Caribbean small states - Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Caribbean small states was 83.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 90.20 in 2007, while its lowest value was 64.40 in 1972.

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 65.46
1971 65.18
1972 64.40
1973 65.29
1974 66.17
1975 67.09
1976 68.01
1977 69.07
1978 73.96
1979 75.25
1980 77.71
1981 79.53
1982 78.79
1983 76.21
1984 76.38
1985 78.35
1986 79.13
1987 81.33
1988 82.99
1989 84.33
1990 85.74
1991 87.89
1992 86.17
1993 85.69
1994 85.23
1995 84.53
1996 83.83
1997 83.22
1998 83.36
1999 83.61
2000 86.34
2001 83.80
2002 85.69
2003 87.67
2004 88.83
2005 87.60
2006 88.79
2007 90.20
2008 89.34
2009 89.84
2010 89.33
2011 87.43
2012 86.63
2013 85.61
2014 85.08
2015 86.67
2016 85.71
2017 84.82
2018 82.99
2019 84.10
2020 83.45

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