Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 43.9% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1998–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 43.9% for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.9% on the previous year and up 85.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 53.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 17.2%, in 2011.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 36th out of 158 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 23.9% | — |
| 1999 | 34.2% | +43.1% |
| 2000 | 35.0% | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 34.5% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 36.0% | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 33.4% | -7.2% |
| 2004 | 38.6% | +15.8% |
| 2005 | 39.4% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 31.8% | -19.4% |
| 2007 | 32.1% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 23.6% | -26.4% |
| 2009 | 22.5% | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 23.8% | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 17.2% | -27.9% |
| 2012 | 18.1% | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 43.8% | +142.2% |
| 2014 | 42.7% | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 40.1% | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 53.1% | +32.5% |
| 2017 | 46.6% | -12.2% |
| 2018 | 43.9% | -5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.0% | 23.9% | 34.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 32.7% | 22.5% | 39.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.6% | 17.2% | 53.1% | 9 |
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More education data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 790,556 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 6.40 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.86 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.0111 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.071 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.86 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0111 % change on previous year (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 43.9% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 53.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.2% in 2011.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 36th out of 158 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 85.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.