Completion rate, lower secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Completion rate, lower secondary education, female was 67.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, lower secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States stood at 67.9%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 67.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 53.6%, in 1995.
SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 27th of 39 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 55.3% | — |
| 1991 | 55.1% | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 54.7% | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 54.2% | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 53.8% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 53.6% | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 53.6% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 53.8% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 54.2% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 55.1% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 56.2% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 57.4% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 58.5% | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 59.3% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 59.9% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 60.4% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 61.1% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 61.6% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 62.1% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 62.5% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 62.8% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 63.1% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 63.3% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 63.7% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 64.0% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 64.3% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 64.6% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 64.8% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 65.2% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 65.5% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 65.9% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 66.4% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 66.7% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 67.0% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 67.4% | +0.6% |
| 2025 | 67.9% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.3% | 53.6% | 55.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.9% | 56.2% | 62.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.1% | 62.8% | 65.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.9% | 65.9% | 67.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.27 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 2.24 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 4.28 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 1.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 1.62 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 67.9% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, female recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 67.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, female recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.6% in 1995.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, female?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 27th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, female rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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