Upper secondary completion in North Macedonia

Name: Upper secondary completion in North Macedonia
Creator: UNESCO UIS
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

In North Macedonia, 83.0% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2018.

Completion rate, upper secondary education % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2005 to 2018 Source: UNESCO UIS

North Macedonia, 2018 83.0% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age

Change from 2011 +8.6percentage points 2011: 74.4%

Upper secondary completion in North Macedonia 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), 2005 to 2018
Period	North Macedonia
2018	83.0%
2011	74.4%
2005	58.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

The previous available figure was 74.4% in 2011, a change of +8.6 percentage points.
Since 2005, when it was 58.4%, the figure has changed by +24.6 percentage points.

More for North Macedonia

All statistics for North Macedonia

Lower secondary completion 94.0% 2018 · UNESCO UIS Early leavers from education and training 9.5% 2025 · Eurostat NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 23.4% 2025 · Eurostat Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34 35.9% 2025 · Eurostat Adult participation in learning 2.6% 2025 · Eurostat ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 18.5% 2025 · ILOSTAT

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: 2005 to 2018 for North Macedonia
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

North Macedonia by sex

Total 83.0%2018
Women 78.9%2018
Men 86.4%2018

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What this measures

Share of young people aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of upper secondary school who have completed upper secondary education (SDG indicator 4.1.2).

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