Secondary School Enrollment Rate by Country 2023

About This Dataset

This chart ranks countries by gross secondary school enrollment rate in 2023. Gross enrollment counts all students at secondary level regardless of age against the population of standard secondary age, so rates above 100% indicate students outside the typical age range.

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Belgium leads at 143% and Finland is a fraction behind on 142.9%, with the Netherlands third on 137.5%. Rates well above 100% do not mean more children attend than exist; they reflect adult learners, vocational students and pupils repeating or extending years being counted against a narrower age band. Northern Europe dominates, supplying Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark. The most striking entries are the small island states: St Kitts and Nevis on 137.5%, Vanuatu on 134.7% and St Vincent and the Grenadines on 125.4% all outrank most of Europe, a reminder that this measure captures enrollment breadth rather than education quality or wealth. Costa Rica at 125.5% is the sole Latin American entry.

Source: World Bank (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)

Key Findings

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Belgium leads with 143 in 2023.

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Average value in 2023: 134 · median: 134.

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Gap in 2023: Belgium is 1.1× larger than St. Vincent and the Grenadines.