Lower secondary completion rate, female in Small states
Small states: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 69.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Small states, 1975–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Small states recorded 69.6% for lower secondary completion rate, female in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Small states peaked at 71.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 52.8%, in 1975.
That places Small states 28th 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 50 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Small states, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 52.8% | — |
| 1976 | 53.3% | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 53.9% | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 55.2% | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 55.4% | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 56.8% | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 57.1% | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 57.0% | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 56.2% | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 56.0% | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 56.1% | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 55.7% | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 55.9% | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 54.8% | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 57.4% | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 57.0% | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 58.9% | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 58.4% | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 59.1% | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 59.1% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 58.9% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 58.8% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 58.7% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 58.9% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 58.6% | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 58.7% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 58.8% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 59.5% | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 61.1% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 62.3% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 63.2% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 64.5% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 64.6% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 65.2% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 67.4% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 68.3% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 68.9% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 69.5% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 69.7% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 69.9% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 69.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 70.9% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 70.9% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 70.7% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 70.8% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 71.0% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 71.7% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 70.9% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 69.7% | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 69.6% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 54.1% | 52.8% | 55.4% | 5 |
| 1980s | 56.3% | 54.8% | 57.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 58.6% | 57.0% | 59.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.5% | 58.7% | 67.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.9% | 68.3% | 70.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.6% | 69.6% | 71.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small states
- 25 Singapore 101.1% compare
- 26 Trinidad and Tobago 100.8% compare
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More education data for Small states
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 243,069 (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 66.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.012 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 243,069 (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 101.3% (2024)
- Labor force, female 43.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Small states?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Small states was 69.6% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 71.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.8% in 1975.
- How does Small states rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Small states ranks 28th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.