Lower secondary completion rate, female in IDA blend
IDA blend: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 53.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in IDA blend, 1999–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
IDA blend recorded 53.9% for lower secondary completion rate, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in IDA blend peaked at 53.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.6%, in 1999.
IDA blend ranks 32nd of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 30.6% | — |
| 2000 | 30.9% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 31.6% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 33.4% | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 34.8% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 35.1% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 35.8% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 37.3% | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 38.7% | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 40.2% | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 41.0% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 41.9% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 42.4% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 43.5% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 44.1% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 44.8% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 45.3% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 46.0% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 46.6% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 46.6% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 46.7% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 47.3% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 47.6% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 48.1% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 51.7% | +7.5% |
| 2024 | 53.9% | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.6% | 30.6% | 30.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 35.9% | 30.9% | 41.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.8% | 41.9% | 46.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.7% | 47.3% | 53.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
More education data for IDA blend
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.26 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.9% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.26 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0033 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 92.2% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4076 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in IDA blend?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in IDA blend was 53.9% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 53.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.6% in 1999.
- How does IDA blend rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- IDA blend ranks 32nd out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA blend 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.