Completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Europe
SDG: Europe: Completion rate, upper secondary education, female was 89.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Europe, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Europe stood at 89.9%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Europe peaked at 89.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 76.0%, in 1990.
SDG: Europe ranks 8th of 39 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 76.0% | — |
| 1991 | 76.7% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 77.4% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 78.1% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 78.7% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 79.2% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 79.7% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 80.3% | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 80.9% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 81.5% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 82.2% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 82.8% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 83.2% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 83.5% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 83.9% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 84.3% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 84.5% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 84.8% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 84.9% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 85.1% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 85.4% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 85.7% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 86.0% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 86.3% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 86.7% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 87.0% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 87.2% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 87.5% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 87.7% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 88.0% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 88.3% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 88.6% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 89.0% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 89.3% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 89.6% | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 89.9% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.8% | 76.0% | 81.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.9% | 82.2% | 85.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.8% | 85.4% | 88.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.1% | 88.3% | 89.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Europe
More education data for SDG: Europe
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 79.1% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 76.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 29.39 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 20.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 30.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 22.66 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 20.17 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 12.83 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 12.09 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Europe?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Europe was 89.9% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, female recorded in SDG: Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 89.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, female recorded in SDG: Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.0% in 1990.
- How does SDG: Europe rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, female?
- SDG: Europe ranks 8th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, female rising or falling in SDG: Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Europe data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release