Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) in MDG: Developing Regions
MDG: Developing Regions: Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) was 26.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) in MDG: Developing Regions, 2003–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) in MDG: Developing Regions stood at 26.6%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) in MDG: Developing Regions peaked at 26.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15.5%, in 2003.
That places MDG: Developing Regions 113th out of 190 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.5% | 15.5% | 17.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 20.9% | 18.1% | 24.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.5% | 24.3% | 26.6% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Developing Regions
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 266.40 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 286.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 171.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 28.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 365.72 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 190.49 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 178.28 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) in MDG: Developing Regions was 26.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 26.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5% in 2003.
- How does MDG: Developing Regions rank for gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7)?
- MDG: Developing Regions ranks 113th out of 190 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (isced 6 and 7) rising or falling in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Developing Regions data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) in tertiary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release