Lower secondary completion rate, female in Eritrea
Eritrea: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 52.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Eritrea, 1994–2022
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2022, lower secondary completion rate, female in Eritrea stood at 52.2%. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Eritrea peaked at 52.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 1994.
Eritrea ranks 152nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 14.3% | — |
| 1995 | 25.4% | +77.4% |
| 1996 | 29.8% | +17.0% |
| 1997 | 29.1% | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 38.6% | +32.4% |
| 2000 | 38.9% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 39.5% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 42.1% | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 38.7% | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 40.9% | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 42.3% | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 45.9% | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 44.8% | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 46.5% | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 49.8% | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 47.4% | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 45.5% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 49.5% | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 52.2% | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.5% | 14.3% | 38.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 42.2% | 38.7% | 46.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 48.1% | 45.5% | 49.8% | 4 |
| 2020s | 52.2% | 52.2% | 52.2% | 1 |
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More education data for Eritrea
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -6.46 % change on previous year (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 5,301 (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,724 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4,198 (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.69 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6,033 (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -9.52 % change on previous year (2016)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Eritrea?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Eritrea was 52.2% in 2022, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 52.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 1994.
- How does Eritrea rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Eritrea ranks 152nd out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.