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

Key figures

Over five years it is up 11.73 percentage points from 52.87% in 2019. Since 1994 it is up 18.37 percentage points from 46.23% in 1994. The World Bank has no value for 18 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2024, Vanuatu had the 76th highest value of the 93 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 Vanuatu in the 2024 ranking

• Namibia — 72nd of 93: 71.91%
• Côte d'Ivoire — 73rd of 93: 70.85%
• Zimbabwe — 74th of 93: 65.6%
• Cambodia — 76th of 93: 61.57%
• Costa Rica — 77th of 93: 61.39%
• Togo — 78th of 93: 56.63%

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 13 values

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

• Brunei Darussalam — 104.98% (2024)
• Cambodia — 61.57% (2024)
• Fiji — 97.35% (2024)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 129.49% (2024)
• Indonesia — 99.66% (2025)
• Kiribati — 95.98% (2024)
• Korea, Rep. — 97.27% (2024)
• Lao PDR — 49.28% (2025)
• Macao SAR, China

More education data for Vanuatu

• 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 — 56,048 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 112.49% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.98 (2020)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 110.56% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 114.31% (2024)
• Primary education, pupils (% female)

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Questions people ask

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

64.6% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1994?

It is up 18.37 percentage points from 46.23% in 1994. The highest value was 64.6% in 2024 and the lowest 25.06% in 1998.

How does Vanuatu rank?

76th highest of 93 economies with data for 2024.

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.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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