Suriname's progression to secondary school (%) was 66.37% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.47 percentage points from 67.85% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 66.37% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 73.24% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 67.85% | 2007 |
| Highest | 92.95% | 1976 |
| Lowest | 32.3% | 1983 |
| Average since 2008 | 67.89% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 84.49% | 1975 |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Suriname's progression to secondary school (%) rose 3.89 percentage points on 2016 (from 62.49% to 66.37%).
Across the 15 yearly changes before that (1976 to 2016), the average change was +0.44 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.6 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 14.59 percentage points in 1984 and the biggest yearly fall was 12.5 percentage points in 1982. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2017, Suriname had the 51st highest value of the 52 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 66.37% | 2017 |
| World | 91.31% | 2017 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 94.98% | 2017 |
| Upper middle income | 97.64% | 2017 |
Closest to Suriname in the 2017 ranking
- Burkina Faso — 48th of 52: 80.11%
- Burundi — 49th of 52: 76.29%
- Rwanda — 50th of 52: 72.67%
- Mauritania — 52nd of 52: 65.56%
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 19 values
| Year | Progression to secondary school (%) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 66.37 |
| 2016 | 62.49 |
| 2015 | 68.39 |
| 2014 | 69.73 |
| 2013 | 70.04 |
| 2012 | 73.24 |
| 2011 | 72.6 |
| 2010 | 69.96 |
| 2009 | 69.67 |
| 2008 | 56.42 |
| 2007 |
Progression to secondary school (%) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 99.85% (2016)
- Belize — 97.36% (2017)
- Chile — 97.9% (2016)
- Costa Rica — 91.71% (2017)
- Cuba — 98.45% (2017)
- Dominican Republic — 93.16% (2017)
- Ecuador — 99.59% (2017)
- El Salvador — 95.17% (2017)
- Guatemala — 90.17% (2017)
- Jamaica — 97.05% (2017)
- Mexico
More education data for Suriname
- 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 — 60,612 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 91.92% (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 63,941 (2023)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 76.11% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 89.67% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 94.09% (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Suriname's progression to secondary school (%)?
- 66.37% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is down 18.11 percentage points from 84.49% in 1975. The highest value was 92.95% in 1976 and the lowest 32.3% in 1983.
- How does Suriname rank?
- 51st highest of 52 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in progression to secondary school (%) unusual for Suriname?
- In 2017, Suriname's progression to secondary school (%) rose 3.89 percentage points on 2016 (from 62.49% to 66.37%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (1976 to 2016), the average change was +0.44 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.6 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
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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