World Bank · Education

United States: Lower secondary completion rate, total

101.36percent · 2022

Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education. Annual figures for United States from 2017 to 2022.

20172022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2022101.358
2021103.428
2020103.846
2019103.408
2018103.384
2017104.852

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Lower secondary completion rate, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-lower-secondary-completion-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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