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UIS · Secondary School Enrolment
Secondary school enrolment by country
How many young people are enrolled in secondary school?
Monaco placed first of the 109 countries compared in 2024, at 158.547%, and Niger last, at 19.866%. In the middle country the figure was 93.193%.
Part ofEducation & Knowledge
Secondary school enrolment · 2024
Context statistic
Highest of 109Monaco
158.547%012024 · position · derived
Who leads
The three countries at the highest end of 109 compared, the three at the other end, and the first on each continent.
1Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2Photo: Joonas Lyytinen · CC BY-SA 2.5, greyscale
3Photo: User:Pieter Kuiper · Public domain, greyscale
Lowest in 2024
- 109
Niger19.866% - 108
Chad23.493% - 107
Burkina Faso29.991%
Positions out of 109. Where a country sits says how it compares with the others measured, and nothing about why.
Highest on each continent
- Africa
South Sudan122.121% - Americas
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines124.872% - Asia
Saudi Arabia110.663% - EuropeMonaco158.547%
- Oceania
Australia131.932% - Every region
02Every measured country
Secondary school enrolment on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value — the better end.
- 19.866–78.528%
- 79.131–90.657%
- 90.725–97.791%
- 98.093–106.741%
- 107.160–158.547%
- No reading in 2024 (99 measured in an earlier edition)
- Europe
102.855%
the middle country, of 26 measured · 49 members
Monaco158.547%
San Marino60.375%Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Oceania
92.426%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 21 members
Australia131.932%
Marshall Islands85.756%Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Asia
92.130%
the middle country, of 32 measured · 52 members
Saudi Arabia110.663%
Syria38.737%Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Americas
90.979%
the middle country, of 28 measured · 48 members
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines124.872%
Guatemala49.577%Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Africa
73.271%
the middle country, of 14 measured · 55 members
South Sudan122.121%Niger19.866%Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Every region
21 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Northern Europe
116.254%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 13 members
Finland142.395%
Latvia101.253%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Western Europe
102.607%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 9 members
Monaco158.547%
Germany100.244%Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- Western Asia
98.547%
the middle country, of 13 measured · 19 members
Saudi Arabia110.663%Syria38.737%Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- South America
97.791%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 12 members
Peru108.289%
Paraguay79.131%Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- Southern Europe
95.882%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 17 members
Spain118.538%San Marino60.375%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Eastern Europe
94.790%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 10 members
Poland107.881%
Ukraine86.170%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Central Asia
94.646%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
Kazakhstan97.199%
Tajikistan86.904%Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Caribbean
89.905%
the middle country, of 15 measured · 24 members
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines124.872%
British Virgin Islands75.583%Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- South-eastern Asia
82.785%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 11 members
Indonesia98.836%
Laos51.852%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Southern Asia
78.106%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 9 members
Nepal90.388%
Pakistan48.281%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Central America
74.300%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 8 members
Costa Rica121.811%Guatemala49.577%Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Eastern Africa
70.825%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 19 members
South Sudan122.121%
Rwanda48.790%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
Australia131.932%
New Zealand114.231%Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Eastern Asia
3 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea.
Hong Kong107.160%
Macau94.662%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Melanesia
1 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Fiji.
Fiji98.093%Highest and lowest reading in Melanesia.
- Micronesia
4 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau.
Palau95.727%Marshall Islands85.756%Highest and lowest reading in Micronesia.
- Middle Africa
1 of 9 measured — too few for a middle: Chad.
Chad23.493%Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Northern Africa
3 of 6 measured — too few for a middle: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco.
Algeria105.164%
Egypt84.829%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Polynesia
2 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Tonga, Tuvalu.
Tonga92.426%
Tuvalu90.657%Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
- Southern Africa
1 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Namibia.
Namibia81.957%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
- Western Africa
4 of 16 measured — too few for a middle: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger.
Ghana75.717%Niger19.866%Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
03The whole field at once
The spread
109 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 93.193%; a quarter are above 103.785%, and a quarter below 84.457%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 208 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. “=” marks a position shared with another country. UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. Because this is a GROSS ratio it can legitimately pass 100%: repeaters and over-age pupils push Monaco to 158 in 2024. A figure above 100 is not an error, and it does not mean enrolment is universal.
Showing 25 of 208 countries
Values for 2024. The change column compares 2024 with 2023 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
051971–2024 · 50 editions
Over time
Each point is one reference year. The five-year hole from 1995 to 1998 is real — UNESCO reported too few countries in those years to publish — so the line has a genuine gap rather than an interpolation.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 109 | 93.193% | 84.457% – 103.785% |
| 2023 | 147 | 93.275% | 80.685% – 104.048% |
| 2022 | 140 | 96.552% | 84.367% – 104.920% |
| 2021 | 148 | 95.198% | 81.598% – 104.587% |
| 2020 | 145 | 93.985% | 82.887% – 104.319% |
| 2019 | 141 | 96.093% | 81.721% – 105.136% |
| 2018 | 140 | 95.708% | 78.832% – 106.068% |
| 2017 | 140 | 94.731% | 77.812% – 105.238% |
| 2016 | 147 | 92.815% | 76.661% – 103.959% |
| 2015 | 155 | 92.816% | 74.026% – 103.643% |
| 2014 | 149 | 93.387% | 73.372% – 104.204% |
| 2013 | 141 | 92.063% | 69.477% – 102.779% |
| 2012 | 150 | 90.739% | 69.864% – 99.701% |
| 2011 | 156 | 88.833% | 66.746% – 99.888% |
| 2010 | 149 | 89.494% | 68.100% – 100.208% |
| 2009 | 145 | 89.044% | 66.706% – 99.743% |
| 2008 | 147 | 87.834% | 62.085% – 98.794% |
| 2007 | 150 | 86.134% | 60.323% – 97.837% |
| 2006 | 144 | 85.628% | 57.884% – 97.535% |
| 2005 | 153 | 84.944% | 59.471% – 95.794% |
| 2004 | 151 | 81.905% | 50.797% – 95.466% |
| 2003 | 141 | 82.703% | 51.426% – 96.063% |
| 2002 | 144 | 78.289% | 46.441% – 95.290% |
| 2001 | 143 | 75.300% | 41.910% – 94.672% |
| 2000 | 113 | 70.319% | 39.319% – 84.595% |
| 1999 | 107 | 63.910% | 32.818% – 81.275% |
| 1994 | 89 | 52.128% | 26.387% – 81.121% |
| 1993 | 84 | 55.147% | 25.758% – 81.285% |
| 1992 | 89 | 51.929% | 25.604% – 83.202% |
| 1991 | 94 | 52.869% | 23.833% – 83.913% |
| 1990 | 92 | 46.936% | 20.137% – 78.938% |
| 1989 | 86 | 41.316% | 17.602% – 71.027% |
| 1988 | 85 | 39.051% | 19.437% – 64.027% |
| 1987 | 90 | 38.117% | 18.789% – 69.170% |
| 1986 | 103 | 41.402% | 21.117% – 75.146% |
| 1985 | 95 | 38.190% | 19.425% – 66.652% |
| 1984 | 99 | 34.638% | 19.639% – 65.969% |
| 1983 | 95 | 33.783% | 19.197% – 65.447% |
| 1982 | 94 | 32.149% | 16.157% – 59.497% |
| 1981 | 107 | 32.573% | 16.241% – 63.022% |
| 1980 | 100 | 29.349% | 15.510% – 55.247% |
| 1979 | 91 | 28.807% | 14.875% – 56.340% |
| 1978 | 95 | 27.323% | 14.203% – 55.339% |
| 1977 | 97 | 26.220% | 13.259% – 55.135% |
| 1976 | 102 | 30.338% | 13.457% – 56.255% |
| 1975 | 91 | 30.103% | 12.682% – 53.923% |
| 1974 | 93 | 27.120% | 11.034% – 50.856% |
| 1973 | 100 | 23.899% | 10.863% – 45.328% |
| 1972 | 107 | 20.156% | 9.865% – 43.481% |
| 1971 | 110 | 18.522% | 8.744% – 40.626% |
062023 → 2024
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Improved most
before → after
Albania96.137% → 108.355% · 66th → 17th+12.219
Turks and Caicos Islands109.842% → 119.729% · 21st → 10th+9.887
Guyana84.485% → 91.430% · 105th → 61st+6.945- Pakistan42.291% → 48.281% · 140th → 105th+5.989
- British Virgin Islands70.446% → 75.583% · 120th → 92nd+5.137
Declined most
before → after
Curaçao123.430% → 89.905% · 11th → 71st−33.524
Puerto Rico110.410% → 81.482% · 20th → 84th−28.927
Turkmenistan102.547% → 94.646% · 44th → 54th−7.900
Bahamas87.146% → 79.486% · 98th → 86th−7.660
Philippines91.549% → 85.295% · 84th → 79th−6.255
97 countries were measured in both 2023 and 2024. The field changed from 147 to 109 countries, so a place can move for reasons that have nothing to do with the country itself.
07Across every edition
Secondary school enrolment in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
164.080%
Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%)
Lowest reading on record
0.000%
Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%)
Biggest improvement between editions
+52.716
81.955% → 134.671%
Biggest decline between editions
−58.519
160.800% → 102.281%
Most improved since first measured
+111.318
10.802% → 122.121%
At the top most often
20 of 50
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The measure
About secondary school enrolment
The gross secondary enrolment ratio divides everyone in secondary school, at any age, by the population of official secondary-school age. UNESCO has tracked it since 1971, and it is still the broadest available read on whether a country’s teenagers are in school at all.
What the number is: Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%).
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Education & Knowledge, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Moves with
Where secondary school enrolment is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 101 countries in commonρ 0.76
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 86 countries in commonρ 0.73
- Human Development IndexKeyUNDP Human Development Report Office · 100 countries in commonρ 0.73
Moves against
Where secondary school enrolment is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Gender Inequality IndexKeyUNDP Human Development Report Office · 87 countries in commonρ −0.75
- Prevalence of UndernourishmentFAO · 86 countries in commonρ −0.64
- Vulnerable EmploymentKeyILO · 90 countries in commonρ −0.64
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 78 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
10Keep reading
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The subject
11Questions
Secondary school enrolment: questions and answers
Which country has the highest secondary school enrolment?
Monaco, at 158.547%, among the 109 countries compared in 2024.
Which country has the lowest secondary school enrolment?
Niger, at 19.866%, among the 109 countries compared in 2024.
How many countries does the Secondary School Enrolment cover?
109 in 2024, and 208 at least once across all editions. The number measured varies from 84 to 156 between editions.
What is the world average secondary school enrolment?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 109 compared in 2024, the figure was 93.193%.
Is this UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)’s own ranking?
No. UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) publishes the values but ranks nobody; the position on this page is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values, and equal values share a position.
How often is the Secondary School Enrolment published?
This site holds 50 editions, describing 1971 to 2024.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), under CC BY-SA 4.0. Produced by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and pulled through the World Bank’s indicator API (SE.SEC.ENRR). Every edition is available on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Secondary School Enrolment — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Produced by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and pulled through the World Bank’s indicator API (SE.SEC.ENRR).
Newest edition
Report year 2024Data year 2024
Cite the source as: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. UIS Data Browser. Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-09-05.
How this page reads the numbers
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) ranks nobody on this measure. The position is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values; equal values share a position.
- Which end is better follows the publisher’s own reading of the measure.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The full note on this data
50 reference years (1971-2024), covering 84 to 156 countries, produced by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and pulled through the World Bank indicator API (SE.SEC.ENRR). ⚠ This is a GROSS ratio, so it can legitimately exceed 100%: it divides everyone enrolled in secondary school, at any age, by the population of official secondary-school age, and repeaters and over-age pupils push several countries well past 100 (Monaco is at 158 in 2024). A figure above 100 is therefore not an error and does not mean universal enrolment. ⚠ There is a five-year hole from 1995 to 1998 - UNESCO reported too few countries in those years to publish, so the trend line has a real gap rather than an interpolation. ⚠ A statistic, not an index: no rank is published, so none is stored; the POSITION shown on the statistics page is derived here by ordering the score, and labelled as ours.
Photographs
The countries at the top of this statistic, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Finland — Joonas Lyytinen, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Sweden — User:Pieter Kuiper, Public domain
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Secondary school enrolment by country: Secondary School Enrolment, data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/secondary-enrolment