High income - Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in High income was 96.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 97.16 in 2015, while its lowest value was 80.19 in 1974.

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
1974 80.19
1975 80.46
1976 81.00
1977 81.44
1978 82.17
1979 82.90
1980 83.38
1981 83.08
1982 82.19
1983 83.86
1984 84.29
1985 83.89
1986 84.27
1987 85.00
1988 85.90
1989 86.38
1990 86.94
1991 86.96
1992 87.34
1993 87.92
1994 88.00
1995 88.25
1996 88.45
1997 88.54
1998 88.71
1999 88.80
2000 89.95
2001 90.82
2002 91.66
2003 92.42
2004 93.11
2005 93.47
2006 94.24
2007 94.16
2008 94.34
2009 94.82
2010 95.36
2011 95.91
2012 96.01
2013 96.33
2014 96.95
2015 97.16
2016 96.82
2017 96.85
2018 95.61
2019 96.52
2020 96.07

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