Lower secondary completion rate, total in Philippines
Philippines: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 84.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Philippines, 1990–2024
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 Philippines stood at 84.8%.
The figure is down 8.2% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Philippines peaked at 97.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 64.1%, in 2001.
That places Philippines 107th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Philippines, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 64.8% | — |
| 1992 | 67.7% | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 65.6% | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 64.9% | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 64.1% | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 65.0% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 68.2% | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 77.3% | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 74.2% | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 70.7% | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 64.9% | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 77.0% | +18.7% |
| 2009 | 74.1% | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 76.1% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 73.0% | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 76.3% | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 79.4% | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 81.8% | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 85.8% | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 97.4% | +13.5% |
| 2023 | 92.3% | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 84.8% | -8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.7% | 64.8% | 67.7% | 4 |
| 2000s | 70.6% | 64.1% | 77.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 76.2% | 73.0% | 79.4% | 4 |
| 2020s | 88.4% | 81.8% | 97.4% | 5 |
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More education data for Philippines
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 527,504 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 27.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 94.03 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 94.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Philippines?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Philippines was 84.8% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 97.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.1% in 2001.
- How does Philippines rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Philippines ranks 107th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Philippines 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.