Upper secondary completion in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, 17.6% of young people had completed upper 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, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Ethiopia, 2022 17.6% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2019 +2.1percentage points 2019: 15.5%

Upper 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, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2022
Period Ethiopia
2022 17.6%
2019 15.5%
2016 11.6%
2011 12.2%
2007 7.1%
2005 8.6%
2000 4.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 15.5% in 2019, a change of +2.1 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 4.9%, the figure has changed by +12.8 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 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