Lower secondary completion rate, total in High income
High income: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 95.6% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Lower secondary completion rate, total in High income, 2001–2024
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 High income is 95.6%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in High income peaked at 95.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 90.7%, in 2001.
That places High income 7th out of 43 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in High income, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 90.7% | — |
| 2002 | 91.9% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 92.7% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 92.2% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 91.9% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 91.8% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 92.4% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 92.7% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 93.5% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 94.1% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 94.9% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 94.6% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 94.1% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 93.8% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 94.0% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 93.8% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 94.2% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 94.2% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 94.6% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 94.9% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 95.2% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 95.5% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 95.6% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 95.6% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92.2% | 90.7% | 93.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 94.2% | 93.8% | 94.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.3% | 94.9% | 95.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near High income
- 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
- 9 Brunei Darussalam 105.0% compare
- 10 Albania 104.2% compare
More education data for High income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6.16 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 6.16 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0043 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.0% (2024)
- Labor force, female 45.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in High income?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in High income was 95.6% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 95.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.7% in 2001.
- How does High income rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- High income ranks 7th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this 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.