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

Countries reporting
164
Highest
98.7
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 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 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 Slovak Republic 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 of America 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, Plurinational State of 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 (People’s Republic of) 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, Bolivarian Republic of 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 Türkiye 63.6 2018 up 13.6% rising
84 Palestine, State of 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 Viet Nam 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 Timor-Leste 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 Syrian Arab Republic 31.5 2011 up 31.2% rising
115 Lao People's Democratic Republic 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 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 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 Côte 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, United Republic of 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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