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

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Small states was 72.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 72.64 in 2019, while its lowest value was 45.63 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 45.63
1973 47.63
1974 48.30
1975 48.98
1976 49.65
1977 50.54
1978 52.37
1979 53.26
1980 53.03
1981 52.91
1982 52.86
1983 52.09
1984 52.54
1985 52.63
1986 52.25
1987 52.21
1988 50.93
1989 54.40
1990 54.21
1991 56.67
1992 56.37
1993 57.51
1994 57.79
1995 58.03
1996 58.14
1997 57.93
1998 58.19
1999 57.80
2000 58.44
2001 58.76
2002 59.65
2003 61.79
2004 63.16
2005 63.91
2006 65.27
2007 65.50
2008 66.24
2009 68.45
2010 69.27
2011 69.91
2012 70.16
2013 70.04
2014 70.67
2015 70.97
2016 71.99
2017 72.43
2018 72.30
2019 72.64
2020 72.50

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