Secondary school enrolment (gross) in North America

Gross secondary school enrolment in North America was 98.1% in 2024.

Measure: Secondary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official secondary school-age population Data: 1999 to 2024 Source: World Bank
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2024 98.1% % of the official secondary school-age population
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 97.8%
World, 2024 77.3% Official aggregate

Secondary school enrolment (gross) in North America 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 North AmericaWorld
2024 98.1% 77.3%
2023 97.8% 77.2%
2022 98.4% 77.5%
2021 101.8% 77.3%
2020 101.3% 76.5%
2019 101.0% 76.0%
2018 100.4% 75.5%
2017 100.1% 74.9%
2016 99.9% 75.2%
2015 98.9% 75.0%
2014 98.2% 74.9%
2013 97.5% 74.0%
2012 97.3% 72.7%
2011 96.3% 71.9%
2010 96.1% 70.9%
2009 95.9% 69.4%
2008 95.6% 68.3%
2007 95.4% 66.8%
2006 95.3% 65.4%
2005 95.5% 64.4%
2004 95.6% 63.5%
2003 95.3% 62.4%
2002 95.0% 61.6%
2001 94.9% 60.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 97.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 98.2%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 77.3%.

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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
1999 to 2024 for North America
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