Upper secondary completion in Iraq

In Iraq, 32.1% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2018.

Measure: Completion rate, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2018 Source: UNESCO UIS
Iraq, 2018 32.1% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2011 +13.5percentage points 2011: 18.6%

Upper 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, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2018
Period Iraq
2018 32.1%
2011 18.6%
2006 19.0%
2000 17.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 18.6% in 2011, a change of +13.5 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 17.7%, the figure has changed by +14.4 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 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