Lower secondary completion rate, male in Namibia
Namibia: Lower secondary completion rate, male was 67.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Namibia, 1992–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, lower secondary completion rate, male in Namibia stood at 67.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in Namibia peaked at 87.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 42.2%, in 1992.
That places Namibia 133rd out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Namibia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 42.2% | — |
| 1998 | 54.6% | +29.3% |
| 1999 | 55.6% | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 54.7% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 59.4% | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 57.7% | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 51.7% | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 56.2% | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 55.2% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 53.2% | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 59.9% | +12.6% |
| 2013 | 61.6% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 63.7% | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 63.9% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 63.6% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 68.2% | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 78.2% | +14.6% |
| 2019 | 52.1% | -33.3% |
| 2020 | 85.4% | +63.9% |
| 2021 | 87.3% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 79.5% | -8.9% |
| 2023 | 67.7% | -14.9% |
| 2024 | 67.0% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50.8% | 42.2% | 55.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 56.0% | 51.7% | 59.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 62.0% | 52.1% | 78.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.4% | 67.0% | 87.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 130 El Salvador 68.9% compare
- 131 British Virgin Islands 68.7% compare
- 132 Cote d'Ivoire 68.1% compare
- 134 Bangladesh 63.9% compare
- 135 Zimbabwe 63.3% compare
- 136 Eswatini 62.9% compare
More education data for Namibia
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2020)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 21,240 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, male in Namibia?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in Namibia was 67.0% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 87.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.2% in 1992.
- How does Namibia rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- Namibia ranks 133rd out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.