Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
164
Highest
100.0%
South Korea
Lowest
13.7%
South Sudan
Median
89.2%
Years covered
45
1981–2025
Data points
7,240
What the numbers show
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in South Korea; the lowest is 13.7% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 89.2%, and the mean is 75.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 154 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 166.4%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 0.5%).
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both … modelled data both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 99.9% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Norway | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 5 | Denmark | 99.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Turkmenistan | 99.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Finland | 99.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Russia | 99.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 99.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Barbados | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 11 | Sweden | 99.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 12 | Slovenia | 99.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 13 | Italy | 99.3% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania | 99.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Canada | 99.2% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 16 | Iceland | 99.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 17 | Slovakia | 99.0% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | United States | 99.0% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 19 | Armenia | 99.0% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Belarus | 99.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 21 | Switzerland | 98.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 21 | Ukraine | 98.9% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 23 | Serbia | 98.9% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 24 | Ireland | 98.8% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 25 | Australia | 98.8% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 26 | Poland | 98.8% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 27 | Croatia | 98.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | Georgia | 98.7% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | Israel | 98.7% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 30 | Malaysia | 98.7% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 98.7% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.7% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 98.6% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 34 | France | 98.6% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 35 | Latvia | 98.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 36 | Austria | 98.5% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | 98.3% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 38 | Mongolia | 98.2% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 39 | Chile | 98.1% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 39 | Malta | 98.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Montenegro | 97.9% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 42 | Maldives | 97.9% | 2025 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 43 | North Macedonia | 97.8% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 44 | Turkey | 97.6% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 45 | Jamaica | 97.3% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 46 | Samoa | 97.3% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 47 | Tajikistan | 97.3% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 48 | Estonia | 97.0% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 49 | Albania | 96.9% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 50 | Moldova | 96.9% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 51 | Ecuador | 96.5% | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 52 | Greece | 96.4% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 53 | Guyana | 96.2% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 54 | Azerbaijan | 96.1% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 55 | Czechia | 96.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 56 | Cuba | 96.0% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 57 | Hungary | 95.9% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 58 | Fiji | 95.7% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 59 | Bolivia | 95.5% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 60 | Spain | 95.5% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 95.2% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 62 | Palestine | 94.8% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 63 | China | 94.7% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 64 | Cyprus | 94.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 65 | Portugal | 94.4% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 94.2% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 67 | Mauritius | 93.5% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 68 | Jordan | 93.4% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 69 | Botswana | 93.4% | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 70 | Romania | 93.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 71 | Peru | 93.1% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 72 | Germany | 92.7% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 73 | Thailand | 92.3% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 74 | Iran | 92.1% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 75 | Belgium | 91.7% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 76 | Indonesia | 91.4% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 77 | India | 90.5% | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 78 | South Africa | 90.4% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 79 | Luxembourg | 89.8% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 80 | Sao Tome and Principe | 89.6% | 2025 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Mexico | 89.5% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 82 | Netherlands | 89.2% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 83 | Brazil | 89.2% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 89.0% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 85 | Egypt | 88.7% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 86 | Bhutan | 88.3% | 2025 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Vietnam | 87.5% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 88 | Tonga | 87.5% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 89 | Tuvalu | 84.8% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 90 | Philippines | 83.1% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 91 | Nepal | 82.6% | 2025 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Paraguay | 82.1% | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 93 | Colombia | 81.2% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 94 | Kiribati | 81.1% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 95 | Tunisia | 80.0% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 96 | Argentina | 79.9% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 97 | Panama | 78.8% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 77.7% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 76.4% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 75.3% | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 74.3% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 102 | Algeria | 73.7% | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 103 | Uruguay | 71.1% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 104 | Nauru | 70.8% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 105 | Venezuela | 70.0% | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 106 | Djibouti | 68.2% | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 107 | East Timor | 67.3% | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 108 | Nigeria | 66.8% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 109 | Ghana | 65.2% | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 110 | Comoros | 63.8% | 2025 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Congo | 63.5% | 2025 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 112 | Suriname | 61.3% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 113 | Cambodia | 60.8% | 2025 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Kenya | 60.3% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 115 | Eswatini | 59.4% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 116 | Yemen | 58.8% | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 117 | Guatemala | 58.4% | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 118 | Honduras | 57.5% | 2025 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 119 | Gambia | 57.0% | 2025 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 120 | Namibia | 56.1% | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 121 | Pakistan | 55.9% | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 122 | Laos | 55.1% | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 123 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 54.6% | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 124 | Myanmar | 53.7% | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 125 | Syria | 52.9% | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 126 | Iraq | 52.3% | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 51.3% | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 128 | Zambia | 50.1% | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 129 | Cameroon | 49.9% | 2025 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 130 | Togo | 48.8% | 2025 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Morocco | 47.7% | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 46.9% | 2025 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Gabon | 46.5% | 2025 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 134 | Vanuatu | 45.7% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 135 | Belize | 45.7% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 136 | Lesotho | 44.1% | 2025 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 43.9% | 2025 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Afghanistan | 42.8% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Guinea | 42.6% | 2025 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Angola | 42.4% | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 141 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.9% | 2025 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Mauritania | 41.6% | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 143 | Sudan | 40.8% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 144 | Haiti | 40.6% | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 145 | Senegal | 38.6% | 2025 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Benin | 38.3% | 2025 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Niger | 38.2% | 2025 | up 166.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 36.9% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 149 | Rwanda | 35.5% | 2025 | up 62.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Tanzania | 34.2% | 2025 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Burundi | 33.7% | 2025 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 32.3% | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 153 | Malawi | 29.8% | 2025 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 154 | Ethiopia | 29.5% | 2025 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Uganda | 29.3% | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 156 | Madagascar | 28.5% | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 157 | Mali | 26.9% | 2025 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Somalia | 22.9% | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 159 | Liberia | 22.7% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 160 | Chad | 20.0% | 2025 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 161 | Mozambique | 19.4% | 2025 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.5% | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 14.0% | 2025 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 164 | South Sudan | 13.7% | 2025 | up 30.5% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release