Tunisia: Progression to secondary school (%)

Key figures

Since 1972 it is up 74.77 percentage points from 22.93% in 1972. The World Bank has no value for 8 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 17.87 percentage points in 1979 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.69 percentage points in 2014. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2016, Tunisia had the 35th highest value of the 46 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Tunisia in the 2016 ranking

• Eswatini — 32nd of 46: 98.05%
• Chile — 33rd of 46: 97.9%
• Liechtenstein — 34th of 46: 97.79%
• São Tomé and Principe — 36th of 46: 96.98%
• Philippines — 37th of 46: 96.59%
• Mexico — 38th of 46: 96.57%

What this measures

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).

Limitations: 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.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 37 values

Progression to secondary school (%) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 99.21% (2017)
• Bahrain — 99.47% (2017)
• Djibouti — 86.25% (2017)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 96.56% (2017)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 95.74% (2016)
• Israel — 99.58% (2016)
• Jordan — 97.98% (2017)
• Kuwait — 97.79% (2017)
• Lebanon — 96.23% (2017)
• Malta — 98.89% (2016)
• Morocco

More education data for Tunisia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.45 (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 38.12% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) — 49.4% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross) — 27.38% (2023)
• Primary education, pupils — 1.34 million (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross)

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Questions people ask

What is Tunisia's progression to secondary school (%)?

97.71% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1972?

It is up 74.77 percentage points from 22.93% in 1972. The highest value was 99.07% in 2009 and the lowest 22.93% in 1972.

How does Tunisia rank?

35th highest of 46 economies with data for 2016.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.PROG.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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