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

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Caribbean small states was 79.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 88.47 in 2009, while its lowest value was 60.36 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 61.08
1971 60.88
1972 60.36
1973 61.40
1974 62.07
1975 63.04
1976 64.05
1977 65.72
1978 70.41
1979 72.13
1980 74.47
1981 75.72
1982 75.04
1983 72.67
1984 73.00
1985 75.22
1986 75.66
1987 77.83
1988 79.62
1989 81.04
1990 82.53
1991 84.70
1992 83.25
1993 82.76
1994 82.33
1995 81.62
1996 80.92
1997 80.55
1998 80.84
1999 81.24
2000 83.66
2001 81.76
2002 82.40
2003 84.52
2004 86.06
2005 84.58
2006 85.84
2007 86.88
2008 86.35
2009 88.47
2010 87.02
2011 84.73
2012 83.88
2013 82.90
2014 80.93
2015 82.63
2016 81.74
2017 80.94
2018 79.33
2019 80.40
2020 79.59

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