Completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Completion rate, upper secondary education, female was 46.2% in 2025. β² Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1990β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States stood at 46.2%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 46.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 32.5%, in 1998.
That places SDG: Small Island Developing States 26th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.6% | 32.5% | 34.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.8% | 32.8% | 40.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.4% | 41.3% | 43.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.1% | 43.8% | 46.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.27 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 2.24 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 4.28 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 1.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 1.62 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 46.2% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, female recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 46.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, female recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.5% in 1998.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, female?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 26th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, female rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release