Lower secondary completion rate, female in Namibia
Namibia: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 76.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Namibia, 1992–2024
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 Namibia is 76.8%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Namibia peaked at 98.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 51.0%, in 1992.
Namibia ranks 130th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Namibia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 51.0% | — |
| 1998 | 59.6% | +16.9% |
| 1999 | 59.7% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 57.6% | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 63.8% | +10.6% |
| 2006 | 63.8% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 59.6% | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 63.1% | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 62.3% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 59.3% | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 65.3% | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 68.5% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 71.1% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 72.9% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 71.8% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 76.3% | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 84.5% | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 58.2% | -31.2% |
| 2020 | 97.8% | +68.1% |
| 2021 | 98.1% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 91.8% | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 80.6% | -12.3% |
| 2024 | 76.8% | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 56.7% | 51.0% | 59.7% | 3 |
| 2000s | 61.6% | 57.6% | 63.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 69.0% | 58.2% | 84.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.0% | 76.8% | 98.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 127 Myanmar 78.9% compare
- 128 Romania 78.2% compare
- 129 Micronesia, Federated States of 76.9% compare
- 131 El Salvador 76.7% compare
- 132 Paraguay 76.5% compare
- 133 Côte d'Ivoire 73.8% compare
More education data for Namibia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2020)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 21,240 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 14 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Namibia?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Namibia was 76.8% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.0% in 1992.
- How does Namibia rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Namibia ranks 130th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.