Progression to secondary school (%) - 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 Japan 100.00 2016
2 Russia 99.94 2015
3 Hong Kong SAR, China 99.93 2017
4 United Arab Emirates 99.93 2013
5 Brunei 99.80 2017
6 Vietnam 99.79 2015
7 Kyrgyz Republic 99.76 2017
8 Uzbekistan 99.71 2017
9 Georgia 99.69 2017
10 Turkey 99.66 2015
11 Korea 99.64 2016
12 Israel 99.58 2016
13 Bhutan 99.58 2016
14 Kazakhstan 99.53 2018
15 Tajikistan 99.49 2016
16 Bahrain 99.47 2017
17 Sri Lanka 99.43 2017
18 China 99.36 2008
19 Mongolia 99.27 2017
20 Azerbaijan 99.23 2017
21 Macao SAR, China 99.20 2017
22 Singapore 99.13 2016
23 Qatar 98.91 2016
24 Thailand 98.49 2017
25 Oman 98.33 2017
26 Armenia 98.27 2017
27 Saudi Arabia 97.98 2017
28 Jordan 97.98 2017
29 Kuwait 97.79 2017
30 Philippines 96.59 2016
31 Lebanon 96.23 2017
32 Iran 95.74 2016
33 Bangladesh 94.51 2010
34 Timor-Leste 93.21 2017
35 Indonesia 91.50 2016
36 India 91.26 2017
37 Malaysia 91.05 2016
38 Afghanistan 90.77 2017
39 Yemen 90.46 2012
40 Cambodia 89.85 2017
41 Pakistan 87.50 2017
42 Lao PDR 86.18 2017
43 Nepal 82.38 2016
44 Iraq 77.28 1999
45 Myanmar 72.84 2006
46 Syrian Arab Republic 57.26 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