Upper secondary completion in Uganda

In Uganda, 10.1% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2024.

Measure: Completion rate, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Uganda, 2024 10.1% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2016 −7.4percentage points 2016: 17.5%

Upper secondary completion in Uganda 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), 2001 to 2024
Period Uganda
2024 10.1%
2016 17.5%
2011 16.0%
2006 10.4%
2002 9.1%
2001 11.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 17.5% in 2016, a change of −7.4 percentage points.
  • Since 2001, when it was 11.1%, the figure has changed by −1.0 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
2001 to 2024 for Uganda
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