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

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Portugal was 96.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 98.04 in 2018, while its lowest value was 24.18 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	24.18
1973	29.55
1974	35.35
1975	38.96
1976	42.37
1977	38.69
1978	55.22
1985	40.14
1986	45.55
1991	61.83
2018	98.04
2019	96.60

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

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Portugal was 90.75 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 91.91 in 2018, while its lowest value was 23.07 in 1972.

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

Year	Value
1972	23.07
1973	26.53
1974	32.63
1975	32.26
1976	35.14
1977	30.87
1978	48.27
1985	31.44
1986	37.45
1991	50.61
2018	91.91
2019	90.75

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

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Portugal was 93.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 94.89 in 2018, while its lowest value was 23.62 in 1972.

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

Year	Value
1972	23.62
1973	28.03
1974	33.97
1975	35.57
1976	38.71
1977	34.74
1978	51.70
1985	35.71
1986	41.43
1990	51.89
1991	56.13
2018	94.89
2019	93.60

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