Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Argentina
Argentina: Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 95.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Argentina, 1970–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 95.0% for lower secondary completion rate, total in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Argentina peaked at 108.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 16.0%, in 1971.
That places Argentina 64th out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Argentina, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 16.7% | — |
| 1971 | 16.0% | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 17.5% | +9.6% |
| 1975 | 17.9% | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 80.4% | +348.3% |
| 2000 | 86.5% | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 86.9% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 86.7% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 81.7% | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 80.2% | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 80.6% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 77.3% | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 75.5% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 76.4% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 76.7% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 80.5% | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 84.5% | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 85.9% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 88.3% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 88.4% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 90.4% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 90.7% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 91.8% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 93.5% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 95.9% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 95.5% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 108.7% | +13.8% |
| 2022 | 98.8% | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 95.0% | -3.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Argentina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +348.3% | 17.9% | 80.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 17.0% | 16.0% | 17.9% | 4 |
| 1990s | 80.4% | 80.4% | 80.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 80.8% | 75.5% | 86.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.0% | 80.5% | 95.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.5% | 95.0% | 108.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More education data for Argentina
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 96.53 (1991)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.27 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 323,957 (2008)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 91,719 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 791,112 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 773,753 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.56 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 4.58 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Argentina?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Argentina was 95.0% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 108.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.0% in 1971.
- How does Argentina rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Argentina ranks 64th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, total (% 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.