Lower secondary completion rate, female in Madagascar
Madagascar: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 32.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Madagascar, 1971–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 32.7% for lower secondary completion rate, female in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Madagascar peaked at 40.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7.8%, in 1971.
Madagascar ranks 172nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 7.8% | — |
| 1972 | 8.2% | +5.2% |
| 1974 | 8.0% | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 8.5% | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 16.1% | +89.3% |
| 1988 | 14.5% | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 15.5% | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 14.9% | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 14.5% | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 11.4% | -21.6% |
| 1996 | 12.4% | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 12.6% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 12.4% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 12.5% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 13.6% | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 14.5% | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 17.0% | +17.3% |
| 2006 | 18.7% | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 20.9% | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 23.1% | +10.7% |
| 2009 | 24.9% | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 25.1% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 28.6% | +13.7% |
| 2012 | 30.4% | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 34.4% | +13.1% |
| 2014 | 34.5% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 35.5% | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 34.7% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 40.6% | +16.8% |
| 2018 | 36.6% | -9.7% |
| 2019 | 35.0% | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 32.2% | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 34.9% | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 33.9% | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 32.6% | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 32.7% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.1% | 7.8% | 8.5% | 4 |
| 1980s | 15.3% | 14.5% | 16.1% | 3 |
| 1990s | 13.3% | 11.4% | 14.9% | 4 |
| 2000s | 17.0% | 12.4% | 24.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.6% | 25.1% | 40.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.3% | 32.2% | 34.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More education data for Madagascar
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.21 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 76,092 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 62,556 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 95,322 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.34 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 94,430 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 6.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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 Madagascar?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Madagascar was 32.7% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 40.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.8% in 1971.
- How does Madagascar rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Madagascar ranks 172nd out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.