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

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Saudi Arabia was 104.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 105.75 in 2019, while its lowest value was 19.55 in 1979.

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	19.55
2005	81.27
2007	82.14
2008	83.77
2010	97.66
2011	97.93
2016	102.28
2017	104.59
2018	104.35
2019	105.75
2020	104.35

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

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Saudi Arabia was 103.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 108.30 in 2017, while its lowest value was 34.06 in 1979.

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

Year	Value
1979	34.06
2005	80.60
2007	81.74
2008	83.91
2010	100.88
2011	101.37
2016	106.80
2017	108.30
2018	104.92
2019	105.18
2020	103.89

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

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Saudi Arabia was 104.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 106.48 in 2017, while its lowest value was 26.88 in 1979.

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

Year	Value
1979	26.88
2005	80.93
2007	81.93
2008	83.84
2010	99.28
2011	99.67
2016	104.58
2017	106.48
2018	104.64
2019	105.46
2020	104.12

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes