Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Iran

Gross secondary school enrolment in Iran was 85.1% in 2023.

Measure: Secondary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official secondary school-age population Data: 1971 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Iran, 2023 85.1% % of the official secondary school-age population
Change from 2022 −0.5percentage points 2022: 85.6%
World, 2023 77.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 104th of 147 See the full ranking

Secondary school enrolment (gross) in Iran 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 IranWorld
2024 – 77.3%
2023 85.1% 77.2%
2022 85.6% 77.5%
2021 – 77.3%
2020 85.2% 76.5%
2019 – 76.0%
2018 – 75.5%
2017 82.8% 74.9%
2016 83.3% 75.2%
2015 82.7% 75.0%
2014 82.6% 74.9%
2013 81.6% 74.0%
2012 82.7% 72.7%
2011 81.3% 71.9%
2010 79.0% 70.9%
2009 80.4% 69.4%
2008 78.8% 68.3%
2007 75.7% 66.8%
2006 75.9% 65.4%
2005 74.4% 64.4%
2004 74.5% 63.5%
2003 74.6% 62.4%
2002 74.7% 61.6%
2001 74.5% 60.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 85.6% in 2022.
  • Since 2010, when it was 79.0%, the figure has changed by +6.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 147 countries with data for 2023, Iran has the 104th 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 Iran
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