Lower secondary completion rate, total in Seychelles
Seychelles: Lower secondary completion rate, total 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 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% |
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 |
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More education data for Seychelles
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 671 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 93.38 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 93.4% (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.