Secondary School Enrollment by Country 2026: Statistics & Rankings
Country ranking for gross secondary school enrollment, using the latest reported World Bank WDI values sourced from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. The 2026 label is the publication year; table years show the actual source year for each country.
Enrollment Statistics
Gross enrollment can exceed 100% because it counts students of any age enrolled in secondary education.
Latest WDI aggregate, 2024.
Latest reported country/economy values.
Monaco, 2024.
Median of latest country/economy values.
Highest Reported Gross Secondary Enrollment Rates
Top 20 latest reported country/economy values, ranked by gross enrollment ratio.
Values above 100% are valid for gross enrollment indicators and may reflect over-age, under-age, repeated-grade, or cross-border enrollment patterns.
Chart analysis
- Monaco has the highest latest reported value at 158.5%.
- The top 20 threshold is 118.4%, reported by Turkiye.
- Europe & Central Asia appears frequently in the top group, but the top 20 also includes Latin America & Caribbean, East Asia & Pacific, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- The chart is a visual summary; the full country ranking appears in the searchable table.
Full Country Enrollment Ranking
Ranked by latest available gross secondary school enrollment rate. Source year varies by country.
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 158.5% | 2024 |
| 2 | Belgium | 143.0% | 2023 |
| 3 | Finland | 142.4% | 2024 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 137.5% | 2023 |
| 5 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 137.5% | 2023 |
| 6 | Vanuatu | 134.7% | 2023 |
| 7 | Sweden | 132.0% | 2024 |
| 8 | Australia | 131.9% | 2024 |
| 9 | Ireland | 130.6% | 2022 |
| 10 | Denmark | 125.6% | 2024 |
| 11 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 124.9% | 2024 |
| 12 | Aruba | 124.4% | 2024 |
| 13 | South Sudan | 122.1% | 2024 |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 121.8% | 2024 |
| 15 | Portugal | 120.3% | 2023 |
| 16 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 119.7% | 2024 |
| 17 | Uruguay | 119.1% | 2023 |
| 18 | Liechtenstein | 118.7% | 2021 |
| 19 | Spain | 118.5% | 2024 |
| 20 | Turkiye | 118.4% | 2023 |
| 21 | Norway | 116.3% | 2024 |
| 22 | New Zealand | 114.2% | 2024 |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 112.1% | 2023 |
| 24 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 111.4% | 2014 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 110.7% | 2024 |
| 26 | Iceland | 108.9% | 2023 |
| 27 | Antigua and Barbuda | 108.9% | 2023 |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 108.6% | 2024 |
| 29 | Estonia | 108.5% | 2024 |
| 30 | Albania | 108.4% | 2024 |
Table analysis
- The displayed ranking is sorted by latest reported gross secondary enrollment rate.
- The full working dataset used for this build contains 203 countries/economies with reported values.
- 63 countries/economies report values at or above 100%.
- 160 reported values are from 2023 or later.
- Older source years remain visible because no newer reported value was available in the selected WDI series.
Enrollment Trend Since 2000
World Bank regional aggregates show long-run gross secondary enrollment movement from 2000 to 2024.
Regional Gross Secondary Enrollment Trend
Selected WDI regional aggregates, percentage of official secondary-age population.
The trend uses WDI aggregate series and is not a simple average of the country rows above.
Trend analysis
- The world aggregate rose from 59.5% in 2000 to 77.3% in 2024.
- East Asia & Pacific increased by about 29.9 percentage points from 2000 to 2024.
- South Asia increased by about 29.4 percentage points across the same anchor years.
- Europe & Central Asia remained above 95% across all listed years.
- Sub-Saharan Africa moved from 25.4% in 2000 to 45.9% in 2024.
| Region | Countries | Median | Mean | Highest country | Lowest country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Asia & Pacific | 32 | 92.3% | 90.7% | Vanuatu, 134.7% | Solomon Islands, 49.0% |
| Europe & Central Asia | 53 | 101.4% | 104.8% | Monaco, 158.5% | San Marino, 60.4% |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 39 | 92.8% | 94.2% | St. Kitts and Nevis, 137.5% | Guatemala, 49.6% |
| Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 22 | 91.0% | 83.7% | Saudi Arabia, 110.7% | Syrian Arab Republic, 38.7% |
| North America | 3 | 97.5% | 92.1% | Canada, 104.3% | Bermuda, 74.4% |
| South Asia | 6 | 82.9% | 81.3% | Nepal, 90.4% | Bangladesh, 64.3% |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 48 | 47.8% | 53.6% | South Sudan, 122.1% | Somalia, Fed. Rep., 3.3% |
Enrollment analysis
- Europe & Central Asia has the highest regional median among the latest country values shown here, at 101.4%.
- Sub-Saharan Africa has the widest spread in the table, from 3.3% to 122.1%.
- Regional means are simple summaries of available latest country/economy rows, not population-weighted regional aggregates.
Interpretation Notes
The indicator measures enrollment volume relative to the official secondary-age population, not completion or learning outcomes.
Values above 100% are possible when enrolled students include learners outside the official age range.
Ranks compare countries/economies with a reported WDI value in the selected indicator series.
Latest reported years differ by country, so close rank comparisons should account for the year column.
Enrollment rates do not measure attendance, completion, exam performance, or secondary education quality.
Source and Methodology
Gross enrollment ratio: total secondary enrollment, regardless of age, divided by the population of the official secondary education age group.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, reported through World Bank World Development Indicators.
Countries/economies are sorted by latest reported SE.SEC.ENRR value. Values are rounded to one decimal place for display.
Countries without a reported value in the selected WDI series are excluded from the ranking.
Country rows use latest available reported years from 2005 to 2025. The world trend uses WDI aggregate series through 2024.
The country median and regional summary tables are page-level calculations from latest available country/economy values. Regional trend lines use WDI aggregate series and are not calculated from the country table.
The ranking is limited to gross secondary enrollment rates in the selected WDI/UIS indicator. It should not be read as a ranking of school quality, completion, attendance, or learning outcomes. Source-year differences can affect comparisons between countries with close values.