Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes was 44.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Least Developed Countries recorded 44.7% for completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 44.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 16.3%, in 1990.
That places SDG: Least Developed Countries 36th 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 in SDG: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 16.3% | — |
| 1991 | 16.7% | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 17.1% | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 17.6% | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 18.2% | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 18.7% | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 19.2% | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 19.8% | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 20.4% | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 20.9% | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 21.6% | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 22.4% | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 23.2% | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 24.0% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 24.8% | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 25.7% | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 26.7% | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 27.8% | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 29.0% | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 30.1% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 31.2% | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 32.3% | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 33.4% | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 34.4% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 35.3% | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 36.2% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 37.1% | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 38.0% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 38.9% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 39.8% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 40.6% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 41.5% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 42.4% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 43.2% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 44.0% | +1.9% |
| 2025 | 44.7% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.5% | 16.3% | 20.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.5% | 21.6% | 30.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.7% | 31.2% | 39.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.7% | 40.6% | 44.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Least Developed Countries
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 36.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 22.98 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 4.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 87.82 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 37.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 36.80 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 44.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 44.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.3% in 1990.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 36th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed 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