Lower secondary completion in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, 31.3% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2022.
Afghanistan, 2022
31.3%
Change from 2015
−5.3percentage points
Lower secondary completion in Afghanistan over time
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Afghanistan
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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 36.6% |
| 2011 | 23.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 36.6% in 2015, a change of −5.3 percentage points.
- Since 2011, when it was 23.4%, the figure has changed by +7.9 percentage points.
More for Afghanistan
All statistics for Afghanistan
Primary completion (UIS)
44.2%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
26.7%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
55.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Out-of-school children
68.8%
1993 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
79.9%
1974 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school youth
54.5%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2018 · UNESCO UIS