Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 13.2% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1997–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) is 13.2%, measured in 2018.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 17.3% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 2013.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 33rd out of 45 groups with data for 2018, putting it 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 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 17.3% | — |
| 1998 | 17.3% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 16.7% | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 16.8% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 16.0% | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 15.9% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 15.3% | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 14.5% | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 14.0% | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 14.0% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 14.0% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 13.7% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 13.3% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 13.1% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 12.4% | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 12.0% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 11.0% | -8.2% |
| 2014 | 12.5% | +13.7% |
| 2015 | 12.1% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 12.8% | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 12.8% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 13.2% | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.1% | 16.7% | 17.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 14.8% | 13.3% | 16.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.4% | 11.0% | 13.2% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.42 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1526 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 13.2% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 17.3% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 2013.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 33rd out of 45 groups with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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.