Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): 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 (IDA & IBRD countries), 1997–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 13.2% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 17.2% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 2013.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 34th out of 45 groups with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 17.2% | — |
| 1998 | 17.2% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 16.6% | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 16.8% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 16.0% | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 15.9% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 15.3% | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 14.5% | -5.2% |
| 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% | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 12.5% | +13.7% |
| 2015 | 12.1% | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 12.8% | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 12.8% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 13.2% | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.0% | 16.6% | 17.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 14.7% | 13.3% | 16.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.4% | 11.0% | 13.2% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
- 31 Türkiye 46.0% compare
- 32 Republic of Moldova 45.7% compare
- 33 Panama 44.8% compare
- 34 Ethiopia 44.3% compare
- 35 Indonesia 43.9% compare
- 36 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 43.9% compare
- 37 El Salvador 43.0% compare
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.80 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.43 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 0.9738 % 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 17.2% in 1998.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 2013.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 34th 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.