Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia: Completion rate, lower secondary education, male was 87.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia recorded 87.9% for completion rate, lower secondary education, male in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia peaked at 87.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 56.5%, in 1990.
That places SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 9th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 56.5% | — |
| 1991 | 57.2% | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 58.0% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 58.9% | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 60.1% | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 61.4% | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 62.9% | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 64.3% | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 65.8% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 67.2% | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 68.3% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 69.5% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 70.6% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 71.8% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 73.3% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 74.8% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 75.9% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 76.8% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 77.7% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 78.6% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 79.2% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 79.8% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 80.4% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 80.9% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 81.4% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 82.0% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 82.6% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 83.2% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 83.8% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 84.5% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 85.2% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 85.8% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 86.3% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 86.8% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 87.4% | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 87.9% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.2% | 56.5% | 67.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.7% | 68.3% | 78.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.8% | 79.2% | 84.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.6% | 85.2% | 87.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia
More education data for SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 44.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 46.05 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.72 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 89.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 60.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.12 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia was 87.9% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, male recorded in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 87.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, male recorded in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.5% in 1990.
- How does SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, male?
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia ranks 9th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, male rising or falling in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 36 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release