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.7% | 28.5% | 32.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
More education data for OECD members
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6.28 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 16.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 6.28 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.9% (2024)
- Labor force, total 709.91 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in OECD members?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in OECD members was 31.1% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 40.1% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.5% in 2012.
- How does OECD members rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- OECD members ranks 11th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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.