This page has a list of countries by Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group), according to officially-recognized international sources compiled by the World Bank. 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.