Lower secondary completion rate, total in Slovakia
Slovakia: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 84.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Slovakia, 2004–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 84.9% for lower secondary completion rate, total in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Slovakia peaked at 90.7% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 75.8%, in 2020.
That places Slovakia 106th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 85.7% | — |
| 2005 | 83.4% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 86.4% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 84.6% | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 83.8% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 86.0% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 90.7% | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 88.8% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 86.9% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 79.6% | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 85.8% | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 85.3% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 79.7% | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 83.2% | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 81.8% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 80.8% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 75.8% | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 83.2% | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 81.9% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 84.7% | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 84.9% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 85.0% | 83.4% | 86.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 84.3% | 79.6% | 90.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.1% | 75.8% | 84.9% | 5 |
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More education data for Slovakia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 16,531 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1,999 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 81,940 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 59,179 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 0.1404 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Slovakia?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Slovakia was 84.9% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 90.7% in 2010.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.8% in 2020.
- How does Slovakia rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Slovakia ranks 106th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia 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.