Lower secondary completion rate, male in IDA only
IDA only: Lower secondary completion rate, male was 49.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, male in IDA only, 1972–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
IDA only recorded 49.1% for lower secondary completion rate, male in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in IDA only peaked at 49.4% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 28.5%, in 1976.
IDA only ranks 34th of 43 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, male in IDA only, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 29.4% | — |
| 1973 | 30.3% | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 29.9% | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 30.0% | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 28.5% | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 29.1% | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 30.2% | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 31.1% | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 31.4% | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 31.1% | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 30.2% | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 31.2% | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 31.5% | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 31.4% | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 31.5% | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 30.9% | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 31.1% | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 31.0% | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 31.1% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 31.3% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 31.3% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 31.5% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 31.6% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 32.1% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 32.2% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 32.4% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 32.7% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 32.9% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 33.7% | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 34.5% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 35.4% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 36.1% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 37.2% | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 37.7% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 38.9% | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 40.1% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 41.7% | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 42.5% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 43.2% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 44.0% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 45.0% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 45.6% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 47.2% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 47.8% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 48.0% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 48.4% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 49.4% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 49.0% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 49.1% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 49.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 48.8% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 49.1% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 29.8% | 28.5% | 31.1% | 8 |
| 1980s | 31.1% | 30.2% | 31.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.9% | 31.1% | 32.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.8% | 33.7% | 42.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.8% | 43.2% | 49.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.1% | 48.8% | 49.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA only
- 31 Luxembourg 99.2% compare
- 32 Estonia 98.8% compare
- 33 Kenya 98.4% compare
- 34 Kazakhstan 98.3% compare
- 35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 98.2% compare
- 36 Lithuania 98.0% compare
- 37 Fiji 97.9% compare
More education data for IDA only
- Population ages 0-14 37.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.00 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5.00 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 101.6% (2024)
- Labor force, female 41.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, male in IDA only?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in IDA only was 49.1% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in IDA only?
- The highest recorded value was 49.4% in 2018.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.5% in 1976.
- How does IDA only rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- IDA only ranks 34th out of 43 groups with data for 2023.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA only 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.