Completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Completion rate, upper secondary education, male was 39.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Small Island Developing States recorded 39.5% for completion rate, upper secondary education, male in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 39.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 29.1%, in 1997.
SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 30th of 39 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.0% | 29.1% | 30.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.0% | 29.4% | 36.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.1% | 37.7% | 38.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.0% | 38.3% | 39.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
- 27 Austria 81.9% compare
- 28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 81.7% compare
- 29 Italy 81.3% compare
- 30 Norway 79.5% compare
- 31 Ecuador 79.2% compare
- 32 Costa Rica 78.7% compare
- 33 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 78.5% compare
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, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 39.5% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, male recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 39.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, male recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.1% in 1997.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, male?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 30th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, male rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release