Lower secondary completion rate, female in Macao
Macao: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 92.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Macao, 2001–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, lower secondary completion rate, female in Macao stood at 92.7%.
That represents a change of up 7.5% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Macao peaked at 105.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 74.5%, in 2001.
Macao ranks 87th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Macao, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 74.5% | — |
| 2002 | 76.0% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 82.2% | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 89.2% | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 95.8% | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 95.2% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 91.7% | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 84.7% | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 87.4% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 87.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 89.6% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 92.0% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 94.3% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 102.8% | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 102.0% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 105.0% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 99.4% | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 95.0% | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 81.6% | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 86.6% | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 92.5% | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 88.0% | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 86.2% | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 92.7% | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.3% | 74.5% | 95.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 94.9% | 81.6% | 105.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.2% | 86.2% | 92.7% | 5 |
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More education data for Macao
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 547 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2,349 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16,188 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 16,303 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 30,211 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -5.38 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Macao?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Macao was 92.7% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 105.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.5% in 2001.
- How does Macao rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Macao ranks 87th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macao 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.