Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Iceland

Gross secondary school enrolment in Iceland was 108.9% in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2010.

Measure: Secondary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official secondary school-age population Data: 1971 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Iceland, 2023 108.9% % of the official secondary school-age population
Change from 2022 −3.7percentage points 2022: 112.6%
World, 2023 77.2% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023 107.6% Middle value of 35 countries
Position in 2023 22nd of 147 See the full ranking

Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Iceland over time

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% of the official secondary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Secondary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official secondary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period IcelandWorld
2024 – 77.3%
2023 108.9% 77.2%
2022 112.6% 77.5%
2021 115.2% 77.3%
2020 110.5% 76.5%
2019 112.0% 76.0%
2018 114.6% 75.5%
2017 115.7% 74.9%
2016 117.1% 75.2%
2015 119.8% 75.0%
2014 120.6% 74.9%
2013 122.0% 74.0%
2012 113.5% 72.7%
2011 109.7% 71.9%
2010 108.8% 70.9%
2009 106.5% 69.4%
2008 106.2% 68.3%
2007 106.3% 66.8%
2006 107.5% 65.4%
2005 108.8% 64.4%
2004 108.1% 63.5%
2003 116.8% 62.4%
2002 113.5% 61.6%
2001 110.1% 60.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.7 percentage points from 112.6% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 122.0%, the figure has changed by −13.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 147 countries with data for 2023, Iceland has the 22nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 77.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.SEC.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2023 for Iceland
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics