Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Completion rate, lower secondary education, male was 58.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 recorded 58.7% for completion rate, lower secondary education, male in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 58.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 40.0%, in 1990.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 29th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 40.0% | — |
| 1991 | 40.2% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 40.4% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 40.7% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 40.9% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 41.2% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 41.6% | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 42.1% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 42.7% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 43.4% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 44.2% | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 45.0% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 45.8% | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 46.5% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 47.1% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 47.6% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 48.3% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 48.9% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 49.5% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 50.1% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 50.7% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 51.2% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 51.8% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 52.3% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 52.8% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 53.4% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 53.9% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 54.4% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 54.9% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 55.4% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 56.0% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 56.5% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 57.0% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 57.5% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 58.1% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 58.7% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.3% | 40.0% | 43.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 47.3% | 44.2% | 50.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.1% | 50.7% | 55.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.3% | 56.0% | 58.7% | 6 |
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More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 175.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 58.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, male recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 58.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, male recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.0% in 1990.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, male?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 29th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, male rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release