Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Namibia
Namibia: Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 71.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Namibia, 1992–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 71.9% for lower secondary completion rate, total in 2024.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Namibia peaked at 92.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 46.6%, in 1992.
Namibia ranks 132nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Namibia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 46.6% | — |
| 1994 | 50.8% | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 53.4% | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 57.2% | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 57.1% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 57.1% | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 57.7% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 56.2% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 61.6% | +9.6% |
| 2006 | 60.8% | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 55.7% | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 59.7% | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 58.8% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 56.3% | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 62.7% | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 65.6% | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 67.4% | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 68.5% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 67.7% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 72.3% | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 81.3% | +12.6% |
| 2019 | 55.1% | -32.2% |
| 2020 | 91.5% | +66.1% |
| 2021 | 92.6% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 85.6% | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 74.1% | -13.5% |
| 2024 | 71.9% | -2.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Namibia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +66.1% | 55.1% | 91.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.3% | 46.6% | 57.7% | 7 |
| 2000s | 58.8% | 55.7% | 61.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 65.6% | 55.1% | 81.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.2% | 71.9% | 92.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 129 Bangladesh 73.8% compare
- 130 Myanmar 73.8% compare
- 131 El Salvador 72.7% compare
- 133 Cote d'Ivoire 70.8% compare
- 134 Eswatini 67.6% compare
- 135 Zimbabwe 65.6% compare
More education data for Namibia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.68 (2012)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.13 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10,653 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 90,003 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 26,964 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 27,746 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 236,050 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 590,029 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 4.48 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Namibia?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Namibia was 71.9% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 92.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.6% in 1992.
- How does Namibia rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Namibia ranks 132nd out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.