Lower secondary education: SDG 4.1.2 in Egypt
Egypt: Lower secondary education: SDG 4.1.2 was 84.59 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Latest (2019)
84.59
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
55th
of 62 countries
All-time high
84.59
in 2019
All-time low
54.34
in 1990
Years of data
30
1990–2019
Lower secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG in Egypt, 1990–2019
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
In 2019, lower secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Egypt stood at 84.59. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Egypt peaked at 84.59 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 54.34, in 1990.
That places Egypt 55th out of 62 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Lower secondary education: SDG 4.1.2 in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 54.34 | — |
| 1991 | 55.66 | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 56.9 | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 58.11 | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 58.97 | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 59.63 | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 60.51 | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 61.52 | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 62.9 | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 64.13 | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 65.38 | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 66.82 | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 68.51 | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 70.23 | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 71.9 | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 73.69 | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 75.34 | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 76.76 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 77.6 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 78.16 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 78.55 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 79.13 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 79.77 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 80.39 | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 80.9 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 81.57 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 82.34 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 83.14 | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 83.91 | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 84.59 | +0.8% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 84.59 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 95, 89% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 84.59 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 84.59, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.27 | 54.34 | 64.13 | 10 |
| 2000s | 72.44 | 65.38 | 78.16 | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.43 | 78.55 | 84.59 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 96.52 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.49 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 507,445 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 95,355 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 759,210 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 718,435 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 11.56 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.40 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Egypt?
- Lower secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Egypt was 84.59 in 2019, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest lower secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 84.59 in 2019.
- What is the lowest lower secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.34 in 1990.
- How does Egypt rank for lower secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg?
- Egypt ranks 55th out of 62 countries with data for 2019.
- Is lower secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Lower secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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