Completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: South-eastern Asia
SDG: South-eastern Asia: Completion rate, primary education, female was 97.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: South-eastern Asia, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: South-eastern Asia stood at 97.7%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: South-eastern Asia peaked at 97.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 79.2%, in 1990.
That places SDG: South-eastern Asia 11th 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, primary education, female in SDG: South-eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 79.2% | — |
| 1991 | 79.9% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 80.6% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 81.1% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 81.5% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 81.8% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 82.3% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 82.9% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 83.6% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 84.4% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 85.1% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 85.8% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 86.5% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 87.1% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 87.8% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 88.4% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 89.0% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 89.6% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 90.0% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 90.5% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 91.1% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 91.6% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 92.3% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 92.9% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 93.4% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 94.0% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 94.6% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 95.1% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 95.6% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 96.0% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 96.4% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 96.7% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 97.0% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 97.3% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 97.5% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 97.7% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.7% | 79.2% | 84.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 88.0% | 85.1% | 90.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.7% | 91.1% | 96.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.1% | 96.4% | 97.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: South-eastern Asia
More education data for SDG: South-eastern Asia
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 85.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 29.39 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 12.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 30.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 15.15 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 34.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.55 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.89 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: South-eastern Asia?
- Completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: South-eastern Asia was 97.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, female recorded in SDG: South-eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 97.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, female recorded in SDG: South-eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.2% in 1990.
- How does SDG: South-eastern Asia rank for completion rate, primary education, female?
- SDG: South-eastern Asia ranks 11th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, primary education, female rising or falling in SDG: South-eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: South-eastern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release