Home > Countries > Central Europe and the Baltics > Education > Outcomes

Central Europe and the Baltics - Lower secondary completion rate

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

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 89.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 91.30 in 2015, while its lowest value was 49.64 in 1973.

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/)

Year	Value
1970	52.06
1971	51.11
1972	49.87
1973	49.64
1974	50.04
1975	50.78
1976	51.49
1977	52.39
1978	52.78
1979	54.01
1980	54.69
1981	55.47
1982	57.04
1983	58.25
1984	58.44
1985	57.57
1986	57.12
1987	56.69
1988	58.18
1989	60.38
1990	60.03
1991	60.39
1992	60.88
1993	61.25
1994	62.89
1995	63.33
1996	66.31
1997	67.18
1998	67.33
1999	68.18
2000	70.41
2001	72.28
2002	73.53
2003	75.12
2004	77.56
2005	78.61
2006	80.03
2007	81.82
2008	84.04
2009	85.59
2010	85.87
2011	90.53
2012	88.35
2013	90.00
2014	90.72
2015	91.30
2016	90.70
2017	90.75
2018	88.78
2019	89.98
2020	89.84

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

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 89.11 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 91.87 in 2015, while its lowest value was 48.03 in 1973.

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

Year	Value
1970	50.50
1971	49.55
1972	48.28
1973	48.03
1974	48.44
1975	49.22
1976	50.00
1977	50.95
1978	51.42
1979	52.47
1980	53.08
1981	53.66
1982	55.07
1983	56.27
1984	56.37
1985	55.67
1986	55.09
1987	54.78
1988	56.06
1989	58.19
1990	57.93
1991	58.55
1992	58.91
1993	59.44
1994	61.34
1995	62.06
1996	64.07
1997	65.06
1998	65.94
1999	67.27
2000	69.59
2001	71.58
2002	73.06
2003	74.83
2004	77.19
2005	78.64
2006	80.41
2007	82.36
2008	84.38
2009	85.99
2010	86.55
2011	91.15
2012	89.16
2013	90.64
2014	91.24
2015	91.87
2016	91.31
2017	90.79
2018	88.29
2019	89.25
2020	89.11

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.

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

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

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes