Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern Asia: Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes was 94.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Eastern Asia, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Eastern Asia stood at 94.9%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 94.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 52.0%, in 1990.
That places SDG: Eastern Asia 8th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 52.0% | — |
| 1991 | 53.3% | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 54.8% | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 56.6% | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 58.7% | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 60.8% | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 63.0% | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 65.0% | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 66.8% | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 68.5% | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 69.9% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 71.2% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 72.4% | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 73.7% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 75.3% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 76.9% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 78.5% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 80.2% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 82.1% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 84.2% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 85.8% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 87.1% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 88.0% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 88.7% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 89.4% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 89.9% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 90.5% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 90.9% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 91.5% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 92.0% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 92.6% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 93.1% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 93.6% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 94.0% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 94.5% | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 94.9% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.0% | 52.0% | 68.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.4% | 69.9% | 84.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.4% | 85.8% | 92.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.8% | 92.6% | 94.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Eastern Asia
More education data for SDG: Eastern Asia
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 81.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 51.47 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 16.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 58.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 45.36 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 7.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 63.20 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 30.25 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 26.08 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Eastern Asia was 94.9% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 94.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.0% in 1990.
- How does SDG: Eastern Asia rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes?
- SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 8th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Eastern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release