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Eswatini - Lower secondary completion rate

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

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Eswatini was 70.63 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 70.63 in 2019, while its lowest value was 12.88 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/)

Year	Value
1970	12.88
1971	13.18
1972	15.46
1973	18.47
1974	21.39
1975	23.31
1976	25.20
1977	30.06
1978	33.26
1979	33.06
1980	34.29
1981	33.73
1982	35.82
1983	36.55
1984	33.84
1985	32.57
1986	31.01
1987	30.69
1988	30.16
1989	36.28
1990	31.57
1991	36.11
1992	40.42
1993	37.74
1994	37.74
1995	38.01
1998	38.38
1999	33.67
2000	33.11
2001	38.09
2002	36.48
2003	36.47
2004	37.37
2005	40.49
2006	45.22
2007	46.65
2009	48.19
2010	50.89
2011	46.88
2012	50.90
2013	55.86
2014	52.78
2015	48.83
2016	63.29
2017	68.88
2019	70.63

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

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Eswatini was 68.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 68.90 in 2019, while its lowest value was 18.82 in 1971.

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

Year	Value
1970	19.64
1971	18.82
1972	21.37
1973	24.73
1974	30.81
1975	30.81
1976	32.89
1977	37.17
1978	36.99
1979	37.61
1980	38.47
1981	38.17
1982	38.87
1983	38.48
1984	39.01
1985	37.43
1986	33.51
1987	34.27
1988	33.32
1989	36.33
1990	35.09
1991	40.26
1992	42.80
1993	40.41
1994	40.71
1995	39.61
1998	38.49
1999	34.68
2000	34.40
2001	31.28
2002	38.39
2003	34.20
2004	41.37
2005	42.97
2006	49.26
2007	52.57
2009	50.50
2010	54.39
2011	56.87
2012	53.04
2013	54.82
2014	53.47
2015	57.51
2016	62.04
2017	66.03
2019	68.90

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

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Eswatini was 69.76 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 69.76 in 2019, while its lowest value was 15.93 in 1971.

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

Year	Value
1970	16.19
1971	15.93
1972	18.35
1973	21.54
1974	26.02
1975	27.00
1976	28.97
1977	33.55
1978	35.10
1979	35.31
1980	36.35
1981	35.90
1982	37.31
1983	37.50
1984	36.38
1985	34.96
1986	32.24
1987	32.46
1988	31.73
1989	36.30
1990	33.33
1991	38.16
1992	41.59
1993	39.05
1994	39.20
1995	38.80
1996	37.32
1998	38.44
1999	34.17
2000	33.76
2001	34.71
2002	37.42
2003	35.35
2004	39.33
2005	41.71
2006	47.19
2007	49.54
2009	49.32
2010	52.61
2011	51.82
2012	51.96
2013	55.34
2014	53.13
2015	53.19
2016	62.66
2017	67.45
2019	69.76

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