Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Small states
Small states: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 14.5% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Small states, 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Small states stood at 14.5%.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Small states peaked at 16.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 12.5%, in 2014.
Small states ranks 29th 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 Small states, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 14.3% | — |
| 1998 | 14.6% | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 14.5% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 14.9% | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 15.3% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 15.4% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 15.4% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 16.2% | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 16.8% | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 16.0% | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 14.9% | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 14.1% | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 13.6% | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 13.1% | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 12.7% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 12.7% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 12.6% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 12.5% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 12.8% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 13.8% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 14.0% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 14.5% | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.5% | 14.3% | 14.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 15.3% | 13.6% | 16.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.2% | 12.5% | 14.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Small states
More education data for Small states
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 243,069 (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 243,069 (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.012 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 101.3% (2024)
- Labor force, female 43.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Small states?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Small states was 14.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 16.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.5% in 2014.
- How does Small states rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Small states ranks 29th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Small states 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.