Global: net enrollment rate in secondary school

Around 66.27 % of children in secondary school age were enrolled in secondary schools worldwide in 2018. That was the highest proportion of children in secondary school ever measured and an increase of over 10 percent when compared to the figure from 2000. In 2018, the net enrollment rate in primary school worldwide was 89.4 percent.

Net enrollment rate in secondary school worldwide from 2000 to 2018

Characteristic	Net enrollment rate
2018	66.27%
2017	66.2%
2016	65.83%
2015	65.71%
2014	65.65%
2013	64.9%
2012	63.8%
2011	63.53%
2010	62.55%
2009	61.31%
2008	60.84%
2007	60.09%
2006	59.12%
2005	58.5%
2004	57.81%
2003	56.95%
2002	56.06%
2001	55.55%
2000	54.94%

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2000 to 2018

Supplementary notes

Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.

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