Portugal - Lower secondary completion rate

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

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Portugal was 96.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 98.04 in 2018, while its lowest value was 24.18 in 1972.

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
1972 24.18
1973 29.55
1974 35.35
1975 38.96
1976 42.37
1977 38.69
1978 55.22
1985 40.14
1986 45.55
1991 61.83
2018 98.04
2019 96.60

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

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Portugal was 90.75 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 91.91 in 2018, while its lowest value was 23.07 in 1972.

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
1972 23.07
1973 26.53
1974 32.63
1975 32.26
1976 35.14
1977 30.87
1978 48.27
1985 31.44
1986 37.45
1991 50.61
2018 91.91
2019 90.75

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

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Portugal was 93.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 94.89 in 2018, while its lowest value was 23.62 in 1972.

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
1972 23.62
1973 28.03
1974 33.97
1975 35.57
1976 38.71
1977 34.74
1978 51.70
1985 35.71
1986 41.43
1990 51.89
1991 56.13
2018 94.89
2019 93.60

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes