Progression to secondary school in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Progression to secondary school was 90.5% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school in Low & middle income, 1985–2017
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 in Low & middle income is 90.5%, measured in 2017.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school in Low & middle income peaked at 90.8% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 73.6%, in 1988.
Low & middle income ranks 27th of 40 groups on this measure, 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 in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 73.8% | — |
| 1986 | 74.1% | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 74.9% | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 73.6% | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 74.5% | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 76.6% | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 78.2% | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 80.2% | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 80.0% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 81.7% | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 84.3% | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 85.0% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 85.1% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 85.2% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 86.0% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 86.4% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 87.9% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 88.2% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 88.3% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 88.4% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 89.4% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 90.4% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 90.6% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 90.6% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 90.6% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 90.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 90.8% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 89.7% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 89.5% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 89.7% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 90.3% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 90.0% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 90.5% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 74.2% | 73.6% | 74.9% | 5 |
| 1990s | 82.2% | 76.6% | 86.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 89.1% | 86.4% | 90.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.2% | 89.5% | 90.8% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More education data for Low & middle income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 27.98 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 26.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.3% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 27.98 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.0% (2024)
- Labor force, female 39.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school in Low & middle income?
- Progression to secondary school in Low & middle income was 90.5% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest progression to secondary school recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 90.8% in 2011.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.6% in 1988.
- How does Low & middle income rank for progression to secondary school?
- Low & middle income ranks 27th out of 40 groups with data for 2017.
- Is progression to secondary school rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & 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 (%). 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).