Lower secondary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Lower secondary completion rate, female was 98.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1994–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) is 98.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 98.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 56.4%, in 1994.
That places East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 4th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 56.4% | — |
| 1995 | 57.1% | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 58.1% | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 60.6% | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 63.7% | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 67.0% | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 70.6% | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 74.0% | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 78.2% | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 82.0% | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 85.8% | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 88.3% | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 90.2% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 92.9% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 92.5% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 93.3% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 93.6% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 95.2% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 94.4% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 92.1% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 89.1% | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 88.4% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 91.2% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 90.3% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 89.6% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 92.5% | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 94.8% | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 96.6% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 97.1% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 97.5% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 98.0% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.5% | 56.4% | 67.0% | 6 |
| 2000s | 84.8% | 70.6% | 93.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.6% | 88.4% | 95.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.8% | 94.8% | 98.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- 1 Hong Kong, China 129.7% compare
- 2 Tuvalu 117.1% compare
- 3 Marshall Islands 117.1% compare
- 4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 116.9% compare
- 5 Turks and Caicos Islands 114.7% compare
- 6 Antigua and Barbuda 111.6% compare
- 7 Saint Kitts and Nevis 110.1% compare
More education data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0837 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 179.31 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.5749 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 161.08 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.13 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 18.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 98.0% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 98.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.4% in 1994.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 4th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.