Progression to secondary school, female in Egypt
Egypt: Progression to secondary school, female was 98.1% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school, female in Egypt, 1976–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for progression to secondary school, female in Egypt is 98.1%, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school, female in Egypt peaked at 98.1% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 73.1%, in 1976.
Egypt ranks 72nd of 156 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Progression to secondary school, female in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 73.1% | — |
| 1977 | 81.5% | +11.5% |
| 1999 | 95.2% | +16.8% |
| 2000 | 95.6% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 93.0% | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 95.0% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 96.0% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 98.1% | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 77.3% | 73.1% | 81.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 95.2% | 95.2% | 95.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 94.5% | 93.0% | 95.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 97.1% | 96.0% | 98.1% | 2 |
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More education data for Egypt
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 483,053 (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 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school, female in Egypt?
- Progression to secondary school, female in Egypt was 98.1% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest progression to secondary school, female recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 98.1% in 2017.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school, female recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.1% in 1976.
- How does Egypt rank for progression to secondary school, female?
- Egypt ranks 72nd out of 156 countries with data for 2017.
- Is progression to secondary school, female rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Progression to secondary school, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).