Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
92
Highest
100.0%
Norway
Lowest
12.4%
Niger
Median
89.1%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
2,462
What the numbers show
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Norway; the lowest is 12.4% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 89.1%, and the mean is 76.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 129.9%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 18.8%).
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Russia | 100.0% | 2022 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 3 | Armenia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 99.6% | 2019 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 5 | Croatia | 99.6% | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 6 | Finland | 99.5% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Estonia | 99.5% | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 8 | Georgia | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 9 | Latvia | 99.4% | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 10 | Italy | 99.4% | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 11 | Slovenia | 99.3% | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 12 | Chile | 99.3% | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 13 | Mongolia | 99.1% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania | 99.1% | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Denmark | 98.8% | 2021 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 98.8% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 17 | Sweden | 98.8% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 18 | Switzerland | 98.7% | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 19 | United States | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Portugal | 98.7% | 2021 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 21 | Hungary | 98.4% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | France | 98.3% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 23 | Greece | 98.1% | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 98.0% | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 25 | Austria | 98.0% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 26 | Spain | 97.2% | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 27 | Tajikistan | 97.0% | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 96.5% | 2021 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 29 | Bolivia | 96.5% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 96.1% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 31 | China (People’s Republic of) | 95.7% | 2020 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 32 | Peru | 95.7% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 33 | Jamaica | 95.4% | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 34 | Belgium | 95.4% | 2021 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 34 | Türkiye | 95.4% | 2022 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 36 | Cyprus | 95.2% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 37 | Poland | 94.2% | 2021 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 38 | South Africa | 92.5% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 39 | Germany | 92.2% | 2021 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 40 | Ecuador | 91.7% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 41 | Brazil | 91.7% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 42 | Mexico | 90.9% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 43 | Panama | 90.3% | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 90.3% | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 45 | Thailand | 89.8% | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 46 | Indonesia | 89.5% | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 47 | Uruguay | 88.7% | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 48 | Jordan | 88.2% | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 49 | Egypt | 88.0% | 2022 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 50 | Paraguay | 88.0% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 51 | Viet Nam | 87.0% | 2021 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 52 | Kenya | 86.6% | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 53 | India | 85.8% | 2019 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 54 | Colombia | 85.4% | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 55 | Philippines | 84.2% | 2022 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 84.0% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 57 | Guyana | 83.0% | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 58 | Venezuela | 79.6% | 2014 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 59 | El Salvador | 78.4% | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 60 | Nepal | 77.7% | 2021 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 61 | Nigeria | 74.1% | 2024 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 72.4% | 2015 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 63 | Ghana | 71.2% | 2024 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 71.1% | 2022 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 65 | Suriname | 71.1% | 2022 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 66 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 60.3% | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 67 | Honduras | 57.6% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 68 | Guatemala | 56.5% | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 69 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 56.2% | 2023 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 70 | Cambodia | 56.0% | 2021 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 71 | Lesotho | 56.0% | 2024 | up 110.8% | rising |
| 72 | Zambia | 53.0% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 73 | Togo | 47.7% | 2022 | up 77.5% | rising |
| 74 | Cameroon | 47.2% | 2018 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 75 | Gambia | 47.0% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 76 | Sierra Leone | 47.0% | 2019 | up 129.9% | rising |
| 77 | Côte d’Ivoire | 35.2% | 2021 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 78 | Haiti | 34.5% | 2017 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 79 | Rwanda | 32.0% | 2022 | up 107.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Senegal | 31.1% | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 81 | Ethiopia | 30.4% | 2022 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 82 | Benin | 28.7% | 2022 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 83 | Tanzania | 28.0% | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 84 | Mozambique | 27.9% | 2022 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Liberia | 27.4% | 2019 | up 83.7% | rising |
| 86 | Mali | 26.8% | 2024 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 87 | Guinea | 26.3% | 2018 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 88 | Madagascar | 23.5% | 2021 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 89 | Malawi | 23.1% | 2020 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 90 | Uganda | 21.3% | 2024 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 91 | Chad | 13.1% | 2019 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 92 | Niger | 12.4% | 2022 | up 112.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: Northern America 99.0%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 98.8%
- SDG: Central Asia 98.8%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 98.5%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 98.1%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 98.0%
- SDG: Europe 97.6%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 94.9%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 91.1%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 90.6%
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 85.2%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 84.1%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release