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Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity index (LPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
90
Highest
1.07 LPIA
Uruguay
Lowest
0.1491 LPIA
Niger
Median
0.9281 LPIA
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
1,009

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity index (LPIA) is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 1.07 LPIA in Uruguay; the lowest is 0.1491 LPIA in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9281 LPIA, and the mean is 0.7913 LPIA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 223.2%), and the largest decrease in Liberia (down 23.8%).

Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uruguay 1.07 LPIA 2024 up 26.9% rising
2 Germany 1.03 LPIA 2021 up 0.9% flat
3 Austria 1.03 LPIA 2021 up 0.9% flat
4 Jordan 1.02 LPIA 2023 down 0.4% flat
5 Greece 1.02 LPIA 2021 up 3.8% rising
6 Luxembourg 1.01 LPIA 2021 down 3.2% rising
7 Latvia 1.01 LPIA 2021 up 2.1% flat
8 Poland 1.01 LPIA 2021 up 0.8% flat
9 Finland 1.01 LPIA 2021 up 0.1% flat
10 United Kingdom 1 LPIA 2019 up 0.1% flat
11 Italy 1 LPIA 2021 up 0.4% flat
12 Denmark 1 LPIA 2021 up 0.2% flat
13 Georgia 1 LPIA 2024 up 1.0% rising
14 Slovenia 1 LPIA 2021 up 0.8% flat
15 Armenia 1 LPIA 2023 up 1.7% flat
16 Russian Federation 1 LPIA 2022 down 0.8% flat
16 Norway 1 LPIA 2021 unchanged flat
18 Croatia 0.9996 LPIA 2021 up 0.5% flat
19 Chile 0.998 LPIA 2022 up 1.5% rising
20 Sweden 0.9967 LPIA 2021 down 0.2% flat
21 Tajikistan 0.9967 LPIA 2023 up 5.1% rising
22 Lithuania 0.9964 LPIA 2021 up 0.2% flat
23 Estonia 0.9961 LPIA 2021 up 2.4% flat
24 France 0.9946 LPIA 2021 down 1.3% flat
25 Switzerland 0.992 LPIA 2021 down 0.5% flat
26 Portugal 0.9899 LPIA 2021 down 4.0% flat
27 Mongolia 0.9896 LPIA 2024 up 29.0% rising
28 Kyrgyzstan 0.9878 LPIA 2023 up 1.3% flat
29 Spain 0.9861 LPIA 2021 up 1.8% flat
30 Bangladesh 0.9841 LPIA 2022 up 19.2% rising
31 Bulgaria 0.9828 LPIA 2021 down 1.7% flat
32 Kazakhstan 0.9813 LPIA 2024 down 1.8% flat
33 Thailand 0.9804 LPIA 2022 up 0.4% rising
34 Hungary 0.9769 LPIA 2021 down 2.0% flat
35 Belgium 0.9746 LPIA 2021 down 9.6% flat
36 Cyprus 0.9696 LPIA 2021 up 0.3% flat
37 Romania 0.9609 LPIA 2021 up 0.1% flat
38 Peru 0.9582 LPIA 2023 up 18.8% rising
39 South Africa 0.9568 LPIA 2024 up 4.0% rising
40 Egypt 0.9547 LPIA 2022 up 7.1% rising
41 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9525 LPIA 2024 up 15.9% rising
42 Costa Rica 0.9464 LPIA 2024 up 17.8% rising
43 India 0.9434 LPIA 2019 up 8.4% rising
44 Philippines 0.9379 LPIA 2022 up 9.3% rising
45 Viet Nam 0.9322 LPIA 2021 up 1.2% rising
46 Indonesia 0.924 LPIA 2022 up 19.3% rising
47 Kenya 0.9151 LPIA 2024 up 16.9% rising
48 Mexico 0.9126 LPIA 2022 up 5.3% rising
49 Ecuador 0.9112 LPIA 2024 up 1.1% rising
50 Dominican Republic 0.9091 LPIA 2024 up 1.7% rising
51 Brazil 0.9017 LPIA 2024 up 9.5% rising
52 Suriname 0.8942 LPIA 2022 up 61.2% rising
53 Guyana 0.8847 LPIA 2019 up 8.2% rising
54 Nepal 0.8838 LPIA 2021 up 21.2% rising
55 China (People’s Republic of) 0.8823 LPIA 2018 up 3.5% flat
56 Panama 0.8746 LPIA 2023 up 21.3% rising
57 Paraguay 0.8679 LPIA 2024 up 13.7% rising
58 Nigeria 0.8385 LPIA 2024 up 70.6% rising
59 El Salvador 0.8377 LPIA 2023 up 20.1% rising
60 Colombia 0.8293 LPIA 2024 up 17.0% rising
61 Cambodia 0.7824 LPIA 2021 up 38.4% rising
62 Uganda 0.7555 LPIA 2019 up 129.8% rising
63 Ghana 0.752 LPIA 2024 up 26.0% rising
64 Honduras 0.629 LPIA 2024 up 32.2% rising
65 Lesotho 0.6175 LPIA 2024 up 25.3% rising
66 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.605 LPIA 2023 up 46.2% rising
67 Guatemala 0.5956 LPIA 2024 up 8.1% rising
68 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.5642 LPIA 2023 up 12.4% rising
69 Rwanda 0.5569 LPIA 2022 up 33.9% rising
70 Gambia 0.5334 LPIA 2023 up 27.0% rising
71 Togo 0.5147 LPIA 2022 up 58.9% rising
72 Zimbabwe 0.51 LPIA 2019 down 22.8% falling
73 Senegal 0.4782 LPIA 2023 up 19.7% rising
74 Benin 0.4666 LPIA 2022 up 6.1% rising
75 Sierra Leone 0.452 LPIA 2019 up 223.2% volatile
76 Zambia 0.451 LPIA 2024 up 0.0% rising
77 Haiti 0.4506 LPIA 2017 up 33.3% rising
78 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.4241 LPIA 2022 up 3.9% rising
79 Cameroon 0.4191 LPIA 2018 up 77.0% rising
80 Burkina Faso 0.4096 LPIA 2021 up 194.3% volatile
81 Mali 0.3281 LPIA 2024 up 41.3% rising
82 Malawi 0.2981 LPIA 2020 down 7.4% rising
83 Côte d'Ivoire 0.2885 LPIA 2021 up 51.8% rising
84 Ethiopia 0.2736 LPIA 2022 up 80.0% volatile
85 Guinea-Bissau 0.2696 LPIA 2022 up 24.5% rising
86 Liberia 0.2458 LPIA 2019 down 23.8% falling
87 Mozambique 0.2399 LPIA 2022 up 30.1% rising
88 Chad 0.2018 LPIA 2019 up 4.9% rising
89 Guinea 0.1639 LPIA 2018 up 12.5% rising
90 Niger 0.1491 LPIA 2022 up 199.1% volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity index (LPIA)
Unit
LPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
90 places, 1,009 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release