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

Countries reporting
164
Highest
98.7
South Korea
Lowest
2.1
Niger
Median
63.83
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
3,229

What the numbers show

4.1.2 Completion rate in upper secondary education (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 98.7 in South Korea; the lowest is 2.1 in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 63.83, and the mean is 56.34.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 47.

Over the past decade 156 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 2,582.0%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 36.7%).

4.1.2 Completion rate in upper secondary education (%): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 98.7 2020 up 0.7% flat
2 Kazakhstan 98.3 2020 up 8.0% rising
3 Norway 97.1 2018 up 34.9% falling
4 Croatia 97 2020 up 3.2% rising
5 Armenia 96.8 2020 up 61.3% rising
6 Slovakia 96.2 2020 up 0.2% flat
7 Kyrgyzstan 95.7 2020 up 2.9% rising
8 Japan 95.5 2018 up 1.6% falling
8 Ukraine 95.5 2017 up 6.1% rising
10 Jamaica 95.2 2016 up 3.5% rising
11 Turkmenistan 94.3 2020 up 1.4% flat
12 Barbados 94.2 2017 up 2.4% rising
12 Switzerland 94.2 2018 up 7.0% flat
14 Cyprus 93.9 2020 up 10.5% rising
15 Poland 93.2 2020 up 1.3% flat
16 Israel 93.1 2018 up 3.4% rising
17 United States 92.7 2020 up 3.0% rising
18 Greece 92.5 2020 up 7.6% rising
18 Sweden 92.5 2020 up 6.3% flat
20 Georgia 92.2 2020 up 2.4% rising
21 Czechia 92.1 2020 up 0.1% flat
21 United Kingdom 92.1 2018 up 21.2% falling
21 Slovenia 92.1 2020 up 1.2% flat
24 Belarus 91.7 2020 up 1.9% rising
25 Ireland 90.6 2018 up 5.3% rising
25 Russia 90.6 2020 up 3.0% rising
27 Lithuania 90.5 2020 up 2.8% rising
28 Peru 88.81 2020 up 13.9% rising
29 Finland 88.6 2020 up 3.0% flat
30 Mongolia 88.1 2020 up 39.8% rising
31 France 87.7 2020 up 7.0% rising
31 Trinidad and Tobago 87.7 2016 up 9.6% rising
33 Australia 87.6 2020 up 3.1% rising
34 Chile 87.51 2020 up 15.1% rising
35 Germany 87.5 2020 up 9.4% falling
35 Estonia 87.5 2020 up 2.9% flat
37 Montenegro 87.2 2020 up 11.8% rising
38 Canada 86.6 2016 up 1.9% flat
38 Italy 86.6 2020 up 11.0% rising
40 Saint Lucia 86.5 2017 up 20.1% rising
41 Belgium 86 2020 up 4.9% rising
42 Tonga 85.5 2020 up 6.9% flat
42 Uzbekistan 85.5 2011 up 25.7% rising
44 Fiji 85.4 2019 up 8.1% rising
45 Hungary 85.1 2020 down 1.0% rising
46 Austria 85 2020 up 1.2% flat
46 Azerbaijan 85 2011 up 28.8% rising
48 Albania 84.5 2020 up 40.8% rising
49 Qatar 84.4 2017 up 6.8% rising
50 Bulgaria 84.2 2020 down 3.2% rising
51 Egypt 83.5 2019 up 160.9% rising
52 Latvia 82.7 2020 up 0.9% rising
53 North Macedonia 81.9 2020 up 17.0% rising
54 Netherlands 81.2 2020 up 4.1% rising
55 Bolivia 80.27 2020 up 33.8% rising
56 Serbia 79.9 2020 up 15.8% rising
57 Moldova 79.4 2017 up 3.1% rising
58 Denmark 78.6 2020 up 10.7% flat
58 Luxembourg 78.6 2020 up 2.1% rising
60 Portugal 76.3 2020 up 29.3% rising
60 Tajikistan 76.3 2020 up 25.1% rising
62 Romania 75.6 2020 down 5.5% rising
63 China 75.3 2020 up 71.1% rising
64 Malta 74.6 2018 up 26.4% rising
65 Colombia 73.55 2020 up 16.7% rising
66 Ecuador 73.24 2020 up 26.3% rising
67 Brazil 71.02 2021 up 20.4% rising
68 Cuba 70.7 2020 down 10.5% rising
68 Philippines 70.7 2020 up 7.1% rising
70 Venezuela 70.07 2014 up 43.0% rising
71 Spain 69.4 2020 up 15.7% rising
72 Indonesia 67.4 2020 up 37.6% rising
73 Iceland 67.3 2018 up 2.0% flat
74 Paraguay 66.84 2020 up 33.7% rising
75 Panama 65.88 2019 up 15.6% rising
76 Tunisia 65.8 2020 up 40.0% rising
77 Thailand 65.4 2020 up 18.9% rising
78 Iran 65.1 2016 up 22.8% rising
79 Costa Rica 64.69 2020 up 34.8% rising
80 El Salvador 64.44 2020 up 31.5% rising
81 Argentina 64.3 2020 up 12.8% rising
82 Dominican Republic 64.07 2020 up 12.4% rising
83 Turkey 63.6 2018 up 13.6% rising
84 Palestine 62.48 2020 down 2.4% rising
85 Guyana 61.92 2020 up 14.7% rising
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.8 2016 up 12.4% rising
86 Nigeria 61.8 2020 up 37.3% rising
88 Mexico 61.5 2020 up 28.1% rising
89 Jordan 59.1 2020 down 3.1% rising
90 Bhutan 58.6 2015 up 62.8% rising
91 Vietnam 57.89 2021 up 20.6% rising
92 Samoa 57 2020 up 14.0% rising
93 Tuvalu 55.18 2020 up 31.4% rising
94 Botswana 53.7 2016 up 53.4% rising
95 East Timor 51.8 2020 up 5.7% rising
96 India 50.63 2021 up 44.7% rising
97 Mauritius 49.3 2016 up 70.0% rising
98 South Africa 48.6 2020 up 8.0% rising
99 Sao Tome and Principe 47 2020 up 123.8% volatile
100 Iraq 45.4 2020 up 106.4% rising
101 Honduras 44.9 2020 up 28.3% rising
102 Algeria 42.9 2020 up 43.0% rising
103 Uruguay 42.3 2020 up 24.4% rising
104 Nicaragua 40.92 2014 up 51.6% rising
105 Kenya 38.8 2019 up 43.7% rising
106 Ghana 37.1 2020 up 209.2% rising
107 Guatemala 37 2020 up 32.1% rising
108 Malaysia 36.6 2005 up 30.7% rising
109 Nepal 36.1 2020 up 28.9% rising
110 Maldives 33.9 2020 up 61.4% rising
111 Namibia 33.7 2018 up 34.8% rising
112 Afghanistan 33.5 2020 up 59.5% rising
113 Bangladesh 32.5 2020 up 116.7% rising
114 Syria 31.5 2011 up 31.2% rising
115 Laos 31.1 2017 up 41.4% rising
116 Yemen 30.6 2013 up 22.4% rising
117 Suriname 30.4 2020 up 21.6% rising
118 Eswatini 30.3 2019 up 16.5% rising
119 Djibouti 29.5 2017 up 55.3% rising
120 Sudan 29.4 2019 up 33.6% rising
121 Gambia 28.8 2020 up 30.9% rising
122 Congo 28.4 2020 up 77.5% rising
123 Zambia 28 2020 up 16.7% rising
124 South Sudan 26.82 2017 up 2,582.0% volatile
125 Pakistan 23.8 2020 up 25.3% rising
126 Morocco 23.4 2010 up 46.2% rising
127 Cambodia 23.2 2020 up 36.5% rising
128 Lesotho 22.3 2020 up 31.2% rising
129 Mauritania 22.2 2020 up 70.8% rising
130 Myanmar 21.6 2020 up 35.0% rising
131 Guinea 21.5 2020 up 43.3% rising
132 Democratic Republic of Congo 21.4 2020 up 52.9% rising
133 Rwanda 20.7 2020 up 107.0% volatile
134 Comoros 20.4 2017 up 36.0% rising
135 Cameroon 19.3 2020 up 37.9% rising
136 Togo 19 2020 up 90.0% rising
137 Kiribati 18.5 2020 up 54.2% rising
138 Angola 18.2 2020 up 13.8% rising
139 Haiti 16.8 2020 up 40.0% rising
140 Uganda 16.3 2020 up 16.4% rising
141 Belize 16 2020 up 6.7% rising
142 Malawi 15.48 2020 up 3.2% rising
143 Ethiopia 13.8 2020 up 38.0% rising
144 Liberia 13.3 2020 up 20.9% rising
145 Cote d'Ivoire 13 2020 up 30.0% rising
146 Papua New Guinea 12.5 2020 up 13.6% rising
147 Benin 12.3 2020 up 11.8% rising
148 Sierra Leone 11.8 2020 up 31.1% rising
149 Madagascar 11.3 2020 up 25.6% rising
150 Mali 10.7 2020 up 18.9% rising
151 Tanzania 10.6 2020 up 253.3% rising
152 Senegal 10.5 2020 up 50.0% rising
153 Guinea-Bissau 10.3 2020 up 47.1% rising
154 Gabon 10 2017 up 11.1% rising
155 Somalia 9.22 2011 up 53.7% rising
156 Vanuatu 8.9 2012 up 27.1% rising
157 Central African Republic 8.6 2020 up 22.9% rising
158 Burundi 8.5 2020 up 70.0% rising
159 Zimbabwe 7.6 2020 down 36.7% flat
160 Equatorial Guinea 6.1 2005 up 22.0% rising
161 Chad 5.7 2020 down 5.0% rising
162 Burkina Faso 4.4 2015 up 46.7% rising
163 Mozambique 4.3 2016 up 43.3% volatile
164 Niger 2.1 2017 up 5.0% rising

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Indicator
4.1.2 Completion rate in upper secondary education (%)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
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Coverage
164 places, 3,229 data points, 2000–2021
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