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Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes (%) by country

Total number of students enrolled in general programmes at the secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the secondary level. General education is designed to develop learners’ general knowledge, skills and...

Countries reporting
206
Highest
100.0%
Argentina
Lowest
36.1%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Median
92.6%
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
8,733

What the numbers show

Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes (%) is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Argentina; the lowest is 36.1% in Bolivia, Plurinational State of.

The median across all reporting countries is 92.6%, and the mean is 88.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium (up 45.6%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 26.1%).

Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general progr: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Argentina 100.0% 2017 unchanged rising
1 Bahamas 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Bermuda 100.0% 2015 unchanged flat
1 Barbados 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Botswana 100.0% 2008 up 6.9% rising
1 Comoros 100.0% 2018 up 0.4% flat
1 Cayman Islands 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Dominica 100.0% 2019 up 4.2% rising
1 Gibraltar 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Grenada 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Jamaica 100.0% 2019 unchanged rising
1 Kiribati 100.0% 2008 unchanged rising
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Malawi 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Namibia 100.0% 2007 up 0.1% flat
1 Nigeria 100.0% 2013 — rising
1 Nauru 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Palau 100.0% 2014 unchanged flat
1 Puerto Rico 100.0% 2018 up 2.7% flat
1 Singapore 100.0% 2018 up 13.2% flat
1 Solomon Islands 100.0% 2012 unchanged rising
1 Sierra Leone 100.0% 2016 up 16.0% flat
1 Somalia 100.0% 2007 — rising
1 Turks and Caicos Islands 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 United States of America 100.0% 2018 — flat
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 United States Virgin Islands 100.0% 1997 unchanged flat
1 Samoa 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Zimbabwe 100.0% 2013 unchanged flat
7 Least developed countries 94.9% 2019 up 0.5% flat
30 Myanmar 99.8% 2018 down 0.2% flat
31 Yemen 99.7% 2016 up 0.4% flat
32 Oman 99.6% 2019 down 0.4% rising
33 Tanzania, United Republic of 99.6% 2019 up 11.0% rising
34 Kenya 99.5% 2009 up 0.0% flat
35 Afghanistan 99.3% 2018 down 0.0% flat
36 Mauritania 99.3% 2019 up 1.1% rising
37 Saudi Arabia 99.2% 2019 up 3.2% rising
38 Trinidad and Tobago 99.2% 2004 down 0.2% rising
39 Qatar 99.1% 2019 up 0.1% rising
40 Palestine, State of 99.1% 2019 up 0.2% flat
41 Lao People's Democratic Republic 99.1% 2019 down 0.6% rising
42 Eritrea 98.9% 2018 down 0.4% flat
43 Sudan 98.9% 2017 up 1.2% flat
44 Nepal 98.8% 2019 down 0.6% rising
45 India 98.7% 2019 down 0.5% flat
46 Tajikistan 98.6% 2013 up 1.3% flat
47 Chad 98.6% 2019 down 0.3% rising
48 Fiji 98.6% 2012 up 1.3% flat
49 Nicaragua 98.5% 2010 up 4.1% rising
50 Saint Lucia 98.5% 2019 down 0.6% rising
51 Hong Kong (China) 98.4% 2019 down 0.4% rising
52 United Arab Emirates 98.4% 2017 — rising
53 Marshall Islands 98.4% 2019 up 2.1% flat
54 Guinea-Bissau 98.2% 2006 up 1.7% rising
55 Bhutan 97.9% 2018 up 0.6% rising
56 Lesotho 97.9% 2017 up 1.7% rising
57 Micronesia 97.9% 1977 up 1.3% flat
58 Peru 97.9% 2019 down 1.6% rising
59 Cape Verde 97.7% 2018 up 0.3% rising
60 Cambodia 97.7% 2008 up 0.8% flat
61 Kuwait 97.6% 2015 up 1.9% flat
62 Burkina Faso 97.6% 2019 up 3.3% rising
63 Vanuatu 97.6% 2015 up 27.5% rising
64 Tonga 97.5% 2015 up 5.9% flat
65 Viet Nam 97.4% 1998 up 3.4% flat
66 Madagascar 97.4% 2019 up 1.0% rising
67 Ghana 97.3% 2019 up 0.1% flat
68 Benin 97.2% 2016 up 6.8% flat
69 Jordan 97.2% 2019 up 1.2% flat
70 Haiti 97.0% 1986 up 1.3% flat
71 Macau (China) 96.8% 2019 down 0.2% rising
72 Pakistan 96.8% 2019 up 0.9% flat
73 Iraq 96.5% 2007 up 8.0% flat
74 Antigua and Barbuda 96.4% 2018 up 2.5% flat
75 British Virgin Islands 96.4% 2018 up 0.0% rising
76 Guinea 96.3% 2014 down 2.5% rising
77 Central African Republic 96.3% 2017 up 0.9% rising
78 Sri Lanka 96.1% 2018 up 1.5% falling
79 Eswatini 96.1% 2016 down 3.9% flat
80 Bangladesh 96.0% 2019 down 0.7% flat
81 American Samoa 95.6% 1992 down 4.4% falling
82 Brazil 95.6% 2018 up 0.4% rising
83 Zambia 95.5% 1994 up 2.2% flat
84 Canada 95.4% 2018 down 0.4% falling
85 Syrian Arab Republic 95.2% 2013 up 1.0% flat
86 Côte d'Ivoire 94.8% 2019 up 1.7% rising
87 Guyana 94.7% 2012 up 3.6% flat
88 Georgia 94.7% 2019 down 3.9% flat
89 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 94.6% 2017 up 0.0% rising
90 Senegal 94.5% 2019 down 1.4% rising
91 Sao Tome and Principe 94.4% 2017 down 4.6% rising
92 Equatorial Guinea 94.2% 2005 up 7.9% rising
93 Togo 94.2% 2017 up 2.2% flat
94 Maldives 93.7% 2019 down 2.6% flat
95 San Marino 93.5% 2019 up 21.1% falling
96 Bahrain 93.3% 2019 up 5.6% flat
97 Ethiopia 93.0% 2015 down 2.9% flat
98 Ukraine 93.0% 2019 up 1.4% rising
99 Niger 92.8% 2017 down 4.6% flat
100 Gabon 92.8% 2002 up 20.6% rising
101 South Africa 92.8% 2018 down 1.6% falling
102 Liberia 92.6% 2011 up 38.8% falling
103 Uganda 92.5% 2007 up 6.5% rising
104 Colombia 92.5% 2018 down 1.1% rising
105 Djibouti 92.1% 2020 down 3.7% rising
106 Kyrgyzstan 92.0% 2019 down 1.8% flat
107 Guam 91.9% 1989 down 8.1% falling
108 Albania 91.7% 2019 down 2.3% rising
109 Algeria 91.7% 2011 up 0.6% flat
110 Armenia 91.6% 2019 down 4.5% falling
111 Cyprus 91.4% 2018 down 2.5% rising
112 Papua New Guinea 91.4% 2016 — rising
113 Morocco 91.4% 2019 down 2.7% falling
114 Tuvalu 91.1% 2019 down 8.9% flat
115 Tunisia 90.9% 2016 down 0.0% rising
116 Mozambique 90.8% 2017 down 3.2% rising
117 Korea 90.6% 2018 up 3.4% rising
118 Burundi 90.6% 2019 down 4.8% rising
119 Lithuania 90.6% 2018 up 0.5% rising
120 Belize 90.6% 2019 down 5.5% falling
121 Gambia 90.4% 2010 — flat
122 Timor-Leste 90.3% 2019 down 5.7% falling
123 Philippines 90.3% 2018 down 9.7% flat
124 Dominican Republic 90.2% 2019 down 6.8% flat
125 Mongolia 89.9% 2010 down 6.3% flat
126 Congo 89.9% 2012 up 6.1% falling
127 Malaysia 89.7% 2019 down 4.4% falling
128 Andorra 89.5% 2019 down 2.7% falling
129 Kazakhstan 89.5% 2019 up 1.7% flat
130 Brunei Darussalam 89.2% 2019 down 3.4% falling
131 Mauritius 88.9% 2019 down 1.5% falling
132 Thailand 88.8% 2019 up 5.9% rising
133 Monaco 88.6% 2020 up 8.2% rising
134 Seychelles 88.6% 2019 down 11.4% rising
135 Japan 88.6% 2018 up 0.7% rising
136 Chile 88.4% 2018 up 16.1% falling
137 Mali 87.8% 2018 up 0.1% flat
138 Rwanda 87.4% 2019 up 3.6% rising
139 Belarus 87.3% 2018 down 0.6% flat
140 Aruba 87.0% 2012 up 5.8% flat
141 Republic of Moldova 86.8% 2019 down 1.3% falling
142 Iran, Islamic Republic of 86.6% 2017 down 3.4% falling
143 Angola 85.9% 2016 up 40.9% falling
144 New Zealand 85.8% 2018 up 8.9% falling
145 Ecuador 85.7% 2018 up 11.2% flat
146 Russian Federation 85.7% 2018 up 2.7% falling
147 Azerbaijan 84.7% 2019 — falling
148 Greece 84.5% 2018 up 0.6% flat
149 Paraguay 84.1% 2016 down 7.3% falling
150 Lebanon 84.0% 2019 down 0.1% falling
151 French Polynesia 83.3% 1993 up 7.1% flat
152 Panama 83.1% 2017 down 0.5% rising
153 France 82.4% 2018 up 3.0% flat
154 El Salvador 82.4% 2018 up 2.2% flat
155 Malta 82.3% 2018 down 2.2% rising
156 Iceland 82.0% 2018 up 3.4% flat
157 China 81.9% 2019 up 2.0% falling
158 Spain 81.2% 2018 down 3.2% rising
159 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 81.1% 2015 up 1.4% rising
160 Germany 80.8% 2018 up 3.6% rising
161 Hungary 80.3% 2018 down 6.4% rising
162 Indonesia 80.3% 2018 down 5.6% rising
163 Israel 80.1% 2018 down 2.1% rising
164 Latvia 79.6% 2018 down 1.1% flat
165 Denmark 79.4% 2018 up 7.3% rising
166 Sweden 79.1% 2018 up 13.7% rising
167 Cameroon 78.4% 2016 down 5.7% rising
168 Egypt 78.0% 2019 down 3.5% flat
169 Libya 77.7% 2003 — falling
170 Estonia 77.4% 2018 down 5.9% rising
171 Türkiye 76.8% 2018 down 6.8% flat
172 Portugal 76.1% 2018 down 2.2% rising
173 Uruguay 76.1% 2018 down 10.6% flat
174 Costa Rica 75.2% 2019 down 11.4% flat
175 Ireland 73.4% 2018 down 12.1% flat
176 Cuba 72.6% 2019 down 1.6% flat
177 North Macedonia 72.4% 2018 up 0.4% flat
178 Mexico 72.3% 2018 down 13.7% falling
179 Norway 72.1% 2018 up 4.7% falling
180 Romania 71.9% 2018 up 8.8% falling
181 Poland 71.9% 2018 down 2.7% rising
182 Australia 71.1% 2018 — falling
183 Guatemala 70.9% 2019 down 2.3% flat
184 Slovak Republic 69.8% 2018 up 7.2% rising
185 New Caledonia 69.2% 1997 down 0.7% falling
186 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 68.2% 2018 down 21.2% falling
187 Italy 67.0% 2018 up 6.2% flat
188 Luxembourg 66.8% 2018 down 3.8% rising
189 Bulgaria 66.5% 2018 down 5.5% flat
190 Liechtenstein 66.2% 2018 up 2.4% flat
191 Montenegro 66.2% 2019 down 3.2% flat
192 Honduras 65.9% 2019 down 8.4% falling
193 Uzbekistan 65.8% 2019 down 18.2% falling
194 Austria 65.5% 2018 up 7.3% flat
195 Serbia 64.5% 2019 up 1.4% flat
196 Czechia 64.5% 2018 up 5.2% rising
197 Switzerland 63.1% 2018 down 6.0% flat
198 Netherlands 62.6% 2018 up 17.9% flat
199 Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.2% 2019 down 7.0% falling
200 Croatia 61.6% 2018 down 1.4% falling
201 Belgium 56.7% 2018 up 45.6% falling
202 Suriname 56.5% 2018 up 6.3% falling
203 Slovenia 55.4% 2018 down 13.0% flat
204 Finland 52.2% 2018 down 26.1% falling
205 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 36.1% 2018 down 9.4% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
250 places, 8,733 data points, 1970–2020
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Total number of students enrolled in general programmes at the secondary education level, expressed as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in all programmes (vocational and general) at the secondary level. General education is designed to develop learners’ general knowledge, skills and competencies and literacy and numeracy skills, often to prepare students for more advanced educational programmes at the same or higher ISCED levels and to lay the foundation for lifelong learning. General educational programmes are typically school- or college-based. General education includes educational programmes that are designed to prepare students for entry into vocational education, but that do not prepare for employment in a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades, nor lead directly to a labour market relevant qualification.