insights

Among the 91 countries and separately reported areas with a 2023 observation, the share of adults age 25 and older

Students whose origin was Sweden were recorded in 70 destination countries and territories in the 2020 UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Across 93 UNESCO UIS observations in 2024, the median vocational share of secondary enrolment was 9.8%, while Bolivia recorded the highest value at 63.0%.

In 2024, only 18 of 84 observations were within the 0.97–1.03 parity band for the public-institution share of lower-secondary enrolment.

In 2024, 67 of 117 lower-secondary gross-enrolment GPIA observations were within the 0.97–1.03 parity band, with 25 below and 25 above.

Internationally mobile tertiary students were concentrated in a relatively small set of destinations in 2023, with the top three accounting for 31.8% of the observed sum.

A 2024 UNESCO UIS comparison shows highly uneven repeater counts in lower-secondary general education, with the top five observations accounting for 56.6% of the reported-set sum.

In 2023, 60 of 86 UNESCO UIS observations reported that all short-cycle tertiary enrolment was classified in vocational programmes.

UNESCO UIS 2025 data show a strong concentration of official ISCED 4 entrance ages at 18 and 19 across 157 countries and areas.