Progression to secondary school, male (%) - Country Ranking - Asia

Definition: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Rank Country Value Year
1 United Arab Emirates 100.00 2013
1 Azerbaijan 100.00 2017
1 Brunei 100.00 2017
1 Hong Kong SAR, China 100.00 2017
1 Japan 100.00 2016
1 Singapore 100.00 2016
1 Uzbekistan 100.00 2017
8 Vietnam 99.92 2015
9 Russia 99.89 2015
10 Saudi Arabia 99.84 2017
11 Turkey 99.78 2015
12 Korea 99.77 2016
13 Kyrgyz Republic 99.76 2017
14 Tajikistan 99.74 2016
15 Georgia 99.64 2017
16 Israel 99.56 2016
17 Kazakhstan 99.54 2018
18 Bahrain 99.36 2017
19 Qatar 99.15 2016
20 Bhutan 99.13 2016
21 Sri Lanka 98.88 2017
22 Mongolia 98.80 2017
23 China 98.79 2008
24 Macao SAR, China 98.46 2017
25 Armenia 97.81 2017
26 Thailand 97.77 2017
27 Jordan 97.74 2017
28 Iran 96.93 2016
29 Oman 96.75 2017
30 Kuwait 96.67 2017
31 Philippines 96.23 2016
32 Indonesia 95.39 2016
33 Lebanon 95.35 2017
34 Afghanistan 94.04 2017
35 Timor-Leste 92.14 2017
36 Malaysia 91.66 2016
37 Yemen 91.30 2012
38 India 90.97 2017
39 Lao PDR 87.56 2017
40 Cambodia 87.41 2017
41 Pakistan 86.98 2017
42 Iraq 85.45 1999
43 Nepal 84.07 2016
44 Myanmar 75.45 2006
45 Syrian Arab Republic 57.20 2012

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Development Relevance: The effective transition rate from primary to secondary education conveys the degree of access or transition between the two levels. As completing primary education is a prerequisite for participating in lower secondary education, growing numbers of primary completers will inevitably create pressure for more available places at the secondary level. A low effective transition rate can signal such problems as an inadequate examination and promotion system or insufficient secondary education capacity.

Limitations and Exceptions: The quality of data on the transition rate is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished. Students who interrupt their studies after completing primary education could also affect data quality.

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: Effective transition rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants in the first grade of secondary education in a given year (t) by the number of students who enrolled in the final grade of primary education in the previous school year (t-1) minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year (t), and multiplying by 100. 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. 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