Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern Asia: Completion rate, lower secondary education, male was 91.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern Asia, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern Asia stood at 91.6%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 91.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 59.0%, in 1990.
That places SDG: Eastern Asia 8th 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 Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 59.0% | — |
| 1991 | 59.9% | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 61.0% | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 62.5% | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 64.2% | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 66.0% | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 67.8% | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 69.4% | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 70.7% | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 71.8% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 72.7% | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 73.7% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 74.8% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 76.1% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 77.6% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 79.1% | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 80.2% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 81.1% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 82.2% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 83.4% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 84.4% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 85.2% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 85.7% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 86.2% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 86.6% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 87.0% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 87.4% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 87.7% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 88.2% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 88.7% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 89.2% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 89.8% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 90.2% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 90.7% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 91.2% | +0.6% |
| 2025 | 91.6% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.2% | 59.0% | 71.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.1% | 72.7% | 83.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.7% | 84.4% | 88.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.5% | 89.2% | 91.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Eastern Asia
More education data for SDG: Eastern Asia
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 81.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 51.47 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 16.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 58.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 45.36 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 7.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 63.20 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 30.25 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 26.08 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern Asia was 91.6% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, male recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 91.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, male recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.0% in 1990.
- How does SDG: Eastern Asia rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, male?
- SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 8th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, male rising or falling in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: 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.
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February 2026 Data Release