Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden
Sweden: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 35.4% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden, 1998–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden stood at 35.4%.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and down 40.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden peaked at 59.7% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 34.1%, in 2017.
That places Sweden 52nd out of 158 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 40.9% | — |
| 1999 | 48.6% | +18.9% |
| 2000 | 48.8% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 51.7% | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 49.6% | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 49.0% | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 57.5% | +17.4% |
| 2005 | 57.7% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 58.1% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 58.8% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 59.5% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 59.7% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 59.6% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 59.0% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 48.8% | -17.3% |
| 2013 | 46.9% | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 43.7% | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 38.2% | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 36.6% | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 34.1% | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 35.4% | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 44.8% | 40.9% | 48.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 55.0% | 48.8% | 59.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.7% | 34.1% | 59.6% | 9 |
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More education data for Sweden
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 475,871 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2103 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 458,336 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 494,296 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 58,504 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 13,047 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 300,133 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in Sweden was 35.4% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 59.7% in 2009.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.1% in 2017.
- How does Sweden rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- Sweden ranks 52nd out of 158 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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.