Lower secondary completion in Egypt

In Egypt, 88.1% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2022.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Egypt, 2022 88.1% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2021 −0.5percentage points 2021: 88.6%

Lower secondary completion in Egypt 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 2022
Period Egypt
2022 88.1%
2021 88.6%
2017 84.1%
2015 81.7%
2014 80.2%
2009 73.3%
2005 69.7%
2000 66.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 88.6% in 2021.
  • Since 2000, when it was 66.8%, the figure has changed by +21.2 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 2022 for Egypt
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