Lower secondary completion rate, total in Nauru
Nauru: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 97.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Nauru, 1998–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2025, lower secondary completion rate, total in Nauru stood at 97.9%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 17.9% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Nauru peaked at 97.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 31.2%, in 2002.
That places Nauru 37th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Nauru, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 35.0% | — |
| 2001 | 34.2% | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 31.2% | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 80.3% | +157.3% |
| 2019 | 78.4% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 87.3% | +11.4% |
| 2022 | 78.5% | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 80.0% | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 83.1% | +3.9% |
| 2025 | 97.9% | +17.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.0% | 35.0% | 35.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 32.7% | 31.2% | 34.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 79.3% | 78.4% | 80.3% | 2 |
| 2020s | 85.4% | 78.5% | 97.9% | 5 |
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More education data for Nauru
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 66 (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Nauru?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Nauru was 97.9% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 97.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.2% in 2002.
- How does Nauru rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Nauru ranks 37th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Nauru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nauru 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.