OECD members - Lower secondary completion rate

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

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in OECD members was 94.53 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 95.17 in 2018, while its lowest value was 72.94 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/)

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Year Value
1976 72.94
1977 73.44
1978 74.29
1979 75.09
1980 75.96
1981 75.60
1982 75.05
1983 76.48
1984 77.23
1985 77.25
1986 77.78
1987 78.44
1988 78.76
1989 79.68
1990 79.63
1991 79.61
1992 79.78
1993 80.09
1994 80.62
1995 81.46
1996 82.41
1997 83.26
1998 84.14
1999 84.53
2000 85.38
2001 86.23
2002 87.61
2003 88.79
2004 89.84
2005 90.92
2006 91.62
2007 91.86
2008 92.42
2009 92.70
2010 93.82
2011 93.79
2012 93.75
2013 93.24
2014 93.73
2015 94.62
2016 94.54
2017 94.31
2018 95.17
2019 94.80
2020 94.53

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

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in OECD members was 93.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 94.63 in 2015, while its lowest value was 74.58 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/)

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Year Value
1976 74.58
1977 74.85
1978 75.46
1979 76.11
1980 76.59
1981 76.03
1982 75.27
1983 76.52
1984 77.42
1985 77.50
1986 78.17
1987 78.87
1988 79.35
1989 79.85
1990 80.11
1991 80.00
1992 80.49
1993 81.04
1994 81.65
1995 82.35
1996 83.28
1997 84.14
1998 84.75
1999 84.91
2000 85.94
2001 86.86
2002 88.16
2003 89.39
2004 90.49
2005 91.44
2006 91.93
2007 92.01
2008 92.24
2009 92.71
2010 93.77
2011 93.69
2012 93.73
2013 93.34
2014 93.81
2015 94.63
2016 94.44
2017 94.21
2018 92.59
2019 93.50
2020 93.22

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

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in OECD members was 93.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 94.77 in 2015, while its lowest value was 74.88 in 1978.

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
1975 76.81
1976 76.96
1977 77.14
1978 74.88
1979 78.39
1980 78.99
1981 78.48
1982 77.73
1983 78.97
1984 79.86
1985 80.05
1986 80.71
1987 81.52
1988 79.06
1989 82.81
1990 83.01
1991 82.96
1992 83.21
1993 83.60
1994 84.06
1995 84.55
1996 85.28
1997 86.12
1998 86.75
1999 86.86
2000 87.54
2001 88.19
2002 89.37
2003 90.40
2004 91.33
2005 92.19
2006 92.65
2007 92.67
2008 92.94
2009 93.20
2010 94.17
2011 94.01
2012 93.92
2013 93.40
2014 93.90
2015 94.77
2016 94.65
2017 94.45
2018 93.85
2019 94.14
2020 93.99

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes