Enrolment ratio at secondary level by sex

Source: UNECE Statistical Database, compiled from national and international (UNESCO Institute for Statistics) official sources.

Definition:
The net enrolment ratio is the number of students of the official school-age group (defined by each country) enrolled in secondary-level education per 100 persons of the same age group.

The gross enrolment ratio is the number of students enrolled in secondary level education (regardless of their age) per 100 persons of the official school-age group corresponding to secondary-level education.

The secondary level consists of lower and upper secondary levels of ISCED 2011.

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Measurement: Gross enrolment ratio , Country: Armenia

Since the school year 2013-2014, the data have been compiled according ISCED 2011.

Country: Austria

Change in definition (1995 - 2012): NER: data include ISCED level 4 programmes and refer to official school age group assumed to be 10-17 years.

Country: Austria

Break in series (2013): From school year 2013-2014 onwards use of ISCED 2011.

Country: Bulgaria

NER data refer to students aged 11-20 and include a small number of ISCED level 4 students aged 19 to 20.

Country: Croatia

NER data refer to students aged 11-18.

Country: Cyprus

Data cover only government controlled area.
Data refer to level 3 of ISCED 1997 only.
1980/1981, 1990/1991, 1995/1996: data refer to ISCED 1976 classification. 2000/2001: data refer to 1999/2000.

Country: Czechia

Change in definition (1995 - 2012): Data refer to full-time study only and exclude part-time study

Country: Estonia

NER data refer to students aged 13-17.

Country: Finland

1990/1991: data refer to ISCED 1976 classification.

Country: Georgia

Data refer to beginning of the school year.

Country: Germany

Data cover the territory of Germany after reunification.
1980/1981, 1990/1991, 1995/1996: data refer to ISCED 1976 classification.
For school years 2000/2001 - 2013/2014: data refer to ISCED 1997 classification.
Data on students refer to beginning of the school year and data on population refer to beginning of the calendar year.

Country: Hungary

2000/2001: data refer to 1999/2000. NER data refer to students aged 14-17.
Data refer to levels 3 and 4 of ISCED classification.

Country: Iceland

1980/1981-1995/1996: data refer to ISCED 1976 classification.

Country: Ireland

1995/1996: data refer to ISCED 1976 classification. From 2000/2001: data refer to levels 2,3 and 4 of ISCED 1997 classification.
Data refer to students aged 11-19.

Country: Israel

Data refer to level 3 of ISCED classification. 2000/2001: data exclude students registered in Ministry of Religious Affairs.

Country: Italy

Data refer to level 3 of ISCED classification and refer to the school year.

Country: Latvia

Break in methodlogy (2006): Changes in national education classification. Started from school year 2006/2007 level 2 includes grades 1-6, level 3 includes grades 7-12.

Country: Lithuania

Data refer to 1 January of the school year. NER data refer to students aged 11-18.

Country: Montenegro

Data refer to level 3 of ISCED classification.

Country: Netherlands

1990/1991: data do not include special secondary education.

Country: North Macedonia

Break in methodlogy (2010): From 2010/2011 implementation of the Law on Primary and Lower Secondary education

Country: Poland

Data refer to level 3 of ISCED 1997.

Country: Republic of Moldova

Additional information (2006 - 2012): Stable population used during the enrollment rates calculation, because the actual population does not reflect the real situation of migration.

Country: Republic of Moldova

Change in definition (1990 - 2005): Data refer to age group 11-17 years.

Country: Republic of Moldova

Change in definition (2006 - 2012): Data refer to age group 11-18 years.

Country: Romania

Data refer to 1 July of the school year.

Country: Serbia

Territorial change (2003 - 2012): The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has no available data on the AP Kosovo and Metohija.

Country: Slovenia

Data refer to 15 September of the school year.

Country: Spain

2000/2001: data refer to 1999/2000. 1990/1991: NER data refer to students aged 11-18.
From 1995: NER data refer to students aged 12-18. Data refer to October - September of the school year.

Country: Turkiye

Change in definition (2000 onwards): From 1997/1998: compulsory education was expanded to 8 years by law.