Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (%) (rate female) in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (%) (rate female) was 46.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1990–2025
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.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (%) (rate female) in SDG: Small Island Developing States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 33.8% | — |
| 1991 | 34.1% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 34.4% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 34.5% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 34.3% | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 33.7% | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 33.1% | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 32.7% | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 32.5% | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 32.5% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 32.8% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 33.4% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 34.3% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 35.4% | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 36.6% | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 37.7% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 38.5% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 39.2% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 39.8% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 40.5% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 41.3% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 42.0% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 42.2% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 42.2% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 42.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 42.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 42.4% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 42.7% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 43.0% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 43.4% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 43.8% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 44.4% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 44.9% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 45.4% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 45.9% | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 46.2% | +0.7% |
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
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1765 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0678 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.021 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.756 % change on previous year (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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February 2026 Data Release