Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 40.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 40.56 in 2020, while its lowest value was 17.32 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/)

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Year Value
1970 17.41
1971 17.32
1972 17.57
1973 17.61
1974 17.58
1975 17.61
1976 17.62
1977 17.83
1978 18.11
1979 18.23
1980 18.61
1981 18.85
1982 18.74
1983 18.77
1984 18.91
1985 18.96
1986 18.79
1987 18.59
1988 18.73
1989 18.58
1990 18.86
1991 19.23
1992 19.00
1993 19.51
1994 19.44
1995 20.29
1996 20.35
1997 20.43
1998 20.62
1999 20.76
2000 21.44
2001 21.98
2002 23.32
2003 24.15
2004 25.12
2005 26.39
2006 28.00
2007 29.75
2008 32.14
2009 33.40
2010 34.70
2011 35.62
2012 36.45
2013 37.27
2014 38.51
2015 39.38
2016 39.64
2017 39.92
2018 40.35
2019 40.53
2020 40.56

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