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4.1.2 Completion rate in lower secondary education (%) by country

Countries reporting
164
Highest
100
Czechia
Lowest
8
Niger
Median
87.39
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
3,228

What the numbers show

4.1.2 Completion rate in lower secondary education (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 100 in Czechia; the lowest is 8 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 87.39, and the mean is 73.26.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 595.1%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 11.2%).

4.1.2 Completion rate in lower secondary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Finland 100 2020 up 1.0% flat
1 United Kingdom 100 2018 up 1.0% flat
1 Iceland 100 2018 unchanged flat
1 Korea 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Lithuania 100 2020 up 1.0% flat
1 Norway 100 2018 unchanged flat
1 Slovak Republic 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 100 2020 up 1.0% flat
11 Croatia 99.9 2020 up 1.9% flat
11 Kazakhstan 99.9 2020 up 0.9% flat
11 Slovenia 99.9 2020 up 0.9% flat
14 Malta 99.8 2018 down 0.2% flat
15 Russia 99.7 2020 up 0.7% flat
15 Turkmenistan 99.7 2020 up 0.7% flat
17 Austria 99.6 2020 up 1.6% flat
18 Cyprus 99.5 2020 up 2.6% flat
19 Italy 99.4 2020 up 0.4% flat
20 Barbados 99.1 2017 up 0.1% flat
21 Belarus 99 2020 unchanged flat
22 Canada 98.9 2016 up 0.9% flat
22 Switzerland 98.9 2018 up 5.2% flat
22 Israel 98.9 2018 up 0.9% flat
22 United States of America 98.9 2020 up 0.9% flat
26 Latvia 98.7 2020 up 0.7% flat
26 Ukraine 98.7 2017 down 0.3% flat
28 Georgia 98.6 2020 up 0.6% flat
28 Serbia 98.6 2020 up 0.6% flat
30 Australia 98.5 2020 down 0.5% flat
30 Mongolia 98.5 2020 up 15.9% rising
32 Ireland 98.4 2018 up 1.4% flat
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.3 2016 down 0.7% flat
33 Kyrgyzstan 98.3 2020 up 0.3% flat
33 Uzbekistan 98.3 2011 up 5.7% rising
36 Poland 98 2020 unchanged rising
37 Armenia 97.8 2020 up 4.0% flat
37 Montenegro 97.8 2020 up 0.8% flat
39 Jamaica 97.5 2016 up 2.6% flat
39 Tajikistan 97.5 2020 up 10.8% rising
41 Chile 97.33 2020 up 1.4% flat
42 Estonia 97.2 2020 up 0.2% flat
42 Romania 97.2 2020 up 1.2% flat
44 North Macedonia 97.1 2020 up 3.3% rising
45 Greece 97 2020 up 1.0% rising
46 France 96.8 2020 down 2.2% flat
47 Samoa 96.7 2020 up 0.7% flat
48 Albania 96.6 2020 up 0.6% flat
49 Saint Lucia 96.2 2017 up 10.6% rising
49 Türkiye 96.2 2018 up 10.6% rising
51 Qatar 95.8 2017 up 4.1% rising
52 Cuba 95.7 2020 down 2.3% flat
53 Germany 95 2020 up 1.1% flat
54 Moldova 94.8 2017 up 0.9% flat
55 Hungary 94.4 2020 down 4.6% flat
56 Japan 94.1 2018 up 1.2% volatile
56 Maldives 94.1 2020 up 19.1% rising
58 Bulgaria 93.4 2020 down 2.7% rising
58 Netherlands 93.4 2020 up 0.4% flat
60 Peru 93.32 2020 up 12.4% rising
61 Trinidad and Tobago 93.3 2016 up 2.5% rising
62 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 93.05 2020 up 10.8% rising
63 Portugal 92.9 2020 up 5.6% rising
64 Fiji 92.6 2019 up 5.2% rising
65 Ecuador 92.41 2020 up 17.0% rising
66 Palestine, State of 92.34 2020 up 7.4% rising
67 Azerbaijan 92.3 2011 up 3.7% flat
68 Jordan 91.2 2020 up 2.5% rising
69 Spain 91.1 2020 up 3.5% rising
70 Belgium 90.8 2020 up 10.7% flat
70 China (People’s Republic of) 90.8 2020 up 6.8% rising
72 Mexico 90.33 2020 up 11.5% rising
73 Botswana 90.2 2016 up 27.0% rising
74 Dominican Republic 90.01 2020 up 13.9% rising
75 Tunisia 89.1 2020 up 20.4% rising
76 Mauritius 88.9 2016 up 11.1% rising
77 Brazil 88.85 2020 up 21.7% rising
78 Indonesia 88.5 2020 up 18.0% rising
78 Thailand 88.5 2020 up 5.4% rising
80 South Africa 88.1 2020 up 4.9% rising
81 Malaysia 87.9 2005 up 12.7% rising
82 Luxembourg 87.8 2020 down 5.6% rising
83 Viet Nam 86.97 2021 up 7.4% rising
84 Tonga 86.3 2020 up 6.5% rising
85 Iran 85.9 2016 up 10.1% rising
86 India 85.76 2021 up 12.8% rising
87 Tuvalu 85.19 2020 up 15.1% rising
88 Panama 85.1 2019 up 15.0% rising
89 Egypt 84.6 2019 up 15.9% rising
90 Guyana 83.23 2020 up 4.0% rising
91 Sao Tome and Principe 82.3 2020 up 78.9% rising
92 Paraguay 81.75 2020 up 16.8% rising
93 Costa Rica 80.86 2020 up 30.4% rising
94 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 79.59 2014 up 24.4% rising
95 Kiribati 78.9 2020 up 3.8% rising
96 Colombia 77.89 2020 up 8.2% rising
97 El Salvador 77.22 2020 up 18.8% rising
98 Uruguay 75.76 2020 up 18.4% flat
99 Argentina 74.8 2020 down 0.3% flat
100 Honduras 74.4 2020 up 61.7% rising
101 Zimbabwe 72.6 2020 up 0.8% rising
102 Philippines 72.1 2020 up 1.5% rising
103 Nepal 71 2020 up 36.5% rising
104 Nigeria 70.8 2020 up 12.4% rising
105 Bhutan 70 2015 up 70.7% rising
106 Algeria 68.2 2020 up 26.3% rising
107 Bangladesh 67.6 2020 up 35.2% rising
108 Kenya 65.8 2019 up 40.0% rising
109 Timor-Leste 61.9 2020 up 26.3% rising
110 Djibouti 59.5 2017 up 32.2% rising
111 Suriname 56.1 2020 up 19.4% rising
112 Congo 55.7 2020 up 85.7% rising
113 South Sudan 55.61 2017 up 595.1% volatile
114 Ghana 53.8 2020 up 3.5% rising
115 Guatemala 53.4 2020 up 27.1% rising
116 Myanmar 52.7 2020 up 28.5% rising
117 Lao People's Democratic Republic 52.57 2017 up 31.4% rising
118 Namibia 51 2018 up 15.9% rising
119 Nicaragua 50.05 2014 up 35.3% rising
120 Afghanistan 48.9 2020 up 68.6% rising
121 Gambia 48.64 2020 up 24.7% rising
122 Cambodia 48.1 2020 up 30.0% rising
123 Pakistan 47.9 2020 up 19.8% rising
124 Sudan 47.8 2019 up 6.2% rising
125 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 47.4 2020 up 39.4% rising
126 Iraq 47.1 2020 up 42.7% rising
127 Yemen 46.49 2013 up 16.2% rising
128 Mauritania 46.3 2020 up 49.4% rising
129 Eswatini 45.9 2019 up 12.0% rising
130 Zambia 45.7 2020 up 3.9% rising
131 Cameroon 44.9 2020 up 36.1% rising
132 Syrian Arab Republic 43.6 2011 up 45.3% rising
133 Comoros 42.8 2017 up 29.7% rising
133 Sierra Leone 42.8 2020 up 47.6% rising
135 Morocco 42.5 2010 up 37.1% rising
136 Togo 42.3 2020 up 56.7% rising
137 Belize 40 2020 up 21.2% rising
138 Vanuatu 37.8 2012 up 21.9% rising
139 Angola 36.7 2020 up 14.7% rising
140 Guinea 36.6 2020 up 52.5% rising
141 Lesotho 36 2020 up 28.6% rising
142 Haiti 35.7 2020 up 27.5% rising
143 Uganda 33.7 2020 up 29.6% rising
144 Tanzania, United Republic of 32.5 2020 up 132.1% rising
145 Côte d'Ivoire 31 2020 up 34.8% rising
146 Madagascar 30.3 2020 up 37.7% rising
147 Papua New Guinea 30.1 2020 up 36.8% rising
148 Rwanda 30.05 2020 up 100.3% rising
149 Benin 29.1 2020 up 16.4% rising
150 Senegal 28.4 2020 up 57.8% rising
151 Ethiopia 27.2 2020 up 36.0% rising
152 Burundi 27.1 2020 up 125.8% volatile
153 Mali 25.6 2020 up 34.7% rising
154 Equatorial Guinea 25 2005 up 38.9% rising
155 Gabon 23.8 2017 up 3.5% rising
156 Malawi 23.07 2020 down 11.2% rising
157 Liberia 21.2 2020 up 11.6% rising
157 Somalia 21.2 2011 up 24.7% rising
159 Chad 16.7 2020 up 39.2% rising
160 Central African Republic 16.6 2020 up 50.9% rising
161 Guinea-Bissau 13.4 2020 up 21.8% rising
162 Burkina Faso 12.8 2015 up 60.0% rising
163 Mozambique 11 2016 up 83.3% rising
164 Niger 8 2017 up 33.3% rising

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Indicator
4.1.2 Completion rate in lower secondary education (%)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
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Coverage
164 places, 3,228 data points, 2000–2021
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