Lower secondary completion in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, 30.4% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2022. The value for 2022 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 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Ethiopia, 2022 30.4% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2019 +1.9percentage points 2019: 28.5%

Lower secondary completion in Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia
2022 30.4%
2019 28.5%
2016 21.5%
2011 16.4%
2007 10.3%
2005 9.4%
2000 6.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 28.5% in 2019, a change of +1.9 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 6.6%, the figure has changed by +23.8 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 Ethiopia
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