Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Northern America
SDG: Northern America: Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes was 93.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Northern America, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Northern America recorded 93.0% for completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Northern America peaked at 93.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 87.5%, in 1998.
That places SDG: Northern America 3rd out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Northern America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 88.5% | — |
| 1991 | 88.5% | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 88.3% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 87.9% | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 87.8% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 87.7% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 87.7% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 87.6% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 87.5% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 87.7% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 87.9% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 88.0% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 88.1% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 88.3% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 88.5% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 88.8% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 89.1% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 89.4% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 89.7% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 90.0% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 90.3% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 90.7% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 91.0% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 91.3% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 91.6% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 91.9% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 92.0% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 92.1% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 92.2% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 92.4% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 92.6% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 92.7% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 92.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 92.8% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 92.9% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 93.0% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 87.9% | 87.5% | 88.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 88.8% | 87.9% | 90.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.5% | 90.3% | 92.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.8% | 92.6% | 93.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Northern America
More education data for SDG: Northern America
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.81 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.2591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.08 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3042 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3046 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.75 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Northern America?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Northern America was 93.0% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes recorded in SDG: Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 93.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes recorded in SDG: Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.5% in 1998.
- How does SDG: Northern America rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes?
- SDG: Northern America ranks 3rd out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in SDG: Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release