Arab World - Lower secondary completion rate

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Arab World was 70.07 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 70.07 in 2020, while its lowest value was 23.68 in 1974.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1974 23.68
1975 24.10
1976 24.93
1977 26.20
1978 28.09
1979 28.63
1980 29.39
1981 30.29
1982 31.14
1983 32.22
1984 33.67
1985 35.01
1986 36.58
1987 37.91
1988 39.20
1989 40.81
1990 41.61
1991 42.78
1992 43.81
1993 44.73
1994 46.49
1995 47.80
1996 48.74
1997 49.46
1998 50.62
1999 51.91
2000 53.28
2001 55.37
2002 57.77
2003 58.15
2004 59.13
2005 60.30
2006 59.51
2007 60.26
2008 60.81
2009 63.04
2010 62.97
2011 64.68
2012 69.58
2013 65.37
2014 65.09
2015 66.66
2016 67.14
2017 67.50
2018 68.62
2019 69.65
2020 70.07

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Arab World was 68.71 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 68.96 in 2012, while its lowest value was 37.36 in 1974.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1974 37.36
1975 38.67
1976 39.49
1977 41.14
1978 44.55
1979 45.40
1980 46.14
1981 46.48
1982 46.65
1983 47.41
1984 49.10
1985 50.06
1986 51.58
1987 52.02
1988 53.94
1989 55.05
1990 54.46
1991 54.83
1992 55.19
1993 55.26
1994 56.09
1995 56.81
1996 57.40
1997 57.10
1998 57.57
1999 58.11
2000 58.98
2001 61.15
2002 63.48
2003 63.12
2004 63.50
2005 64.47
2006 62.58
2007 61.71
2008 61.41
2009 63.22
2010 63.84
2011 65.43
2012 68.96
2013 66.81
2014 66.71
2015 66.72
2016 66.92
2017 66.43
2018 67.23
2019 68.41
2020 68.71

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Arab World was 69.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 69.37 in 2020, while its lowest value was 29.72 in 1971.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 29.80
1971 29.72
1972 30.18
1973 30.57
1974 30.66
1975 31.54
1976 32.36
1977 33.83
1978 36.50
1979 37.19
1980 37.94
1981 38.55
1982 39.06
1983 39.97
1984 41.55
1985 42.69
1986 44.24
1987 45.12
1988 46.73
1989 48.08
1990 48.17
1991 48.93
1992 49.61
1993 50.09
1994 51.37
1995 52.39
1996 53.15
1997 53.36
1998 54.16
1999 55.07
2000 56.19
2001 58.32
2002 60.69
2003 60.68
2004 61.36
2005 62.42
2006 61.08
2007 61.00
2008 61.11
2009 63.13
2010 63.41
2011 65.06
2012 69.26
2013 66.10
2014 65.92
2015 66.69
2016 67.03
2017 66.95
2018 67.91
2019 69.02
2020 69.37

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes