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
179
Highest
100.0%
Argentina
Lowest
4.9%
Uzbekistan
Median
82.6%
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 179 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Argentina; the lowest is 4.9% in Uzbekistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 82.6%, 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 87 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Vanuatu (up 188.5%), and the largest decrease in Uzbekistan (down 86.5%).
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled … general: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 100.0% | 2017 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.0% | 2018 | up 7.4% | 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 33.2% | rising |
| 1 | Comoros | 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 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malawi | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Namibia | 100.0% | 2007 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nauru | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Peru | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palau | 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 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Samoa | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 100.0% | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Oman | 99.4% | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 28 | Yemen | 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 | 98.4% | 2019 | up 114.5% | rising |
| 33 | Qatar | 98.2% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 98.0% | 2018 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 35 | Laos | 97.9% | 2019 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 36 | Equatorial Guinea | 97.8% | 2005 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 37 | Sudan | 97.7% | 2017 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 38 | Mauritania | 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 | 96.9% | 2019 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 43 | Hong Kong | 96.9% | 2019 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 44 | Eritrea | 96.7% | 2018 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 45 | Vanuatu | 96.6% | 2015 | up 188.5% | rising |
| 46 | Saint Lucia | 96.3% | 2019 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 47 | Fiji | 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 | 95.3% | 2017 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 53 | Senegal | 94.6% | 2019 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 54 | Cape Verde | 94.3% | 2018 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 93.6% | 2013 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 56 | Macao | 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 | 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 | 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 | Cote 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 | 86.1% | 2019 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 83 | Venezuela | 85.0% | 2017 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 84 | Sao Tome and Principe | 84.6% | 2017 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 85 | San Marino | 84.5% | 2019 | up 35.1% | falling |
| 86 | Brunei | 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 | 82.6% | 2012 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 91 | South Korea | 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 | Syria | 78.5% | 2013 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 99 | East Timor | 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 | 75.9% | 2017 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 109 | Armenia | 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 | 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 | 70.3% | 2017 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 122 | Andorra | 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 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 66.9% | 2015 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 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 | 61.1% | 2018 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 137 | France | 60.7% | 2018 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 138 | China | 60.5% | 2019 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 139 | Portugal | 60.3% | 2018 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 140 | Estonia | 59.9% | 2018 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 141 | Israel | 59.2% | 2018 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 142 | Kazakhstan | 58.4% | 2019 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 143 | Belarus | 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 | 55.7% | 2015 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 148 | Panama | 55.2% | 2017 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 149 | Moldova | 54.3% | 2019 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 150 | Turkey | 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 | 52.7% | 2019 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 154 | Norway | 50.6% | 2018 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 155 | Russia | 49.3% | 2018 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 156 | Poland | 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 | 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 | 32.5% | 2018 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 168 | Slovakia | 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 | 30.8% | 2018 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 172 | Slovenia | 29.1% | 2018 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 173 | Czechia | 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 | 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 | 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.
- North America 99.1%
- Pacific island small states 97.3%
- South Asia 96.5%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 96.5%
- Caribbean Small States 92.9%
- Lower middle income 90.9%
- Pre-demographic dividend 88.7%
- IDA blend 87.6%
- IDA total 87.2%
- IDA only 87.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 86.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 86.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 86.8%
- Least developed countries 86.4%
- Small states 85.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 84.5%
- Low income 83.7%
- Other small states 82.3%
- Low & middle income 79.6%
- Middle income 79.3%
- Arab World 79.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 79.2%
- World 78.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 78.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 77.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 77.5%
- IBRD only 77.3%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 77.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 75.5%
- High income 72.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 72.0%
- Post-demographic dividend 71.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 71.5%
- OECD members 68.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 67.0%
- Upper middle income 66.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 63.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 62.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 61.6%
- Euro area 52.1%
About this data
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.