Arab World - Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Arab World was 70.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 70.07 in 2020, while its lowest value was 23.68 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 23.68
1975 24.10
1976 24.93
1977 26.20
1978 28.09
1979 28.63
1980 29.39
1981 30.29
1982 31.14
1983 32.22
1984 33.67
1985 35.01
1986 36.58
1987 37.91
1988 39.20
1989 40.81
1990 41.61
1991 42.78
1992 43.81
1993 44.73
1994 46.49
1995 47.80
1996 48.74
1997 49.46
1998 50.62
1999 51.91
2000 53.28
2001 55.37
2002 57.77
2003 58.15
2004 59.13
2005 60.30
2006 59.51
2007 60.26
2008 60.81
2009 63.04
2010 62.97
2011 64.68
2012 69.58
2013 65.37
2014 65.09
2015 66.66
2016 67.14
2017 67.50
2018 68.62
2019 69.65
2020 70.07

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