Lower secondary completion rate, total in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 21.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Ethiopia, 1987–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 21.4% for lower secondary completion rate, total in 2023.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Ethiopia peaked at 28.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9.1%, in 1999.
That places Ethiopia 182nd out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 17.7% | — |
| 1988 | 19.3% | +9.3% |
| 1994 | 11.7% | -39.3% |
| 1995 | 11.4% | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 11.4% | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 9.1% | -20.3% |
| 2005 | 18.2% | +100.6% |
| 2008 | 27.6% | +51.6% |
| 2009 | 26.0% | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 26.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 24.6% | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 28.4% | +15.5% |
| 2015 | 28.9% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 21.7% | -24.9% |
| 2023 | 21.4% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18.5% | 17.7% | 19.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.9% | 9.1% | 11.7% | 4 |
| 2000s | 23.9% | 18.2% | 27.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 27.0% | 24.6% | 28.9% | 4 |
| 2020s | 21.6% | 21.4% | 21.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More education data for Ethiopia
- 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)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0498 % change on previous year (2012)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 338,716 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Ethiopia?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Ethiopia was 21.4% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 28.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.1% in 1999.
- How does Ethiopia rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Ethiopia ranks 182nd out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.