Lower secondary completion rate, total in France
France: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 99.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Lower secondary completion rate, total in France, 2005–2024
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 France is 99.5%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in France peaked at 100.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 89.9%, in 2005.
That places France 29th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in France, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 89.9% | — |
| 2006 | 98.3% | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 97.3% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 99.5% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 97.7% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 96.6% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 97.2% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 98.7% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 97.3% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 97.2% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 96.1% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 98.5% | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 99.6% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 99.3% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 99.5% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 100.1% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 99.8% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 100.2% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 100.1% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 99.5% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.5% | 89.9% | 99.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 98.0% | 96.1% | 99.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.5% | 100.2% | 5 |
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More education data for France
- 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 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 229,471 (2013)
- 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 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in France?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in France was 99.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 100.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.9% in 2005.
- How does France rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- France ranks 29th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this France 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.