Lower secondary completion rate, total in Bahamas
Bahamas: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 95.3% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Bahamas, 1999–2010
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 95.3% for lower secondary completion rate, total in 2010.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Bahamas peaked at 98.2% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 81.0%, in 2006.
Bahamas ranks 61st of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 87.8% | — |
| 2004 | 91.2% | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 90.5% | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 81.0% | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 91.3% | +12.7% |
| 2008 | 98.2% | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 95.3% | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 87.8% | 87.8% | 87.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 90.4% | 81.0% | 98.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 95.3% | 95.3% | 95.3% | 1 |
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More education data for Bahamas
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.56 % change on previous year (1988)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1,364 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 133 (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Bahamas?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Bahamas was 95.3% in 2010, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 98.2% in 2008.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.0% in 2006.
- How does Bahamas rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Bahamas ranks 61st out of 187 countries with data for 2010.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas 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.