Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG in Egypt
Egypt: Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG was 83.67 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG in Egypt, 1990–2019
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 83.67 for upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in 2019. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Egypt peaked at 83.67 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 48.22, in 1990.
Egypt ranks 36th of 62 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 53.16 | 48.22 | 59.08 | 10 |
| 2000s | 67.19 | 60.4 | 73.8 | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.62 | 75.16 | 83.67 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 33 Azerbaijan 85.02 compare
- 34 North Macedonia 84.59 compare
- 35 Qatar 84.17 compare
- 37 Palestine, State of 83.19 compare
- 38 Germany 81.88 compare
- 39 Malta 81.72 compare
More education data for Egypt
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.71 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Egypt?
- Upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Egypt was 83.67 in 2019, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 83.67 in 2019.
- What is the lowest upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.22 in 1990.
- How does Egypt rank for upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg?
- Egypt ranks 36th out of 62 countries with data for 2019.
- Is upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. 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 Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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