Lower secondary completion in Cambodia

In Cambodia, 56.0% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS
Cambodia, 2021 56.0% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2019 +10.2percentage points 2019: 45.9%

Lower secondary completion in Cambodia over time

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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.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2021
Period Cambodia
2021 56.0%
2019 45.9%
2014 40.5%
2010 36.7%
2008 31.8%
2005 26.8%
2000 17.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 45.9% in 2019, a change of +10.2 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 17.4%, the figure has changed by +38.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2021 for Cambodia
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org