Tunisia: Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Key figures

Since 1979 it is up 53.09 percentage points from 19.7% in 1979. The World Bank has no value for 13 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 9.83 percentage points in 1991 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.74 percentage points in 2010. 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

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Tunisia in the 2021 ranking

• Liechtenstein — 1st of 6: 93.81%
• Kuwait — 2nd of 6: 78.1%
• Sierra Leone — 4th of 6: 46.24%
• Suriname — 5th of 6: 31.72%
• Chad — 6th of 6: 23.18%

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 30 values

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

• Afghanistan — 71.54% (2023)
• Algeria — 71.07% (2025)
• Bahrain — 99.48% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 82.13% (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 83.52% (2023)
• Israel — 97.63% (2024)
• Jordan — 88.62% (2024)
• Kuwait — 78.1% (2021)
• Lebanon

More education data for Tunisia

• 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)
• School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.45 (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 38.12% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) — 49.4% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross) — 27.38% (2023)
• Primary education, pupils — 1.34 million (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross)

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Questions people ask

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

72.79% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1979?

It is up 53.09 percentage points from 19.7% in 1979. The highest value was 72.79% in 2021 and the lowest 19.7% in 1979.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.MA.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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