Lower secondary completion in Philippines

In Philippines, 84.2% 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 1999.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 1999 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Philippines, 2022 84.2% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2017 +2.9percentage points 2017: 81.3%

Lower secondary completion in Philippines 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 Philippines
2022 84.2%
2017 81.3%
2013 71.3%
2010 71.1%
2008 68.0%
2004 66.1%
2000 65.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 81.3% in 2017, a change of +2.9 percentage points.
  • Since 1999, when it was 58.9%, the figure has changed by +25.3 percentage points.

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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
1999 to 2022 for Philippines
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