Lower secondary completion rate, total in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 95.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Late-demographic dividend, 1989–2022
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2022, lower secondary completion rate, total in Late-demographic dividend stood at 95.7%. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 95.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 59.3%, in 1989.
That places Late-demographic dividend 6th out of 43 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Late-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 59.3% | — |
| 1990 | 59.8% | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 61.0% | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 64.1% | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 65.4% | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 64.2% | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 65.1% | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 65.5% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 66.9% | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 69.6% | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 72.1% | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 75.0% | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 77.9% | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 81.6% | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 84.6% | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 87.1% | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 90.0% | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 91.2% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 93.4% | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 93.1% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 93.4% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 93.5% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 95.2% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 94.6% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 92.1% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 87.7% | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 85.9% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 88.5% | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 88.0% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 87.8% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 90.4% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 93.0% | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 95.1% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 95.7% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 59.3% | 59.3% | 59.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 65.4% | 59.8% | 72.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.7% | 75.0% | 93.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.4% | 85.9% | 95.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.6% | 93.0% | 95.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
- 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
- 9 Brunei Darussalam 105.0% compare
More education data for Late-demographic dividend
- Population ages 0-14 17.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.9% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.38 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 10.38 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.9% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.24 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Late-demographic dividend?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Late-demographic dividend was 95.7% in 2022, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.3% in 1989.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 6th out of 43 groups with data for 2022.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Late-demographic dividend 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.