Lower secondary completion rate, total in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 102.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Tuvalu, 1990–2024
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 Tuvalu is 102.8%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 10.1% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Tuvalu peaked at 102.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41.7%, in 1990.
Tuvalu ranks 15th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 41.7% | — |
| 2014 | 96.8% | +132.3% |
| 2015 | 77.4% | -20.1% |
| 2016 | 68.0% | -12.1% |
| 2019 | 79.7% | +17.2% |
| 2020 | 79.4% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 84.1% | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 94.0% | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 93.3% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 102.8% | +10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.7% | 41.7% | 41.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 80.5% | 68.0% | 96.8% | 4 |
| 2020s | 90.7% | 79.4% | 102.8% | 5 |
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More education data for Tuvalu
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 107 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.9% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Tuvalu?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Tuvalu was 102.8% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 102.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.7% in 1990.
- How does Tuvalu rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Tuvalu ranks 15th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tuvalu 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.