Progression to secondary school (%) - Country Ranking - Europe

Definition: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

Find indicator:
Rank Country Value Year
1 United Kingdom 99.98 2016
2 Spain 99.97 2016
3 Slovenia 99.97 2016
4 Italy 99.95 2016
5 Czech Republic 99.95 2016
6 Denmark 99.94 2016
7 Switzerland 99.92 2016
8 Finland 99.90 2016
9 North Macedonia 99.86 2014
10 Montenegro 99.83 2017
11 Estonia 99.83 2016
12 Poland 99.77 2016
13 Austria 99.77 2016
14 Cyprus 99.74 2016
15 Ukraine 99.70 2017
16 Serbia 99.69 2017
17 Iceland 99.67 2011
17 Norway 99.67 2016
19 Turkey 99.66 2015
20 Sweden 99.57 2016
21 Romania 99.55 2016
22 Hungary 99.50 2016
23 Germany 99.50 2016
24 Bulgaria 99.33 2016
25 Lithuania 99.21 2016
26 Slovak Republic 99.11 2016
27 Latvia 98.98 2016
28 Greece 98.93 2016
29 San Marino 98.92 2011
30 Malta 98.89 2016
31 Croatia 98.58 2016
32 Albania 98.53 2017
33 Moldova 98.26 2017
34 Belarus 98.16 2017
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 97.91 2017
36 Liechtenstein 97.79 2016
37 France 97.73 1991
38 Portugal 96.91 1975
39 Luxembourg 96.45 1978
40 Belgium 89.70 1976
41 Netherlands 72.78 1984

More rankings: Africa | Asia | Central America & the Caribbean | Europe | Middle East | North America | Oceania | South America | World |

Development Relevance: The effective transition rate from primary to secondary education conveys the degree of access or transition between the two levels. As completing primary education is a prerequisite for participating in lower secondary education, growing numbers of primary completers will inevitably create pressure for more available places at the secondary level. A low effective transition rate can signal such problems as an inadequate examination and promotion system or insufficient secondary education capacity.

Limitations and Exceptions: The quality of data on the transition rate is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished. Students who interrupt their studies after completing primary education could also affect data quality.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Effective transition rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants in the first grade of secondary education in a given year (t) by the number of students who enrolled in the final grade of primary education in the previous school year (t-1) minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year (t), and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual