Completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia: Completion rate, upper secondary education, male was 73.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia stood at 73.1%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia peaked at 73.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 23.0%, in 1990.
That places SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 9th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 23.0% | — |
| 1991 | 23.5% | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 23.9% | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 24.4% | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 25.0% | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 25.7% | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 26.8% | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 28.3% | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 30.1% | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 32.2% | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 33.8% | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 34.9% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 35.4% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 35.7% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 36.2% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 37.0% | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 38.2% | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 39.8% | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 42.0% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 44.4% | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 47.1% | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 49.9% | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 52.5% | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 54.8% | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 56.7% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 58.4% | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 60.2% | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 61.9% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 63.5% | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 65.1% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 66.6% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 68.2% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 69.5% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 70.8% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 72.0% | +1.7% |
| 2025 | 73.1% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.3% | 23.0% | 32.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.7% | 33.8% | 44.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.0% | 47.1% | 65.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.0% | 66.6% | 73.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia
More education data for SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 84.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 80.86 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 15.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 89.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 60.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 10.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 98.09 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 45.80 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 40.97 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia was 73.1% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, male recorded in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 73.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, male recorded in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.0% in 1990.
- How does SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, male?
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia ranks 9th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, male rising or falling in SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release