Progression to secondary school, female in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Progression to secondary school, female was 89.4% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school, female in Lower middle income, 1985–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2017, progression to secondary school, female in Lower middle income stood at 89.4%. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school, female in Lower middle income peaked at 89.4% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 72.4%, in 1988.
That places Lower middle income 29th out of 40 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Progression to secondary school, female in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 73.9% | — |
| 1986 | 74.0% | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 75.5% | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 72.4% | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 73.2% | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 74.0% | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 75.2% | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 76.2% | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 77.2% | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 78.2% | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 79.1% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 80.1% | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 81.1% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 82.0% | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 82.9% | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 82.9% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 85.3% | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 86.9% | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 84.1% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 83.9% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 85.8% | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 87.1% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 87.3% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 87.8% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 88.6% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 89.0% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 89.1% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 87.9% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 88.2% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 87.9% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 89.0% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 88.4% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 89.4% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 73.8% | 72.4% | 75.5% | 5 |
| 1990s | 78.6% | 74.0% | 82.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.0% | 82.9% | 88.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.6% | 87.9% | 89.4% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More education data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 105.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 11.30 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 105.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.20 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school, female in Lower middle income?
- Progression to secondary school, female in Lower middle income was 89.4% 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 89.4% in 2017.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school, female recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.4% in 1988.
- How does Lower middle income rank for progression to secondary school, female?
- Lower middle income ranks 29th out of 40 groups with data for 2017.
- Is progression to secondary school, female rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income 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).