Kiribati: Progression to secondary school (%)

Key figures

Since 1978 it is up 74.45 percentage points from 21.9% in 1978. The World Bank has no value for 26 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.04 percentage points in 1989 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.8 percentage points in 1981. 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 2015, Kiribati had the 6th highest value of the 12 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 Kiribati in the 2015 ranking

• Türkiye — 2nd of 12: 99.66%
• Kenya — 3rd of 12: 99.22%
• Fiji — 4th of 12: 98.02%
• Lesotho — 6th of 12: 87.53%
• Benin — 7th of 12: 83.76%
• Chad — 8th of 12: 73.99%

What this measures

Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).

Limitations: The quality of data on the transition rate is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished. Students who interrupt their studies after completing primary education could also affect data quality.

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

All 12 values

Progression to secondary school (%) in nearby economies

• Brunei Darussalam — 99.8% (2017)
• Cambodia — 89.85% (2017)
• Fiji — 98.02% (2015)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 99.93% (2017)
• Indonesia — 91.5% (2016)
• Korea, Rep. — 99.64% (2016)
• Lao PDR — 86.18% (2017)
• Macao SAR, China — 99.2% (2017)
• Malaysia — 91.05% (2016)
• Mongolia — 99.27% (2017)
• Philippines

More education data for Kiribati

• 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) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 17,457 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 95.27% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.06 (2020)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 93.29% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 97.2% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers

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Questions people ask

What is Kiribati's progression to secondary school (%)?

96.34% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1978?

It is up 74.45 percentage points from 21.9% in 1978. The highest value was 96.34% in 2015 and the lowest 13.25% in 1981.

How does Kiribati rank?

6th highest of 12 economies with data for 2015.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.PROG.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) 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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