Lower secondary completion rate, female in Egypt
Egypt: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 85.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Egypt, 1977–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 85.7% for lower secondary completion rate, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Egypt peaked at 85.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.0%, in 1977.
Egypt ranks 112th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 30.0% | — |
| 1978 | 34.9% | +16.4% |
| 1979 | 33.9% | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 34.5% | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 60.1% | +74.3% |
| 2003 | 75.9% | +26.4% |
| 2004 | 74.1% | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 71.9% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 71.6% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 71.4% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 75.9% | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 74.4% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 75.4% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 78.6% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 78.4% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 82.7% | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 85.5% | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 85.7% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 32.9% | 30.0% | 34.9% | 3 |
| 1980s | 34.5% | 34.5% | 34.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 60.1% | 60.1% | 60.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 74.0% | 71.9% | 75.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 74.5% | 71.4% | 78.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 83.1% | 78.4% | 85.7% | 4 |
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More education data for Egypt
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 483,053 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -3.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 5.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 5.57 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Egypt?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Egypt was 85.7% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 85.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.0% in 1977.
- How does Egypt rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Egypt ranks 112th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.