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Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Lower secondary completion rate

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

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 37.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 37.62 in 2020, while its lowest value was 13.45 in 1972.

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
1972	13.45
1973	13.51
1974	13.54
1975	13.57
1976	13.58
1977	13.74
1978	13.89
1979	14.00
1980	14.22
1981	14.41
1982	14.54
1983	14.63
1984	14.77
1985	14.88
1986	14.78
1987	14.71
1988	14.94
1989	14.90
1990	15.13
1991	15.62
1992	15.53
1993	15.88
1994	15.83
1995	16.50
1996	16.64
1997	16.74
1998	16.93
1999	17.29
2000	18.09
2001	18.30
2002	19.51
2003	20.22
2004	20.97
2005	22.13
2006	23.61
2007	25.21
2008	27.29
2009	28.87
2010	30.36
2011	31.43
2012	32.57
2013	33.63
2014	34.53
2015	35.77
2016	36.25
2017	36.70
2018	37.24
2019	37.54
2020	37.62

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

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 43.46 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 43.47 in 2019, while its lowest value was 21.56 in 1974.

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

Year	Value
1972	21.62
1973	21.65
1974	21.56
1975	21.59
1976	21.61
1977	21.88
1978	22.28
1979	22.42
1980	22.96
1981	23.23
1982	22.89
1983	22.87
1984	22.99
1985	22.99
1986	22.75
1987	22.43
1988	22.46
1989	22.22
1990	22.54
1991	22.80
1992	22.43
1993	23.11
1994	23.02
1995	24.04
1996	24.01
1997	24.07
1998	24.27
1999	24.20
2000	24.74
2001	25.61
2002	27.09
2003	28.04
2004	29.23
2005	30.61
2006	32.33
2007	34.23
2008	36.95
2009	37.87
2010	38.99
2011	39.76
2012	40.28
2013	40.85
2014	42.42
2015	42.93
2016	42.99
2017	43.09
2018	43.42
2019	43.47
2020	43.46

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.

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

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

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