Lower secondary completion rate, total in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Lower secondary completion rate, total was 97.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1989–2024
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, total in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) is 97.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 97.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 55.3%, in 1989.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 4th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 55.3% | — |
| 1990 | 55.4% | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 56.5% | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 59.9% | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 61.3% | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 59.6% | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 60.3% | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 61.0% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 62.8% | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 65.6% | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 68.7% | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 71.9% | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 75.1% | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 78.9% | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 82.2% | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 85.8% | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 88.1% | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 89.5% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 91.8% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 91.5% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 91.6% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 91.7% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 93.7% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 92.4% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 90.1% | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 86.9% | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 86.1% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 89.5% | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 88.5% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 88.1% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 90.8% | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 93.5% | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 95.5% | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 96.3% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 97.1% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 97.5% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 55.3% | 55.3% | 55.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 61.1% | 55.4% | 68.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 84.6% | 71.9% | 91.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.8% | 86.1% | 93.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.0% | 93.5% | 97.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- 1 Hong Kong, China 129.5% compare
- 2 Saint Kitts and Nevis 119.7% compare
- 3 Turks and Caicos Islands 116.6% compare
- 4 Marshall Islands 114.1% compare
- 5 Gibraltar 110.3% compare
- 6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109.9% compare
- 7 Aruba 107.2% compare
More education data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Population ages 0-14 18.2% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.13 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.5749 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 69.1% (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0837 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 179.31 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 161.08 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 97.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 97.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.3% in 1989.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 4th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high 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, 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.