Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in South Asia
South Asia: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 3.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in South Asia, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in South Asia stood at 3.5%.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in South Asia peaked at 4.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2001.
South Asia ranks 40th of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in South Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.8% | — |
| 1999 | 2.4% | -14.7% |
| 2000 | 2.4% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 2.1% | -10.3% |
| 2002 | 2.3% | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 2.6% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 2.8% | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 3.2% | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 3.3% | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 3.4% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 3.5% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 3.6% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 3.4% | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 3.7% | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 4.3% | +21.9% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | -12.1% |
| 2019 | 3.5% | -6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 2.1% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 3.3% | 4.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near South Asia
More education data for South Asia
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0959 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.84 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 24.6% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 4.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 160.82 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 119.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0035 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in South Asia?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in South Asia was 3.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2001.
- How does South Asia rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- South Asia ranks 40th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Asia 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.