The completion rate of lower secondary schools worldwide stood at around 74.66 percent in 2023. The completion rate increased over the past two decades as only about 62 percent of children in lower secondary age finished school in 2000. By comparison, the completion rate for children in primary school stood at about 90 percent in 2023.
Lower secondary completion rate worldwide from 2000 to 2023
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.
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