Secondary school enrolment (gross) in World

Gross secondary school enrolment in the world was 77.3% in 2024.

Measure: Secondary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official secondary school-age population Data: 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024 77.3% % of the official secondary school-age population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 77.2%
European Union, 2024 107.0% Official aggregate

Secondary school enrolment (gross) in World 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 WorldEuropean Union
2024 77.3% 107.0%
2023 77.2% 107.0%
2022 77.5% 107.6%
2021 77.3% 108.0%
2020 76.5% 108.1%
2019 76.0% 107.3%
2018 75.5% 107.6%
2017 74.9% 107.4%
2016 75.2% 107.1%
2015 75.0% 108.0%
2014 74.9% 108.2%
2013 74.0% 108.9%
2012 72.7% 106.7%
2011 71.9% 107.7%
2010 70.9% 107.0%
2009 69.4% 105.6%
2008 68.3% 104.9%
2007 66.8% 103.7%
2006 65.4% 103.7%
2005 64.4% 102.9%
2004 63.5% 101.4%
2003 62.4% 103.7%
2002 61.6% 103.3%
2001 60.3% 102.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 77.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 74.9%, the figure has changed by +2.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 107.0%.

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
1970 to 2024 for World
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