Lower secondary completion rate, total in North America
North America: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 100.8% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Lower secondary completion rate, total in North America, 2016–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
North America recorded 100.8% for lower secondary completion rate, total in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.4% over ten years.
North America ranks 2nd of 43 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in North America, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 104.3% | — |
| 2017 | 104.4% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 102.9% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 103.0% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 103.0% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 102.7% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 100.8% | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 100.8% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 103.7% | 102.9% | 104.4% | 4 |
| 2020s | 101.8% | 100.8% | 103.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near North America
- 1 Hong Kong 129.5% compare
- 2 Saint Kitts and Nevis 119.7% compare
- 3 Turks and Caicos Islands 116.6% compare
- 4 Marshall Islands 114.1% compare
- 5 Gibraltar 110.3% compare
More education data for North America
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.9% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.04 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.04 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0053 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.2% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 97.4% (2024)
- Labor force, female 45.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in North America?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in North America was 100.8% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in North America?
- The highest recorded value was 104.4% in 2017.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 100.8% in 2023.
- How does North America rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- North America ranks 2nd out of 43 groups with data for 2023.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this North America 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.