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

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in IDA only was 49.76 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 49.88 in 2018, while its lowest value was 25.08 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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 25.13
1971 25.08
1972 25.29
1973 25.58
1974 25.44
1975 25.59
1976 25.82
1977 26.11
1978 26.43
1979 26.62
1980 26.96
1981 27.17
1982 27.01
1983 27.11
1984 27.25
1985 27.36
1986 27.35
1987 27.25
1988 27.38
1989 27.32
1990 27.45
1991 27.72
1992 27.75
1993 27.93
1994 27.93
1995 28.46
1996 28.50
1997 28.57
1998 29.05
1999 29.59
2000 30.64
2001 31.75
2002 33.03
2003 33.90
2004 34.07
2005 34.71
2006 35.95
2007 37.31
2008 39.19
2009 40.42
2010 41.04
2011 42.23
2012 43.61
2013 44.59
2014 46.16
2015 47.23
2016 47.94
2017 48.57
2018 49.88
2019 49.76

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