Lower secondary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 97.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific, 1994–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific recorded 97.8% for lower secondary completion rate, female 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 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 97.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 57.8%, in 1994.
That places East Asia & Pacific 5th 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, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 57.8% | — |
| 1995 | 58.5% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 59.4% | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 61.7% | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 64.8% | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 67.8% | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 71.1% | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 74.3% | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 78.3% | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 82.0% | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 85.7% | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 88.0% | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 89.9% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 92.4% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 92.1% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 92.9% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 93.2% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 94.7% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 94.0% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 91.9% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 89.1% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 88.5% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 91.1% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 90.2% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 89.6% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 92.4% | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 94.6% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 96.2% | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 96.7% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 97.3% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 97.8% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.7% | 57.8% | 67.8% | 6 |
| 2000s | 84.7% | 71.1% | 92.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.5% | 88.5% | 94.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.5% | 94.6% | 97.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
- 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
- 8 United Arab Emirates 107.7% compare
More education data for East Asia & Pacific
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0801 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.94 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4731 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 191.34 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 174.05 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific was 97.8% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 97.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.8% in 1994.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 5th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific 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.