Lower secondary completion rate, total in Madagascar
Madagascar: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 30.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Madagascar, 1971–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, lower secondary completion rate, total in Madagascar stood at 30.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Madagascar peaked at 35.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 1971.
Madagascar ranks 173rd of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 9.2% | — |
| 1972 | 9.9% | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 9.4% | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 9.7% | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 18.1% | +86.6% |
| 1988 | 16.4% | -9.6% |
| 1989 | 15.7% | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 15.0% | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 14.1% | -6.4% |
| 1994 | 11.2% | -20.6% |
| 1996 | 12.3% | +10.4% |
| 2000 | 12.6% | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 12.2% | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 12.5% | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 13.6% | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 14.7% | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 17.1% | +16.3% |
| 2006 | 18.8% | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 20.9% | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 23.3% | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 25.1% | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 25.7% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 29.1% | +13.4% |
| 2012 | 30.9% | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 34.8% | +12.6% |
| 2014 | 34.4% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 35.4% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 34.0% | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 34.7% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 35.2% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 33.7% | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 30.6% | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 33.7% | +10.0% |
| 2022 | 32.0% | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 31.0% | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 30.9% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.5% | 9.2% | 9.9% | 4 |
| 1980s | 16.7% | 15.7% | 18.1% | 3 |
| 1990s | 13.2% | 11.2% | 15.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 17.1% | 12.2% | 25.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.8% | 25.7% | 35.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.7% | 30.6% | 33.7% | 5 |
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More education data for Madagascar
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 138,648 (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 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Madagascar?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Madagascar was 30.9% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 35.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 1971.
- How does Madagascar rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Madagascar ranks 173rd out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.