Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes was 20.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025) is 20.8%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 20.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 8.4%, in 1990.
That places WB: Low Income (july 2025) 37th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 8.4% | — |
| 1991 | 8.5% | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 8.6% | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 8.7% | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 8.9% | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 9.0% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 9.1% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 9.3% | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 9.4% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 9.7% | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 9.8% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 10.0% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 10.3% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 10.5% | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 10.9% | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 11.3% | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 11.7% | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 12.3% | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 12.8% | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 14.0% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 14.6% | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 15.0% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 15.4% | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 15.8% | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 16.2% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 16.7% | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 17.2% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 17.7% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 18.2% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 18.6% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 19.1% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 19.6% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 20.0% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 20.4% | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 20.8% | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.0% | 8.4% | 9.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.3% | 9.8% | 13.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.1% | 14.0% | 18.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.8% | 18.6% | 20.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.25 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8586 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.68 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.76 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 20.8% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 20.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4% in 1990.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 37th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low Income (july 2025) 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