Completion rate, lower secondary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: Completion rate, lower secondary education, female was 45.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Least Developed Countries recorded 45.7% for completion rate, lower secondary education, female in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 45.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 11.5%, 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, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 11.5% | — |
| 1991 | 12.0% | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 12.6% | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 13.2% | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 13.8% | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 14.5% | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 15.2% | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 16.0% | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 16.7% | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 17.4% | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 18.2% | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 19.2% | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 20.2% | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 21.1% | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 22.0% | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 23.0% | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 24.1% | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 25.3% | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 26.5% | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 27.7% | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 28.9% | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 30.2% | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 31.5% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 32.7% | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 33.9% | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 35.1% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 36.3% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 37.5% | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 38.8% | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 39.9% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 41.0% | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 42.0% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 43.1% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 44.0% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 44.9% | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 45.7% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.3% | 11.5% | 17.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.7% | 18.2% | 27.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.5% | 28.9% | 39.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.4% | 41.0% | 45.7% | 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, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 45.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, female recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 45.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, female recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.5% in 1990.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, female?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 36th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, female rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.2%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release