Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG in Iran
Iran: Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG was 65.09 in 2016. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG in Iran, 1990–2016
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Iran recorded 65.09 for upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in 2016. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Iran peaked at 65.09 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 28.35, in 1990.
That places Iran 52nd out of 62 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34.83 | 28.35 | 42.72 | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.51 | 45.02 | 56 | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.32 | 57.31 | 65.09 | 7 |
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More education data for Iran
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 372,396 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.96 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Iran?
- Upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg in Iran was 65.09 in 2016, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 65.09 in 2016.
- What is the lowest upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.35 in 1990.
- How does Iran rank for upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg?
- Iran ranks 52nd out of 62 countries with data for 2016.
- Is upper secondary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran 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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