Central Europe and the Baltics - Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 89.47 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 93.85 in 2011, while its lowest value was 51.26 in 1970.

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 51.26
1971 85.54
1972 84.16
1973 83.48
1974 83.87
1975 84.81
1976 85.96
1977 86.62
1978 52.08
1979 87.32
1980 86.41
1981 86.01
1982 85.72
1983 85.01
1984 85.46
1985 85.88
1986 85.52
1987 86.00
1988 57.09
1989 89.94
1990 89.56
1991 89.43
1992 88.56
1993 88.40
1994 89.57
1995 88.19
1996 89.25
1997 90.54
1998 90.41
1999 90.01
2000 89.72
2001 89.32
2002 88.86
2003 89.03
2004 90.29
2005 90.32
2006 90.63
2007 91.14
2008 91.82
2009 91.89
2010 90.77
2011 93.85
2012 90.25
2013 90.33
2014 90.99
2015 91.60
2016 91.02
2017 90.77
2018 88.53
2019 89.61
2020 89.47

Limitations and Exceptions: Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of lower secondary education. Thus this rate is a proxy that should be taken as an upper estimate of the actual lower secondary completion rate. There are many reasons why the rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of lower secondary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Lower secondary completion rate is calculated as the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) 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. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes