Lower secondary completion rate, female in Other small states
Other small states: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 66.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Other small states, 1978–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Other small states recorded 66.4% for lower secondary completion rate, female in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Other small states peaked at 68.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 42.6%, in 1988.
Other small states ranks 30th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Other small states, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 43.8% | — |
| 1979 | 43.8% | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 45.1% | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 45.1% | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 45.3% | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 45.6% | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 45.5% | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 45.3% | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 44.8% | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 44.6% | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 42.6% | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 46.7% | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 46.1% | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 48.5% | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 48.8% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 50.2% | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 50.2% | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 50.3% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 50.4% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 50.3% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 50.7% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 50.3% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 50.1% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 50.9% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 51.4% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 53.3% | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 54.8% | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 56.2% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 57.7% | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 57.3% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 58.1% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 60.9% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 61.9% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 62.9% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 64.1% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 64.4% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 64.9% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 64.8% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 66.5% | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 66.9% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 67.3% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 67.0% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 67.5% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 68.6% | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 68.0% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 66.4% | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43.8% | 43.8% | 43.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 45.1% | 42.6% | 46.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.6% | 46.1% | 50.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.1% | 50.1% | 60.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.1% | 61.9% | 67.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.6% | 66.4% | 68.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Other small states
More education data for Other small states
- Population ages 15-64 66.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.2% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 183,046 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 102.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0142 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 183,046 (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.6% (2024)
- Labor force, female 43.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Other small states?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Other small states was 66.4% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Other small states?
- The highest recorded value was 68.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Other small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.6% in 1988.
- How does Other small states rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Other small states ranks 30th out of 43 groups with data for 2023.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Other small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Other small states 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.