Lower secondary completion in United States
In United States, 98.7% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2024.
United States, 2024
98.7%
Change from 2023
0percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
98.5%
Lower secondary completion in United States 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.
| Period | United States |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.7% |
| 2023 | 98.7% |
| 2022 | 98.7% |
| 2021 | 98.8% |
| 2020 | 98.8% |
| 2019 | 98.6% |
| 2018 | 98.6% |
| 2017 | 98.8% |
| 2016 | 98.8% |
| 2015 | 98.8% |
| 2013 | 98.5% |
| 2010 | 98.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 98.7% in 2023.
- Since 2013, when it was 98.5%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.