Lower secondary completion rate, total in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 75.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Low & middle income, 1989–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Low & middle income recorded 75.7% for lower secondary completion rate, total in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Low & middle income peaked at 75.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 52.6%, in 1990.
Low & middle income ranks 25th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 52.6% | — |
| 1990 | 52.6% | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 52.9% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 53.8% | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 54.2% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 53.8% | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 54.1% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 54.4% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 55.2% | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 56.0% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 57.2% | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 58.6% | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 60.3% | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 62.5% | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 64.4% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 65.9% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 67.5% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 67.3% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 68.5% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 69.2% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 69.9% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 70.9% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 71.9% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 72.3% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 71.9% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 72.3% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 72.3% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 73.3% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 72.9% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 73.1% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 73.6% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 75.1% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 75.8% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 75.6% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 75.1% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 75.7% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 52.6% | 52.6% | 52.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 54.4% | 52.6% | 57.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 65.4% | 58.6% | 69.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.5% | 70.9% | 73.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.5% | 75.1% | 75.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More education data for Low & middle income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 27.98 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 26.3% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 27.98 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.0% (2024)
- Labor force, female 39.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Low & middle income?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Low & middle income was 75.7% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 75.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.6% in 1990.
- How does Low & middle income rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Low & middle income ranks 25th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle 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.