Upper secondary completion in United States
In United States, 92.4% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2013.
United States, 2024
92.4%
Change from 2023
−0.5percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
85.2%
Upper secondary completion in United States over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% 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 | 92.4% |
| 2023 | 92.8% |
| 2022 | 92.5% |
| 2021 | 94.6% |
| 2020 | 95.0% |
| 2019 | 93.4% |
| 2018 | 92.6% |
| 2017 | 94.0% |
| 2016 | 93.6% |
| 2015 | 93.0% |
| 2013 | 91.5% |
| 2010 | 90.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 92.8% in 2023.
- Since 2013, when it was 91.5%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.