Education
Lower secondary completion
SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.ZS ยท %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Afghanistan. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
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Latest known value: 71.39% for Germany in 2024, over a series running from 2021 to 2024 and 7 countries compared, from the highest (China, 103.61%) to the lowest (Afghanistan, 62.05%).
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Year by year values
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| Germany | United Kingdom | Italy | Spain | United States | China | Afghanistan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 71.39% | 93.4% | |||||
| 2023 | 64.12% | 98.03% | 96.33% | 91.4% | 62.05% | ||
| 2022 | 61.61% | 99.38% | 95.93% | 91.68% | 101.36% | ||
| 2021 | 62.87% | 97.77% | 99.66% | 95.55% | 103.43% | ||
| 2020 | 98.02% | 99.72% | 91.18% | 103.85% | |||
| 2019 | 98.09% | 99.07% | 90.85% | 103.41% | 60.45% | ||
| 2018 | 97.86% | 99.17% | 90.4% | 103.38% | 57.04% | ||
| 2017 | 97.68% | 99.39% | 91.2% | 104.85% | 54.77% | ||
| 2016 | 99.16% | 89.37% | 52.32% | ||||
| 2015 | 98.73% | 89.14% | |||||
| 2014 | 99.98% | 88.86% | |||||
| 2013 | 100.69% | ||||||
| 2012 | 100.16% | 103.61% | |||||
| 2011 | 101.98% | 103.89% | |||||
| 2010 | 99.83% | 81.53% | 101.24% | ||||
| 2009 | 100.15% | 80.81% | 101.65% | ||||
| 2008 | 100.42% | 102.32% | |||||
| 2007 | 101.96% | 103.01% | |||||
| 2006 | 101.6% | ||||||
| 2005 | 100.87% | 17.36% | |||||
| 2004 | 100.65% | ||||||
| 2003 | 101.38% | ||||||
| 2002 | 101.77% | ||||||
| 2001 | 102.49% | ||||||
| 1997 | 64.88% | ||||||
| 1996 | 62.82% | ||||||
| 1995 | 62.73% | ||||||
| 1994 | 61.7% | ||||||
| 1993 | 64.6% | 20.25% | |||||
| 1992 | 62.66% | ||||||
| 1991 | 57.78% | ||||||
| 1990 | 56.5% | ||||||
| 1985 | 13.55% | ||||||
| 1984 | 14.09% | ||||||
| 1982 | 12.48% | ||||||
| 1981 | 16.78% | ||||||
| 1980 | 13.45% | ||||||
| 1978 | 9.35% | ||||||
| 1977 | 7.05% | ||||||
| 1974 | 8.57% | ||||||
| 1973 | 9.79% |
World Bank definition
Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)
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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