Lower secondary completion rate, female in South Asia
South Asia: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 88.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in South Asia, 2001–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
South Asia recorded 88.3% for lower secondary completion rate, female in 2024.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in South Asia peaked at 91.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 49.6%, in 2001.
That places South Asia 15th 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 24 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in South Asia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 49.6% | — |
| 2002 | 50.0% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 54.4% | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 55.3% | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 57.2% | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 59.2% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 62.3% | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 65.6% | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 68.6% | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 71.0% | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 74.1% | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 77.9% | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 81.8% | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 85.7% | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 85.9% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 87.2% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 87.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 88.4% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 88.0% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 89.9% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 91.1% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 91.4% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 87.2% | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 88.3% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 58.0% | 49.6% | 68.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 82.7% | 71.0% | 88.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.6% | 87.2% | 91.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Asia
More education data for South Asia
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.84 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 24.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 119.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0035 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5.84 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 119.2% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 118.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total 709.68 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in South Asia?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in South Asia was 88.3% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in South Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 91.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in South Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.6% in 2001.
- How does South Asia rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- South Asia ranks 15th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in South Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Asia 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.