Progression to secondary school, female (%) - Country Ranking - Asia

Definition: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).

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

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Bhutan 100.00 2016
1 China 100.00 2008
1 Sri Lanka 100.00 2017
1 Macao SAR, China 100.00 2017
1 Oman 100.00 2017
1 Russia 100.00 2015
7 Japan 99.99 2016
8 United Arab Emirates 99.86 2013
9 Hong Kong SAR, China 99.86 2017
10 Kyrgyz Republic 99.77 2017
11 Mongolia 99.76 2017
12 Georgia 99.74 2017
13 Vietnam 99.66 2015
14 Israel 99.61 2016
15 Brunei 99.59 2017
16 Bahrain 99.57 2017
17 Kazakhstan 99.53 2018
18 Turkey 99.53 2015
19 Korea 99.50 2016
20 Uzbekistan 99.40 2017
21 Thailand 99.25 2017
22 Tajikistan 99.23 2016
23 Kuwait 98.99 2017
24 Armenia 98.79 2017
25 Qatar 98.66 2016
26 Azerbaijan 98.36 2017
27 Jordan 98.23 2017
28 Singapore 98.21 2016
29 Lebanon 97.11 2017
30 Philippines 96.97 2016
31 Saudi Arabia 96.10 2017
32 Iran 94.49 2016
33 Timor-Leste 94.28 2017
34 Cambodia 92.26 2017
35 India 91.56 2017
36 Malaysia 90.42 2016
37 Yemen 89.32 2012
38 Pakistan 88.17 2017
39 Indonesia 87.36 2016
40 Afghanistan 85.55 2017
41 Lao PDR 84.74 2017
42 Nepal 80.77 2016
43 Myanmar 70.30 2006
44 Iraq 66.79 1999
45 Syrian Arab Republic 57.32 2012

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Development Relevance: The effective transition rate from primary to secondary education conveys the degree of access or transition between the two levels. As completing primary education is a prerequisite for participating in lower secondary education, growing numbers of primary completers will inevitably create pressure for more available places at the secondary level. A low effective transition rate can signal such problems as an inadequate examination and promotion system or insufficient secondary education capacity.

Limitations and Exceptions: The quality of data on the transition rate is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished. Students who interrupt their studies after completing primary education could also affect data quality.

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: Effective transition rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants in the first grade of secondary education in a given year (t) by the number of students who enrolled in the final grade of primary education in the previous school year (t-1) minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year (t), and multiplying by 100. 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. 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