Secondary school enrolment (gross)
Total enrolment in secondary education, regardless of age, as a percentage of the population of official secondary school age. It can exceed 100%.
Highest in 2023
143.0%
Belgium
Lowest in 2023
3.3%
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
Euro area, 2023
108.0%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2023
147
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
147 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
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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.
| Period | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | – | 79.6% |
| 2024 | 77.3% | – | – | 78.1% |
| 2023 | 77.2% | – | – | 78.9% |
| 2022 | 77.5% | 97.5% | – | 81.2% |
| 2021 | 77.3% | 101.2% | – | 80.6% |
| 2020 | 76.5% | 100.5% | – | 77.6% |
| 2019 | 76.0% | 100.1% | – | 75.9% |
| 2018 | 75.5% | 99.3% | – | 76.0% |
| 2017 | 74.9% | 99.0% | – | 74.7% |
| 2016 | 75.2% | 98.8% | – | 75.9% |
| 2015 | 75.0% | 97.7% | – | 74.6% |
| 2014 | 74.9% | 96.9% | – | 74.9% |
| 2013 | 74.0% | 96.2% | – | 69.5% |
| 2012 | 72.7% | – | 92.3% | 69.8% |
| 2011 | 71.9% | – | 92.0% | 67.1% |
| 2010 | 70.9% | – | 90.8% | 64.9% |
| 2009 | 69.4% | – | 88.3% | 61.4% |
| 2008 | 68.3% | – | 82.7% | 62.2% |
| 2007 | 66.8% | – | 78.2% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | 65.4% | – | 74.1% | 56.8% |
| 2005 | 64.4% | 95.1% | – | 55.9% |
| 2004 | 63.5% | – | – | 53.2% |
| 2003 | 62.4% | – | 64.1% | 51.4% |
| 2002 | 61.6% | – | 62.8% | 48.8% |
| 2001 | 60.3% | – | 62.2% | 46.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 147 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Belgium (143.0%) and the lowest Somalia, Fed. Rep. (3.3%).
- Half of the countries are above 93.3% and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 14 countries and fell in 24.
- The figure for the world was 77.2% in 2023, against 75.5% in 2018 (+1.7 percentage points).
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- Gross ratios above 100% are valid.
Source and dates
All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Belgium 143.0%
- 2 Finland 142.9%
- 3 Netherlands 137.5%
- 4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 137.5%
- 5 Vanuatu 134.7%
- 6 Sweden 134.2%
- 7 Australia 134.1%
- 8 Denmark 127.0%
- 9 Costa Rica 125.5%
- 10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 125.4%
- 11 Curaçao 123.4%
- 12 Portugal 120.3%
- 13 Uruguay 119.1%
- 14 Türkiye 118.4%
- 15 Spain 118.4%
- 16 Norway 117.8%
- 17 New Zealand 113.4%
- 18 United Kingdom 112.1%
- 19 Peru 111.4%
- 20 Puerto Rico (US) 110.4%
- 21 Turks and Caicos Islands 109.8%
- 22 Iceland 108.9%
- 23 Antigua and Barbuda 108.9%
- 24 Estonia 108.4%
- 25 Poland 108.4%
- 26 Luxembourg 107.7%
- 27 Slovenia 107.6%
- 28 Chile 105.8%
- 29 Argentina 105.6%
- 30 Lithuania 105.4%
- 31 Hungary 105.4%
- 32 Greece 105.2%
- 33 Cyprus 105.2%
- 34 Croatia 105.0%
- 35 Bahrain 104.4%
- 36 Canada 104.3%
- 37 South Africa 104.1%
- 38 France 104.0%
- 39 Georgia 103.2%
- 40 Singapore 103.1%
- 41 Malta 103.0%
- 42 Switzerland 103.0%
- 43 Dominica 102.6%
- 44 Turkmenistan 102.5%
- 45 Barbados 102.5%
- 46 Latvia 102.1%
- 47 Mexico 102.1%
- 48 United Arab Emirates 101.9%
- 49 Japan 101.5%
- 50 Algeria 101.3%
- 51 Italy 100.7%
- 52 Germany 100.6%
- 53 Austria 100.5%
- 54 Qatar 100.1%
- 55 Andorra 99.5%
- 56 Israel 99.3%
- 57 Fiji 98.5%
- 58 Moldova 97.9%
- 59 Czechia 97.6%
- 60 Belarus 97.4%
- 61 Uzbekistan 97.4%
- 62 Palau 97.3%
- 63 Venezuela 97.2%
- 64 Mongolia 96.8%
- 65 South Korea 96.3%
- 66 Albania 96.1%
- 67 Indonesia 96.0%
- 68 Bulgaria 95.6%
- 69 Cuba 95.6%
- 70 Kazakhstan 95.2%
- 71 Kiribati 94.7%
- 72 Montenegro 93.9%
- 73 Thailand 93.3%
- 74 Tuvalu 93.3%
- 75 Trinidad and Tobago 92.9%
- 76 Ecuador 92.8%
- 77 Azerbaijan 92.7%
- 78 Slovakia 92.6%
- 79 Macao SAR, China 92.6%
- 80 Russia 92.5%
- 81 Jordan 92.0%
- 82 Tonga 91.9%
- 83 Brunei 91.8%
- 84 Philippines 91.5%
- 85 Bolivia 91.4%
- 86 Kyrgyzstan 91.3%
- 87 Naoero 90.1%
- 88 North Macedonia 90.1%
- 89 Nepal 89.9%
- 90 Marshall Islands 89.6%
- 91 Armenia 89.4%
- 92 West Bank and Gaza 89.1%
- 93 Saint Lucia 88.7%
- 94 Tajikistan 88.4%
- 95 Sri Lanka 88.0%
- 96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 87.9%
- 97 Morocco 87.7%
- 98 Bahamas 87.1%
- 99 Ukraine 87.1%
- 100 Sierra Leone 86.9%
- 101 Bhutan 86.9%
- 102 Cayman Islands 86.0%
- 103 Jamaica 85.4%
- 104 Iran 85.1%
- 105 Guyana 84.5%
- 106 Egypt 84.5%
- 107 Kenya 84.3%
- 108 Belize 83.6%
- 109 Romania 81.6%
- 110 Namibia 81.6%
- 111 Paraguay 79.8%
- 112 Malaysia 79.4%
- 113 Maldives 79.4%
- 114 India 78.9%
- 115 Suriname 76.1%
- 116 Dominican Republic 75.5%
- 117 Bermuda 74.4%
- 118 Gibraltar 74.3%
- 119 Seychelles 74.3%
- 120 British Virgin Islands 70.4%
- 121 Nicaragua 70.2%
- 122 Bangladesh 66.0%
- 123 El Salvador 65.6%
- 124 Côte d'Ivoire 64.0%
- 125 Togo 63.4%
- 126 Lebanon 62.8%
- 127 San Marino 60.8%
- 128 Afghanistan 59.6%
- 129 Cambodia 56.8%
- 130 Democratic Republic of the Congo 55.5%
- 131 Honduras 54.5%
- 132 Laos 54.4%
- 133 Papua New Guinea 52.1%
- 134 Angola 51.5%
- 135 Guatemala 47.4%
- 136 Nigeria 46.9%
- 137 Rwanda 45.1%
- 138 Cameroon 44.8%
- 139 Senegal 44.1%
- 140 Pakistan 42.3%
- 141 Syria 39.5%
- 142 Mali 38.9%
- 143 Malawi 36.6%
- 144 Burkina Faso 30.9%
- 145 Chad 24.2%
- 146 Niger 21.6%
- 147 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 3.3%
- East Asia and Pacific 92.0%
- Euro area 108.0%
- Europe and Central Asia 102.8%
- European Union 107.0%
- Latin America and Caribbean 97.5%
- Middle East and North Africa 64.2%
- North America 97.8%
- OECD members 105.3%
- South Asia 77.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 45.7%
- World 77.2%
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Grey: no value for 2023. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.