Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private institutions (%) by country
Total number of students in upper secondary education enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body (e.g., non-governmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise),...
Countries reporting
162
Highest
95.5%
Macao
Lowest
0.1%
Uzbekistan
Median
15.8%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,415
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private institutions (%) is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 95.5% in Macao; the lowest is 0.1% in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.8%, and the mean is 21.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,342.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Liechtenstein (up 420.5%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 75.5%).
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 95.5% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | Aruba | 93.9% | 2012 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 3 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 79.7% | 2018 | up 114.1% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 79.1% | 2019 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 5 | Guatemala | 75.9% | 2019 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 6 | Mali | 70.3% | 2018 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 7 | Comoros | 64.9% | 2018 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 8 | Chile | 63.5% | 2018 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 9 | Grenada | 63.4% | 2018 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 10 | Belize | 61.0% | 2019 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 60.2% | 2019 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 12 | Belgium | 58.9% | 2018 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 13 | India | 58.2% | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 14 | Mauritius | 57.0% | 2019 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 15 | Lebanon | 51.0% | 2019 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 50.1% | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 17 | Guinea | 49.7% | 2014 | up 403.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Madagascar | 46.8% | 2019 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 19 | Philippines | 45.7% | 2018 | up 80.4% | flat |
| 20 | Indonesia | 45.6% | 2018 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 21 | Republic of Korea | 42.4% | 2018 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 22 | Bermuda | 42.3% | 2015 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 23 | Qatar | 41.0% | 2019 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 24 | Samoa | 38.4% | 2016 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 25 | Cameroon | 34.5% | 2016 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 26 | Bhutan | 33.5% | 2018 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 27 | Japan | 33.4% | 2018 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 28 | Solomon Islands | 33.2% | 2012 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 29 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 32.9% | 2017 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 30 | Dominica | 32.9% | 2019 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 31 | Timor-Leste | 32.6% | 2019 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 32 | Honduras | 32.4% | 2019 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 33 | Kuwait | 32.1% | 2012 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 34 | Mauritania | 31.0% | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 35 | Argentina | 30.2% | 2017 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 36 | Senegal | 29.9% | 2019 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 37 | Pakistan | 29.5% | 2019 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 38 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 29.3% | 2018 | up 11.8% | flat |
| 39 | Sudan | 29.2% | 2017 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 40 | Cayman Islands | 29.2% | 2018 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 41 | France | 28.9% | 2018 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 42 | Malta | 28.5% | 2018 | up 327.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Chad | 28.2% | 2019 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 44 | Spain | 28.1% | 2018 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 45 | Ecuador | 27.6% | 2018 | down 16.2% | flat |
| 46 | Peru | 27.6% | 2019 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 47 | Angola | 27.5% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Puerto Rico | 27.0% | 2018 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 49 | Bahamas | 26.9% | 2018 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 50 | Monaco | 26.8% | 2020 | up 96.1% | rising |
| 51 | Hungary | 26.4% | 2018 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 52 | Marshall Islands | 26.2% | 2019 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 53 | Colombia | 25.6% | 2018 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 54 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 25.3% | 2018 | up 298.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Nicaragua | 24.8% | 2010 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 56 | Niger | 24.3% | 2017 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 57 | Bahrain | 23.2% | 2019 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 58 | Rwanda | 23.0% | 2019 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 59 | Paraguay | 22.6% | 2016 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 60 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 22.4% | 2015 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 61 | Iceland | 21.4% | 2018 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 62 | Portugal | 21.3% | 2018 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 63 | Panama | 21.2% | 2017 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 64 | Mozambique | 21.1% | 2017 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 65 | Hong Kong | 20.9% | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 66 | El Salvador | 20.7% | 2018 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 67 | Benin | 20.7% | 2016 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 68 | Nigeria | 20.4% | 2016 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 69 | Malawi | 20.3% | 2019 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 70 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.0% | 2018 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 71 | Cyprus | 19.7% | 2018 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 72 | Finland | 19.4% | 2018 | up 108.0% | rising |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 18.9% | 2019 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 74 | Sweden | 18.3% | 2018 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 75 | Mexico | 18.1% | 2018 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 76 | Iran | 17.6% | 2017 | up 131.6% | rising |
| 77 | Luxembourg | 17.3% | 2018 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 78 | Slovakia | 16.7% | 2018 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 79 | Czechia | 16.6% | 2018 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 16.3% | 2019 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 81 | Brunei Darussalam | 16.2% | 2019 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 15.3% | 2019 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 83 | Ethiopia | 15.1% | 2015 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 84 | Jordan | 14.8% | 2019 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 85 | Poland | 14.8% | 2018 | up 293.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Seychelles | 14.7% | 2019 | up 139.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Switzerland | 14.6% | 2018 | up 113.9% | rising |
| 88 | Djibouti | 13.9% | 2020 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 89 | Brazil | 13.8% | 2018 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 90 | British Virgin Islands | 13.7% | 2018 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 91 | China | 13.7% | 2019 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 13.5% | 2017 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 93 | New Zealand | 13.4% | 2018 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 94 | Cape Verde | 13.3% | 2018 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Albania | 12.4% | 2019 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 96 | Thailand | 12.3% | 2019 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 97 | Georgia | 12.2% | 2019 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 98 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 12.2% | 2018 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 99 | Malaysia | 11.9% | 2019 | up 262.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Burundi | 11.5% | 2019 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 101 | Netherlands | 11.3% | 2018 | up 223.0% | rising |
| 102 | Austria | 10.9% | 2018 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 103 | Mongolia | 10.9% | 2015 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Morocco | 10.7% | 2019 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 105 | Oman | 10.6% | 2019 | up 114.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Egypt | 10.2% | 2019 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 107 | Türkiye | 9.8% | 2018 | up 205.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Tunisia | 9.8% | 2016 | up 18.8% | flat |
| 109 | Guyana | 9.8% | 2012 | up 258.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Gibraltar | 9.6% | 2019 | up 309.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Uruguay | 9.5% | 2018 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 112 | Norway | 9.4% | 2018 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 113 | Italy | 9.0% | 2018 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 114 | United States | 9.0% | 2018 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 115 | Germany | 8.3% | 2018 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 116 | Canada | 8.0% | 2018 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 7.8% | 2019 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 118 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.6% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Namibia | 7.5% | 2007 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 120 | Barbados | 7.0% | 2019 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 121 | Israel | 6.5% | 2018 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 122 | Ghana | 6.4% | 2019 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 123 | Slovenia | 6.0% | 2018 | up 168.2% | rising |
| 124 | Eritrea | 5.8% | 2018 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 125 | Palestine, State of | 5.8% | 2019 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 126 | South Africa | 5.7% | 2018 | up 87.1% | rising |
| 127 | Saint Lucia | 5.6% | 2019 | up 162.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Botswana | 5.6% | 2007 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 129 | Singapore | 5.5% | 2018 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 130 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.4% | 2019 | up 281.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Latvia | 5.2% | 2018 | up 205.1% | rising |
| 132 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.2% | 2016 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Bulgaria | 5.0% | 2018 | up 245.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Cambodia | 4.9% | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.2% | 2018 | up 98.3% | rising |
| 136 | Greece | 4.2% | 2018 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 137 | Croatia | 4.0% | 2018 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 138 | Armenia | 3.7% | 2019 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 139 | Afghanistan | 3.7% | 2018 | up 229.1% | rising |
| 140 | Denmark | 3.7% | 2018 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 141 | Estonia | 3.5% | 2018 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 142 | Syria | 3.5% | 2013 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 143 | Republic of Moldova | 3.4% | 2019 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 144 | Yemen | 3.1% | 2016 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 145 | Russian Federation | 3.0% | 2018 | up 171.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Eswatini | 2.9% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 2.7% | 2018 | up 151.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Suriname | 2.6% | 2018 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 149 | Andorra | 2.5% | 2019 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 150 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.4% | 2019 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Lithuania | 2.3% | 2018 | up 287.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Jamaica | 2.1% | 2019 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Serbia | 1.8% | 2019 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 154 | Liechtenstein | 1.8% | 2018 | up 420.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Romania | 1.8% | 2018 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 156 | Lesotho | 1.7% | 2016 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Belarus | 1.4% | 2018 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 158 | Ukraine | 0.5% | 2019 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 159 | Montenegro | 0.5% | 2019 | up 18.0% | flat |
| 160 | Ireland | 0.4% | 2018 | down 75.5% | flat |
| 161 | Algeria | 0.3% | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Uzbekistan | 0.1% | 2019 | — | volatile |
About this data
Total number of students in upper secondary education enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body (e.g., non-governmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise), expressed as a percentage of total number of students enrolled in upper secondary education.