Aruba: Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Key figures

Since 1999 it is up 15.7 percentage points from 91.45% in 1999. The World Bank has no value for 8 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2022, Aruba's lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) rose 15.67 percentage points on 2021 (from 91.49% to 107.15%).

Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2021), the average change was −0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.11 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 15.67 percentage points in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.25 percentage points in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2022, Aruba had the 1st highest value of the 10 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Aruba in the 2022 ranking

• Antigua and Barbuda — 2nd of 10: 105.95%
• Ireland — 3rd of 10: 100.77%
• Serbia — 4th of 10: 95.33%

What this measures

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.

Limitations: The data do not account for students who drop out during the final year of Lower secondary education. Therefore, this rate serves as a proxy and should be considered an upper estimate of the actual Lower secondary completion rate. There are many reasons why the primary completion rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of primary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 16 values

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 105.95% (2022)
• Argentina — 94.99% (2023)
• Barbados — 97.34% (2024)
• Belize — 79.11% (2024)
• Bolivia — 88.51% (2024)
• British Virgin Islands — 74.81% (2024)
• Cayman Islands — 97.28% (2024)
• Chile — 102.35% (2024)
• Colombia

More education data for Aruba

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Preprimary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 7,719 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 107.72% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 109.52% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 106.01% (2024)
• Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)

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Questions people ask

What is Aruba's lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)?

107.15% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is up 15.7 percentage points from 91.45% in 1999. The highest value was 107.15% in 2022 and the lowest 86.05% in 2003.

How does Aruba rank?

1st highest of 10 economies with data for 2022.

Is the latest change in lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) unusual for Aruba?

In 2022, Aruba's lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) rose 15.67 percentage points on 2021 (from 91.49% to 107.15%). Across the 10 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2021), the average change was −0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.11 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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