Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (%) (lower) in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries
SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries: Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (%) (lower) was 46.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries is 46.9%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries peaked at 46.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 34.5%, in 1993.
That places SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 34th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (%) (lower) in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 34.8% | — |
| 1991 | 34.7% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 34.6% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 34.5% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 34.6% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 34.6% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 34.5% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 34.5% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 34.7% | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 35.0% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 35.5% | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 36.2% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 37.0% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 37.8% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 38.6% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 39.2% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 39.6% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 40.1% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 40.6% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 41.1% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 41.5% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 41.7% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 41.9% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 42.1% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 42.3% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 42.4% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 42.5% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 42.7% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 43.0% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 43.4% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 43.7% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 44.2% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 44.8% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 45.4% | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 46.1% | +1.5% |
| 2025 | 46.9% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34.6% | 34.5% | 35.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 38.6% | 35.5% | 41.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.4% | 41.5% | 43.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.2% | 43.7% | 46.9% | 6 |
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More education data for SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries
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- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.77 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 41.83 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 38.64 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries was 46.9% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 46.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.5% in 1993.
- How does SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes?
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries ranks 34th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 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