Lower secondary completion rate, male in Middle income
Middle income: Lower secondary completion rate, male was 81.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Middle income, 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 Middle income is 81.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in Middle income peaked at 81.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 59.9%, in 1994.
Middle income ranks 17th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Middle income, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 59.9% | — |
| 1995 | 60.2% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 60.4% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 60.9% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 61.7% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 62.9% | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 64.2% | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 65.8% | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 68.0% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 69.7% | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 71.3% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 72.8% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 72.5% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 73.7% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 74.2% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 74.8% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 75.8% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 76.9% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 76.9% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 76.3% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 76.4% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 76.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 77.7% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 77.4% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 77.8% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 78.6% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 80.3% | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 81.3% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 81.3% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 80.9% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 81.5% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.0% | 59.9% | 62.9% | 6 |
| 2000s | 70.7% | 64.2% | 74.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.0% | 75.8% | 78.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.1% | 80.3% | 81.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
More education data for Middle income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 25.11 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 25.11 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.5% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4541 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, male in Middle income?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in Middle income was 81.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 81.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.9% in 1994.
- How does Middle income rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- Middle income ranks 17th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle income 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.