Fragile and conflict affected situations - Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 45.31 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 45.31 in 2018, while its lowest value was 23.39 in 1970.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

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

See also:

Year Value
1970 23.39
1971 23.40
1972 23.78
1973 24.61
1974 24.51
1975 24.91
1976 25.07
1977 25.31
1978 25.78
1979 26.06
1980 26.20
1981 26.30
1982 26.04
1983 26.16
1984 26.46
1985 26.75
1986 26.85
1987 26.72
1988 26.97
1989 26.76
1990 26.59
1991 26.49
1992 26.45
1993 26.41
1994 26.52
1995 26.64
1996 26.68
1997 26.75
1998 27.02
1999 27.08
2000 27.47
2001 29.32
2002 31.49
2003 33.43
2004 35.11
2005 36.10
2006 37.35
2007 38.61
2008 40.37
2009 41.15
2010 41.89
2011 42.47
2012 42.73
2013 42.62
2014 43.52
2015 44.11
2016 44.47
2017 44.99
2018 45.31

Limitations and Exceptions: Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of lower secondary education. Thus this rate is a proxy that should be taken as an upper estimate of the actual lower secondary completion rate. There are many reasons why the rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of lower secondary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

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: Lower secondary completion rate is calculated as the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education. 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. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. 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

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes