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

Total number of students enrolled in general 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. General education is designed to develop learners’ general knowledge, skills and...

Countries reporting
180
Highest
100.0%
Argentina
Lowest
4.9%
Uzbekistan, Republic of
Median
82.9%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
3,926

What the numbers show

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes (%) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Argentina; the lowest is 4.9% in Uzbekistan, Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 82.9%, and the mean is 76.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 188.5%), and the largest decrease in Uzbekistan, Republic of (down 86.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Argentina 100.0% 2017 unchanged rising
1 Antigua and Barbuda 100.0% 2018 up 7.4% rising
1 Bahamas, The 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 33.2% rising
1 Comoros, Union of the 100.0% 2018 up 1.2% flat
1 Cayman Islands 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Dominica 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Gibraltar 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Grenada 100.0% 2018 unchanged rising
1 Jamaica 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Kiribati 100.0% 2008 unchanged flat
1 St. Kitts and Nevis 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Malawi 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Namibia 100.0% 2007 unchanged flat
1 Nauru, Republic of 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Peru 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Palau, Republic of 100.0% 2014 unchanged flat
1 Puerto Rico 100.0% 2018 up 4.9% flat
1 Singapore 100.0% 2018 up 12.4% rising
1 Solomon Islands 100.0% 2012 unchanged flat
1 Turks and Caicos Islands 100.0% 2018 unchanged rising
1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Samoa 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Zimbabwe 100.0% 2013 unchanged flat
13 Least developed countries 86.4% 2019 up 1.2% rising
27 Oman 99.4% 2019 down 0.6% flat
28 Yemen, Republic of 99.4% 2016 up 1.1% flat
29 Myanmar 99.3% 2018 down 0.7% flat
30 Kenya 99.0% 2009 up 0.3% flat
31 Saudi Arabia 98.5% 2019 up 0.3% flat
32 Tanzania, United Republic of 98.4% 2019 up 114.5% rising
33 Qatar 98.2% 2019 up 0.2% flat
34 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 98.0% 2018 up 0.7% flat
35 Lao People's Democratic Republic 97.9% 2019 down 1.2% flat
36 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 97.8% 2005 up 1.5% flat
37 Sudan 97.7% 2017 up 2.7% flat
38 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 97.6% 2019 up 3.1% rising
39 India 97.4% 2019 down 0.8% flat
40 Nepal 97.4% 2019 down 0.9% flat
41 Palestine 97.0% 2019 up 2.8% flat
42 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 96.9% 2019 up 3.1% flat
43 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 96.9% 2019 down 0.9% flat
44 Eritrea, The State of 96.7% 2018 down 1.4% flat
45 Vanuatu 96.6% 2015 up 188.5% rising
46 St. Lucia 96.3% 2019 down 3.7% flat
47 Fiji, Republic of 96.2% 2012 up 4.8% flat
48 Maldives 96.0% 2019 up 62.0% rising
49 Chad 95.9% 2019 down 0.8% flat
50 Kuwait 95.7% 2012 down 0.8% flat
51 Nicaragua 95.4% 2010 up 13.3% rising
52 Lesotho, Kingdom of 95.3% 2017 down 1.4% flat
53 Senegal 94.6% 2019 up 2.5% flat
54 Cabo Verde 94.3% 2018 up 1.0% flat
55 Tajikistan, Republic of 93.6% 2013 up 12.9% rising
56 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 93.5% 2019 down 0.0% flat
57 Ghana 93.5% 2019 up 3.0% flat
58 Central African Republic 93.1% 2017 up 3.4% rising
59 Pakistan 92.8% 2019 up 2.7% flat
60 Cambodia 92.6% 2008 up 4.4% flat
61 Bhutan 92.5% 2018 up 6.0% falling
62 Madagascar, Republic of 92.3% 2019 up 5.2% rising
63 Sri Lanka 92.1% 2018 up 3.2% flat
64 Burkina Faso 91.5% 2019 up 15.6% rising
65 Bangladesh 91.4% 2019 down 0.8% falling
66 British Virgin Islands 91.4% 2018 down 8.6% falling
67 Canada 91.3% 2018 down 1.3% flat
68 Eswatini, Kingdom of 90.7% 2016 down 9.3% flat
69 Benin 90.5% 2016 up 57.6% rising
70 Tunisia 90.4% 2016 down 1.8% falling
71 Iraq 90.3% 2007 up 10.4% rising
72 Guyana 90.3% 2012 down 3.5% flat
73 Algeria 90.3% 2011 up 0.7% flat
74 Brazil 89.5% 2018 up 2.0% flat
75 Guinea 89.4% 2014 down 5.7% falling
76 Jordan 89.3% 2019 up 4.9% rising
77 Côte d'Ivoire 89.1% 2019 up 5.0% flat
78 Georgia 88.8% 2019 down 8.6% rising
79 Mauritius 88.8% 2019 down 5.1% flat
80 South Africa 87.8% 2018 down 3.1% flat
81 Tonga 86.4% 2015 up 2.0% flat
82 Bahrain, Kingdom of 86.1% 2019 up 14.0% rising
83 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 85.0% 2017 up 1.7% falling
84 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 84.6% 2017 down 9.3% falling
85 San Marino, Republic of 84.5% 2019 up 35.1% falling
86 Brunei Darussalam 84.0% 2019 down 0.5% falling
87 Morocco 84.0% 2019 down 4.2% flat
88 Chile 83.9% 2018 up 33.7% rising
89 Cyprus 83.3% 2018 down 4.8% flat
90 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 82.6% 2012 up 16.3% rising
91 Korea, Republic of 82.5% 2018 up 10.7% rising
92 Tuvalu 82.4% 2019 down 17.6% rising
93 Albania 81.8% 2019 down 2.3% flat
94 Belize 81.1% 2019 down 0.5% falling
95 Togo 81.1% 2017 up 8.7% rising
96 Malaysia 78.7% 2019 down 7.1% falling
97 Paraguay 78.5% 2016 up 1.4% falling
98 Syrian Arab Republic 78.5% 2013 up 14.4% rising
99 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 78.1% 2019 down 11.9% falling
100 Burundi 78.1% 2019 down 3.5% falling
101 Monaco 77.8% 2020 up 30.0% rising
102 Mongolia 77.8% 2015 down 3.2% falling
103 Japan 77.8% 2018 up 2.4% flat
104 Dominican Republic 77.4% 2019 down 18.5% falling
105 Thailand 77.3% 2019 up 26.4% rising
106 Djibouti 77.1% 2020 down 10.2% rising
107 Cameroon 76.1% 2016 down 8.4% falling
108 Mozambique, Republic of 75.9% 2017 down 18.6% rising
109 Armenia, Republic of 74.1% 2019 down 14.9% falling
110 Lebanon 73.8% 2019 up 4.1% flat
111 Colombia 73.3% 2018 down 2.8% flat
112 Lithuania, Republic of 73.2% 2018 up 2.3% rising
113 Uruguay 72.5% 2018 up 2.0% falling
114 Iceland 71.8% 2018 up 9.2% rising
115 Seychelles 71.5% 2019 down 28.5% falling
116 Greece 71.5% 2018 up 5.2% rising
117 Malta 71.5% 2018 up 48.2% rising
118 Ukraine 71.4% 2019 down 4.0% falling
119 New Zealand 70.4% 2018 up 16.5% falling
120 Ecuador 70.4% 2018 up 51.9% rising
121 Iran, Islamic Republic of 70.3% 2017 down 12.2% falling
122 Andorra, Principality of 69.2% 2019 down 4.7% falling
123 Niger 67.9% 2017 down 20.5% falling
124 Costa Rica 67.3% 2019 down 18.7% falling
125 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 66.9% 2015 up 1.4% flat
126 Kyrgyz Republic 65.5% 2019 down 12.7% falling
127 Mexico 65.4% 2018 down 27.8% falling
128 Sweden 64.6% 2018 up 59.4% rising
129 Ireland 64.3% 2018 down 4.4% falling
130 Spain 64.2% 2018 up 14.3% falling
131 Rwanda 63.2% 2019 up 23.8% rising
132 Mali 62.9% 2018 up 4.1% falling
133 Philippines 62.5% 2018 down 37.5% falling
134 Denmark 62.3% 2018 up 32.5% rising
135 Hungary 62.0% 2018 down 15.5% falling
136 Latvia, Republic of 61.1% 2018 down 6.3% flat
137 France 60.7% 2018 up 8.1% rising
138 China, People's Republic of 60.5% 2019 up 8.5% rising
139 Portugal 60.3% 2018 down 7.1% falling
140 Estonia, Republic of 59.9% 2018 down 11.9% falling
141 Israel 59.2% 2018 down 9.6% falling
142 Kazakhstan, Republic of 58.4% 2019 down 4.3% falling
143 Belarus, Republic of 58.3% 2018 down 4.9% flat
144 El Salvador 57.0% 2018 up 29.8% rising
145 United Kingdom 56.1% 2018 down 26.5% falling
146 Indonesia 56.1% 2018 down 10.6% falling
147 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 55.7% 2015 up 19.8% falling
148 Panama 55.2% 2017 down 4.0% rising
149 Moldova, Republic of 54.3% 2019 down 12.8% falling
150 Türkiye, Republic of 54.0% 2018 down 9.3% falling
151 Germany 53.5% 2018 up 25.9% rising
152 Cuba 52.8% 2019 up 5.0% rising
153 Egypt, Arab Republic of 52.7% 2019 up 12.5% rising
154 Norway 50.6% 2018 up 13.1% rising
155 Russian Federation 49.3% 2018 down 7.0% falling
156 Poland, Republic of 47.9% 2018 down 5.8% rising
157 Bulgaria 47.1% 2018 down 2.9% rising
158 Angola 46.8% 2016 up 122.5% rising
159 Italy 46.4% 2018 up 14.2% falling
160 Romania 43.8% 2018 up 24.3% rising
161 Belgium 43.2% 2018 up 59.6% rising
162 Suriname 40.4% 2018 up 11.9% rising
163 North Macedonia, Republic of 40.1% 2018 down 0.2% rising
164 Luxembourg 38.4% 2018 down 3.1% rising
165 Switzerland 36.3% 2018 up 3.3% flat
166 Liechtenstein 33.2% 2018 up 52.8% rising
167 Netherlands, The 32.5% 2018 up 0.4% flat
168 Slovak Republic 32.2% 2018 up 14.5% rising
169 Montenegro 31.8% 2019 up 1.8% rising
170 Austria 31.6% 2018 up 37.6% rising
171 Croatia, Republic of 30.8% 2018 up 11.5% rising
172 Slovenia, Republic of 29.1% 2018 down 28.0% rising
173 Czech Republic 28.7% 2018 up 9.3% rising
174 Finland 28.4% 2018 down 37.1% falling
175 Honduras 28.2% 2019 down 47.9% falling
176 Serbia, Republic of 26.2% 2019 up 10.1% rising
177 Bosnia and Herzegovina 22.8% 2019 down 9.9% falling
178 Guatemala 16.4% 2019 up 23.0% rising
179 Uzbekistan, Republic of 4.9% 2019 down 86.5% volatile

Regions and income groups

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 upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
224 places, 3,926 data points, 1997–2020
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Total number of students enrolled in general 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. 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.