Low income - Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Low income was 39.21 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 39.21 in 2019, while its lowest value was 20.94 in 1976.

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 21.12
1971 21.20
1972 21.49
1973 21.52
1974 21.14
1975 20.95
1976 20.94
1977 21.18
1978 21.70
1979 22.08
1980 22.72
1981 23.03
1982 22.87
1983 23.06
1984 23.23
1985 23.28
1986 23.24
1987 22.93
1988 22.80
1989 22.36
1990 21.75
1991 21.41
1992 21.04
1993 21.47
1994 21.54
1995 22.60
1996 22.72
1997 22.57
1998 22.83
1999 22.66
2000 23.41
2001 24.17
2002 25.14
2003 26.15
2004 27.29
2005 28.39
2006 29.83
2007 31.33
2008 33.19
2009 33.98
2010 34.87
2011 35.37
2012 35.72
2013 36.10
2014 37.71
2015 38.23
2016 38.62
2017 38.83
2018 39.12
2019 39.21

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