Euro area - Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Euro area was 95.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 95.82 in 2018, while its lowest value was 71.06 in 1973.

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
1973 71.06
1974 71.75
1975 72.43
1976 73.27
1977 73.71
1978 75.64
1979 75.91
1980 76.16
1981 75.44
1982 74.47
1983 74.76
1984 75.31
1985 76.42
1986 77.66
1987 78.94
1988 81.26
1989 82.48
1990 83.56
1991 84.66
1992 85.96
1993 86.68
1994 85.48
1995 85.86
1996 86.59
1997 86.53
1998 86.90
1999 87.41
2000 88.31
2001 89.21
2002 90.77
2003 91.48
2004 92.49
2005 93.06
2006 94.60
2007 93.55
2008 93.07
2009 92.59
2010 92.73
2011 93.76
2012 94.33
2013 94.29
2014 94.67
2015 94.41
2016 94.76
2017 95.58
2018 95.82
2019 95.67
2020 95.72

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