Lower secondary completion rate, female in Pacific island small states
Pacific island small states: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 77.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Pacific island small states, 1979–2024
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 Pacific island small states is 77.3%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Pacific island small states peaked at 83.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 59.2%, in 1986.
That places Pacific island small states 24th out of 43 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Pacific island small states, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 65.7% | — |
| 1980 | 65.2% | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 64.1% | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 63.4% | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 62.9% | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 62.8% | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 60.9% | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 59.2% | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 59.6% | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 60.3% | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 61.1% | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 61.8% | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 63.1% | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 63.7% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 64.7% | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 65.7% | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 64.4% | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 64.0% | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 64.4% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 64.2% | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 65.4% | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 66.1% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 68.3% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 70.3% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 71.3% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 70.2% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 70.9% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 71.3% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 73.5% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 75.9% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 76.7% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 79.7% | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 81.5% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 79.5% | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 80.4% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 80.0% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 79.7% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 80.1% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 80.8% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 80.4% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 82.7% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 83.7% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 81.1% | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 78.7% | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 77.8% | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 77.3% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 65.7% | 65.7% | 65.7% | 1 |
| 1980s | 61.9% | 59.2% | 65.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.1% | 61.8% | 65.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.4% | 66.1% | 76.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.5% | 79.5% | 82.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.7% | 77.3% | 83.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pacific island small states
More education data for Pacific island small states
- Population ages 15-64 61.7% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 357,181 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.2028 % change on previous year (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 33.0% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,401 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1312 units per person (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0068 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 18,401 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Pacific island small states?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Pacific island small states was 77.3% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The highest recorded value was 83.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.2% in 1986.
- How does Pacific island small states rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Pacific island small states ranks 24th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Pacific island small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pacific island 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.