Secondary school enrollment — all countries

Secondary school enrollment — Papua New Guinea

Secondary school enrollment in Papua New Guinea in 2023 — 52.1%. Ranked 133 in the world out of 147. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 43.7 pp.

2023 52.1% +6.2 pp vs 2021
World rank 133of 147
Period maximum 52.1%2023
Period minimum 8.4%1970

Trend over time

1970–2023 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Papua New Guinea, 1970–2023020406019701976198219881994200020062012201820231970: 8.4%1971: 8.7%1972: 9.9%1973: 10.5%1974: 10.7%1975: 11.8%1976: 11.7%1977: 11.3%1978: 10.8%1979: 11%1981: 11.4%1982: 11.4%1984: 12.2%1986: 12.3%1987: 13.2%1988: 13.4%1989: 13.4%1990: 12.9%1991: 13.1%1992: 12.9%1993: 13.8%1994: 14.3%1995: 13.1%1998: 19.9%2012: 37.1%2018: 44.6%2019: 46.3%2020: 44.6%2021: 45.8%2023: 52.1%
Change over the period: +43.7 pp Annual average: 0.83 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 52.1%
World 77.2%
Melanesia computed 58.1%
Secondary school enrollment — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 52.1
2021 45.8 +1.3 pp
2020 44.6 −1.7 pp
2019 46.3 +1.7 pp
2018 44.6
2012 37.1
1998 19.9
1995 13.1 −1.2 pp
1994 14.3 +0.5 pp
1993 13.8 +1 pp
1992 12.9 −0.2 pp
1991 13.1 +0.2 pp
1990 12.9 −0.5 pp
1989 13.4 +0 pp
1988 13.4 +0.2 pp
1987 13.2 +0.9 pp
1986 12.3
1984 12.2
1982 11.4 +0 pp
1981 11.4
1979 11 +0.1 pp
1978 10.8 −0.5 pp
1977 11.3 −0.4 pp
1976 11.7 −0.1 pp
1975 11.8 +1.1 pp
1974 10.7 +0.2 pp
1973 10.5 +0.5 pp
1972 9.9 +1.2 pp
1971 8.7 +0.4 pp
1970 8.4

Melanesia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

VU Vanuatu 134.7 FJ Fiji 98.5 PG Papua New Guinea 52.1

About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.