Lower secondary completion rate, total in Norway
Norway: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 99.1% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Norway, 2001–2024
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 Norway stood at 99.1%.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Norway peaked at 100.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 98.3%, in 2006.
Norway ranks 32nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Norway, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 98.8% | — |
| 2002 | 98.6% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 98.5% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 98.5% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 98.7% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 98.3% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 99.3% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 100.4% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 100.1% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 99.8% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 100.1% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 100.8% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 99.6% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.5% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 99.8% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 99.8% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 99.4% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 99.6% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.2% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 99.1% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.0% | 98.3% | 100.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 99.9% | 99.4% | 100.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.4% | 99.1% | 99.6% | 5 |
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More education data for Norway
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 51,889 (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 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Norway?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Norway was 99.1% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 100.8% in 2013.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.3% in 2006.
- How does Norway rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Norway ranks 32nd out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Norway 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.