Lower secondary completion rate, female in OECD members
OECD members: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 94.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in OECD members, 2003–2024
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 OECD members is 94.1%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in OECD members peaked at 97.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 87.6%, in 2003.
OECD members ranks 9th of 43 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 87.6% | — |
| 2004 | 88.4% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 89.6% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 90.7% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 91.6% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 92.1% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 92.8% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 93.9% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 93.4% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 93.3% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 92.7% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 92.9% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 93.9% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 94.2% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 94.6% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 94.7% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 94.3% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 97.3% | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 95.9% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 94.3% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 94.0% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 94.1% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 90.4% | 87.6% | 92.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 93.8% | 92.7% | 94.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.1% | 94.0% | 97.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 6 Antigua and Barbuda 111.6% compare
- 7 Saint Kitts and Nevis 110.1% compare
- 8 United Arab Emirates 107.7% compare
- 9 Gibraltar 107.5% compare
- 10 Brunei Darussalam 106.2% compare
- 11 China 106.0% compare
- 12 Aruba 104.6% compare
More education data for OECD members
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6.28 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 16.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 6.28 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.9% (2024)
- Labor force, total 709.91 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in OECD members?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in OECD members was 94.1% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 97.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.6% in 2003.
- How does OECD members rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- OECD members ranks 9th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members 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.