Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Seychelles
Seychelles: Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 93.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Seychelles, 1970–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, total in Seychelles is 93.2%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Seychelles peaked at 147.4% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 7.7%, in 1971.
Seychelles ranks 77th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 10.6% | — |
| 1971 | 7.7% | -27.0% |
| 1972 | 9.2% | +18.5% |
| 1973 | 8.5% | -6.9% |
| 1974 | 23.1% | +170.4% |
| 1977 | 34.4% | +49.1% |
| 1978 | 43.2% | +25.5% |
| 1980 | 96.1% | +122.5% |
| 1981 | 92.9% | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 91.0% | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 96.0% | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 94.9% | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 108.8% | +14.7% |
| 1992 | 97.1% | -10.8% |
| 1993 | 101.5% | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 104.7% | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 110.9% | +5.9% |
| 1999 | 108.1% | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 119.6% | +10.7% |
| 2001 | 110.7% | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 99.2% | -10.4% |
| 2003 | 107.0% | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 110.0% | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 113.5% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 115.1% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 118.5% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 108.2% | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 106.7% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 116.3% | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 121.6% | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 118.4% | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 115.6% | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 139.7% | +20.8% |
| 2018 | 147.4% | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 137.5% | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 139.0% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 129.5% | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 100.5% | -22.4% |
| 2023 | 93.2% | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 93.2% | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Seychelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +170.4% | 8.5% | 23.1% |
| 1980 | +122.5% | 43.2% | 96.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19.5% | 7.7% | 43.2% | 7 |
| 1980s | 96.6% | 91.0% | 108.8% | 6 |
| 1990s | 104.5% | 97.1% | 110.9% | 5 |
| 2000s | 111.7% | 99.2% | 119.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 123.5% | 106.7% | 147.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 111.1% | 93.2% | 139.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More education data for Seychelles
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 93.53 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 93.2 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 713 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (1994)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1,576 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1,588 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 8,091 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 9,592 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.0625 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Seychelles?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Seychelles was 93.2% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 147.4% in 2018.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.7% in 1971.
- How does Seychelles rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Seychelles ranks 77th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.