Lower secondary completion in Iraq

In Iraq, 46.4% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2018.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2018 Source: UNESCO UIS
Iraq, 2018 46.4% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2011 +8.6percentage points 2011: 37.8%

Lower secondary completion in Iraq 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 2018
Period Iraq
2018 46.4%
2011 37.8%
2006 30.7%
2000 25.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 37.8% in 2011, a change of +8.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 25.8%, the figure has changed by +20.7 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 2018 for Iraq
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