Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: 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, 1997–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa stood at 13.2%.
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 peaked at 17.2% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 2013.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 32nd of 43 groups on this measure, 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, 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
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.43 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (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)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9738 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.80 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sub-Saharan Africa 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?
- 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?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 2013.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 32nd out of 43 groups with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 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 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.