High income - Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in High income was 96.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 97.94 in 2018, while its lowest value was 79.64 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 79.64
1975 80.02
1976 80.60
1977 81.24
1978 82.12
1979 82.89
1980 83.69
1981 83.52
1982 82.78
1983 84.70
1984 85.06
1985 84.71
1986 85.06
1987 85.88
1988 86.54
1989 87.61
1990 87.77
1991 87.82
1992 88.16
1993 88.48
1994 88.52
1995 88.83
1996 89.10
1997 89.17
1998 89.49
1999 89.73
2000 90.52
2001 91.14
2002 91.86
2003 92.38
2004 92.83
2005 93.11
2006 93.79
2007 93.54
2008 93.74
2009 94.11
2010 94.66
2011 95.13
2012 95.37
2013 95.53
2014 95.78
2015 96.43
2016 95.97
2017 95.95
2018 97.94
2019 97.27
2020 96.85

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