Lower secondary completion rate, female in IDA only
IDA only: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 48.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in IDA only, 1972–2023
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 IDA only is 48.8%, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in IDA only peaked at 48.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 21.7%, in 1976.
That places IDA only 34th out of 43 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in IDA only, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 22.6% | — |
| 1973 | 23.3% | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 23.2% | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 23.4% | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 21.7% | -7.1% |
| 1977 | 22.3% | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 23.3% | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 24.3% | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 24.5% | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 24.1% | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 23.3% | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 24.5% | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 24.9% | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 24.8% | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 25.1% | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 24.6% | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 25.0% | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 25.0% | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 25.2% | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 25.4% | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 25.5% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 25.6% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 25.7% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 26.2% | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 26.4% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 26.7% | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 27.0% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 28.0% | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 29.2% | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 30.6% | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 31.7% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 32.2% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 31.2% | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 31.8% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 33.0% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 34.1% | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 35.8% | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 37.4% | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 38.2% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 39.7% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 41.0% | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 42.0% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 43.3% | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 44.8% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 45.8% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 46.6% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 48.2% | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 48.5% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 48.8% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 48.8% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 48.6% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 48.8% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23.0% | 21.7% | 24.3% | 8 |
| 1980s | 24.6% | 23.3% | 25.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.2% | 25.2% | 28.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.7% | 29.2% | 37.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.8% | 38.2% | 48.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.8% | 48.6% | 48.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA only
More education data for IDA only
- Population ages 0-14 37.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.00 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5.00 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 101.6% (2024)
- Labor force, female 41.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in IDA only?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in IDA only was 48.8% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in IDA only?
- The highest recorded value was 48.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.7% in 1976.
- How does IDA only rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- IDA only ranks 34th out of 43 groups with data for 2023.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA only 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.