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

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Eswatini was 68.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 68.90 in 2019, while its lowest value was 18.82 in 1971.

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 19.64
1971 18.82
1972 21.37
1973 24.73
1974 30.81
1975 30.81
1976 32.89
1977 37.17
1978 36.99
1979 37.61
1980 38.47
1981 38.17
1982 38.87
1983 38.48
1984 39.01
1985 37.43
1986 33.51
1987 34.27
1988 33.32
1989 36.33
1990 35.09
1991 40.26
1992 42.80
1993 40.41
1994 40.71
1995 39.61
1998 38.49
1999 34.68
2000 34.40
2001 31.28
2002 38.39
2003 34.20
2004 41.37
2005 42.97
2006 49.26
2007 52.57
2009 50.50
2010 54.39
2011 56.87
2012 53.04
2013 54.82
2014 53.47
2015 57.51
2016 62.04
2017 66.03
2019 68.90

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