Lower secondary completion rate, total in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 97.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in East Asia & Pacific, 1989–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, lower secondary completion rate, total in East Asia & Pacific stood at 97.3%. 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 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 97.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 56.7%, in 1989.
That places East Asia & Pacific 5th out of 43 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 56.7% | — |
| 1990 | 56.9% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 57.9% | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 61.1% | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 62.4% | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 60.8% | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 61.6% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 62.1% | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 63.8% | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 66.5% | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 69.4% | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 72.4% | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 75.4% | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 79.0% | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 82.3% | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 85.7% | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 87.8% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 89.2% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 91.4% | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 91.1% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 91.4% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 91.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 93.3% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 92.2% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 90.0% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 87.0% | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 86.3% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 89.6% | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 88.5% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 88.1% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 90.8% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 93.3% | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 95.1% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 96.0% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 96.9% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 97.3% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 56.7% | 56.7% | 56.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 62.3% | 56.9% | 69.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 84.6% | 72.4% | 91.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.7% | 86.3% | 93.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.7% | 93.3% | 97.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
- 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
- 8 Antigua and Barbuda 106.0% compare
More education data for East Asia & Pacific
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.94 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0046 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 10.94 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.1% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.0% (2024)
- Labor force, female 44.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in East Asia & Pacific?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in East Asia & Pacific was 97.3% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 97.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.7% in 1989.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 5th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific 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.