Lower secondary completion in Suriname

In Suriname, 71.1% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2022.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Suriname, 2022 71.1% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2018 +20.6percentage points 2018: 50.5%

Lower secondary completion in Suriname 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 Suriname
2022 71.1%
2018 50.5%
2010 46.8%
2006 42.5%
2000 30.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 50.5% in 2018, a change of +20.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 30.2%, the figure has changed by +40.9 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 2022 for Suriname
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