Upper secondary completion in Cambodia

In Cambodia, 26.7% of young people had completed upper 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, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS
Cambodia, 2021 26.7% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2019 +4.9percentage points 2019: 21.8%

Upper 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, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2021
Period Cambodia
2021 26.7%
2019 21.8%
2014 21.2%
2010 17.0%
2008 13.1%
2005 10.4%
2000 4.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 21.8% in 2019, a change of +4.9 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 4.4%, the figure has changed by +22.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · 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