Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World
World: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in was 21.7% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World, 1997–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World stood at 21.7%. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World peaked at 31.1% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 21.7%, in 2019.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 31.1% | — |
| 1998 | 28.2% | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 27.1% | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 25.5% | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 25.2% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 24.2% | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 23.0% | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 23.5% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 23.2% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 23.1% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 23.6% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 23.6% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 23.9% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 24.1% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 23.6% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 23.1% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 24.0% | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 22.8% | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 22.1% | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 21.7% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 22.2% | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 21.9% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 21.7% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.8% | 27.1% | 31.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 23.9% | 23.0% | 25.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.7% | 21.7% | 24.1% | 10 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Bolivia 100.0% compare
- 2 Uzbekistan 95.1% compare
- 3 Guatemala 83.6% compare
- 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.2% compare
- 5 Serbia 73.8% compare
More education data for World
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 34.10 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 65.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 34.10 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4548 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World?
- Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in in World was 21.7% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 31.1% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.7% in 2019.
- How does World rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in?
- World ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2019.
- Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.