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Afghanistan: School enrollment, secondary (% gross)

59.61percent · 2023+34.6% since 2009

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 1970 to 2023.

19702023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202359.614
201857.358
201755.536
201653.435
201553.15
201454.294
201354.883
201254.373
201152.447
201050.441
200944.3
200838.931
200728.815
200629.524
200520.274
200419.214
200313.96
200114.04
199523.055
199423.469
199317.417
199117.184
199011.04
198912.681
198813.214
198612.139
198513.497
198413.649
198212.295
198120.092
198016.733
197813.821
197713.259
197612.458
197511.596
197411.095
197310.932
197210.414
19719.378
19708.364

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, secondary (% gross). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-secondary (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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