Lower secondary completion rate, male in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Lower secondary completion rate, male was 96.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, male in East Asia & Pacific, 1994–2024
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, male in East Asia & Pacific is 96.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 96.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 63.7%, in 1994.
East Asia & Pacific ranks 5th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, male in East Asia & Pacific, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 63.7% | — |
| 1995 | 64.5% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 64.8% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 65.8% | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 68.2% | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 70.9% | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 73.7% | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 76.5% | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 79.7% | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 82.5% | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 85.7% | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 87.6% | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 88.6% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 90.5% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 90.2% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 90.0% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 89.8% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 92.0% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 90.5% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 88.3% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 85.0% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 84.3% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 88.1% | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 86.9% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 86.8% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 89.3% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 92.1% | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 94.1% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 95.2% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 96.5% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 96.8% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 66.3% | 63.7% | 70.9% | 6 |
| 2000s | 84.5% | 73.7% | 90.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.1% | 84.3% | 92.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.9% | 92.1% | 96.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
- 2 Hong Kong, China 129.3% compare
- 3 Turks and Caicos Islands 118.8% compare
- 4 Gibraltar 113.3% compare
- 5 Marshall Islands 111.4% compare
- 6 Aruba 109.6% compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 105.7% compare
- 8 Albania 103.9% compare
More education data for East Asia & Pacific
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.94 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0801 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4731 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 191.34 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 174.05 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, male in East Asia & Pacific?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in East Asia & Pacific was 96.8% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The highest recorded value was 96.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.7% in 1994.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 5th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, male (% 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.