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
205
Highest
100.0%
Argentina
Lowest
36.1%
Bolivia
Median
92.5%
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 205 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Argentina; the lowest is 36.1% in Bolivia.
The median across all reporting countries is 92.5%, 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 93 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: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 99.1% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Laos | 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 | 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 (country) | 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 | Vietnam | 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 | Macao | 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 | Syria | 95.2% | 2013 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 86 | Cote 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 | 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 | South 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 | East Timor | 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 | 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 | Moldova | 86.8% | 2019 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 142 | Iran | 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 | Russia | 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 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 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 | Turkey | 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 | Slovakia | 69.8% | 2018 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 185 | New Caledonia | 69.2% | 1997 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 186 | United Kingdom | 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 | 36.1% | 2018 | down 9.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 99.6%
- Pacific island small states 98.9%
- South Asia 98.2%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 98.2%
- Lower middle income 95.5%
- IDA only 95.0%
- Least developed countries 94.9%
- Pre-demographic dividend 94.6%
- IDA total 94.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 94.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 94.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 94.2%
- Low income 94.0%
- Caribbean Small States 93.7%
- IDA blend 93.5%
- Small states 93.5%
- Other small states 92.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 92.1%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 91.2%
- Low & middle income 90.6%
- IDA & IBRD total 90.4%
- Arab World 90.3%
- Middle income 90.3%
- World 89.7%
- IBRD only 89.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 88.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 87.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 87.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 87.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean 87.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 87.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 86.0%
- High income 85.1%
- Post-demographic dividend 85.0%
- Upper middle income 84.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 84.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 84.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 83.9%
- OECD members 82.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 81.6%
About this data
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.