Lower secondary completion rate, female in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 80.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Early-demographic dividend, 1998–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, lower secondary completion rate, female in Early-demographic dividend stood at 80.5%.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 80.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 51.4%, in 1998.
That places Early-demographic dividend 22nd out of 43 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 51.4% | — |
| 1999 | 52.2% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 53.0% | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 54.0% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 55.2% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 57.7% | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 58.7% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 59.5% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 60.9% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 63.0% | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 65.1% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 67.4% | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 68.9% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 70.6% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 72.7% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 74.0% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 76.8% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 78.0% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 78.7% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 78.7% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 79.2% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 78.9% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 80.7% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 80.8% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 80.8% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 79.4% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 80.5% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51.8% | 51.4% | 52.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 59.4% | 53.0% | 67.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.6% | 68.9% | 79.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.4% | 79.4% | 80.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
More education data for Early-demographic dividend
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 364.78 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 66.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.9% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13.97 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1027 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 105.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 13.97 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Early-demographic dividend?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Early-demographic dividend was 80.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 80.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.4% in 1998.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 22nd out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.