Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general in Uruguay

Uruguay: Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general was 72.5% in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
72.5%
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
113th
of 179 countries
All-time high
81.6%
in 2000
All-time low
71.1%
in 2008
Years of data
21
1998–2018

Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general in Uruguay, 1998–2018

0204060801998200820181998: 81 %1999: 81.3 %2000: 81.6 %2001: 80.8 %2002: 81.3 %2003: 81.2 %2004: 80.4 %2005: 80.9 %2006: 79 %2007: 76.1 %2008: 71.1 %2009: 71.9 %2010: 76.8 %2011: 77.7 %2012: 76.5 %2013: 74.9 %2014: 73.6 %2015: 72.8 %2016: 72.7 %2017: 72.4 %2018: 72.5 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2018, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general in Uruguay stood at 72.5%.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general in Uruguay peaked at 81.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 71.1%, in 2008.

That places Uruguay 113th out of 179 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 81.2% 81.0% 81.3% 2
2000s 78.4% 71.1% 81.6% 10
2010s 74.4% 72.4% 77.7% 9

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general in Uruguay?
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general in Uruguay was 72.5% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 81.6% in 2000.
What is the lowest share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 71.1% in 2008.
How does Uruguay rank for share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general?
Uruguay ranks 113th out of 179 countries with data for 2018.
Is share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in general programmes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
Last refreshed

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.