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

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Pacific island small states was 87.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 87.73 in 2020, while its lowest value was 59.23 in 1986.

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
1979	63.34
1980	62.86
1981	62.08
1982	61.66
1983	61.01
1984	63.52
1985	61.18
1986	59.23
1987	59.88
1988	60.64
1989	61.44
1990	61.94
1991	62.99
1992	63.54
1993	64.73
1994	65.94
1995	66.13
1996	66.65
1997	67.78
1998	68.12
1999	69.37
2000	70.98
2001	73.76
2002	75.51
2003	76.60
2004	75.43
2005	75.57
2006	75.59
2007	77.92
2008	80.25
2009	80.45
2010	83.49
2011	85.07
2012	83.76
2013	84.70
2014	84.19
2015	83.99
2016	83.91
2017	84.59
2018	84.32
2019	86.97
2020	87.73

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

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Pacific island small states was 80.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 80.79 in 2011, while its lowest value was 56.48 in 1986.

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

Year	Value
1979	59.20
1980	58.93
1981	58.27
1982	58.07
1983	58.04
1984	59.38
1985	57.27
1986	56.48
1987	57.54
1988	58.62
1989	59.73
1990	60.60
1991	61.64
1992	62.60
1993	63.85
1994	64.49
1995	64.18
1996	64.31
1997	65.09
1998	65.12
1999	66.02
2000	67.05
2001	70.01
2002	71.90
2003	72.93
2004	73.57
2005	73.50
2006	73.28
2007	75.01
2008	76.32
2009	76.52
2010	79.06
2011	80.79
2012	78.67
2013	80.03
2014	80.17
2015	80.06
2016	78.77
2017	78.26
2018	77.96
2019	79.83
2020	80.50

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

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Pacific island small states was 84.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 84.01 in 2020, while its lowest value was 51.31 in 1971.

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

Year	Value
1971	51.31
1972	51.33
1973	55.30
1974	58.19
1975	59.94
1976	61.16
1977	62.55
1978	61.80
1979	61.21
1980	60.84
1981	60.13
1982	59.82
1983	59.49
1984	61.40
1985	59.18
1986	57.82
1987	58.69
1988	59.61
1989	60.57
1990	61.27
1991	62.31
1992	63.07
1993	64.29
1994	65.19
1995	65.12
1996	65.44
1997	66.39
1998	66.57
1999	67.64
2000	68.96
2001	71.83
2002	73.65
2003	74.71
2004	74.48
2005	74.51
2006	74.40
2007	76.43
2008	78.23
2009	78.43
2010	81.20
2011	82.86
2012	81.51
2013	82.95
2014	82.93
2015	82.74
2016	81.93
2017	81.73
2018	81.04
2019	83.29
2020	84.01

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