Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
164
Highest
100.0%
Korea
Lowest
9.3%
South Sudan, Republic of
Median
92.0%
Years covered
45
1981–2025
Data points
7,240
What the numbers show
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Korea; the lowest is 9.3% in South Sudan, Republic of.
The median across all reporting countries is 92.0%, and the mean is 77.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 156 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 143.0%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 0.1%).
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korea | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 100.0% | 2025 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 100.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 5 | St. Lucia | 99.9% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 6 | Norway | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Denmark | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 99.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 9 | Finland | 99.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Russia | 99.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Palestine, State of | 99.7% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 12 | Sweden | 99.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 13 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 99.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 14 | Israel | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 15 | Italy | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Armenia, Republic of | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 18 | Barbados | 99.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 19 | Poland | 99.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 20 | Slovenia | 99.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 21 | Lithuania | 99.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 22 | Latvia | 99.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Malaysia | 99.4% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 24 | France | 99.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 25 | Switzerland | 99.2% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 26 | United States | 99.2% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.2% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 28 | Georgia | 99.1% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 29 | Kyrgyz Republic | 99.1% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 30 | Ukraine | 99.1% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 31 | Belarus, Republic of | 99.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 32 | Australia | 99.1% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 33 | Samoa | 99.0% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 34 | Ireland | 99.0% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 35 | Uzbekistan, Republic of | 99.0% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 36 | Slovak Republic | 99.0% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | Croatia | 99.0% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 38 | Chile | 98.9% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 39 | Iceland | 98.9% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 40 | Mongolia | 98.9% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia, Republic of | 98.9% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 42 | Austria | 98.6% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 43 | Montenegro | 98.6% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 44 | China (People’s Republic of) | 98.6% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 45 | Estonia | 98.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 46 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 98.3% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 47 | Jamaica | 98.3% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 48 | Türkiye | 98.1% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 49 | Malta | 98.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 97.9% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 51 | Guyana | 97.9% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 52 | Albania | 97.6% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 53 | Moldova, Republic of | 97.3% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 54 | Greece | 97.1% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 55 | Spain | 97.1% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 56 | Cuba | 97.1% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 57 | Fiji, Republic of | 97.1% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 58 | Tajikistan, Republic of | 96.7% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 59 | Hungary | 96.7% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 60 | Mauritius | 96.6% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 61 | Bolivia | 96.2% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 62 | Cyprus | 96.2% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 63 | Ecuador | 96.1% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 64 | Czechia | 96.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 65 | Portugal | 95.7% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 66 | Botswana | 95.7% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 67 | Azerbaijan, Republic of | 95.6% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 68 | Thailand | 95.2% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 69 | Tuvalu | 95.1% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 94.2% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 71 | Jordan | 94.0% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 93.9% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 73 | Peru | 93.7% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 74 | Romania | 93.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 75 | Indonesia | 93.2% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 76 | South Africa | 93.2% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 77 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 93.1% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 78 | Germany | 93.1% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 79 | Belgium | 92.7% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 80 | Bhutan | 92.7% | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Brazil | 92.5% | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 82 | Tonga | 92.4% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 83 | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 91.7% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 84 | Kiribati | 91.5% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 85 | India | 91.4% | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 86 | Netherlands | 91.3% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 87 | Luxembourg | 90.8% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 88 | Vietnam | 90.8% | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 89 | Mexico | 90.7% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 90 | Philippines | 90.4% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 91 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 90.2% | 2025 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Tunisia | 89.2% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Paraguay | 87.0% | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 94 | Argentina | 85.2% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 95 | Algeria | 85.1% | 2025 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 96 | Nepal | 84.2% | 2025 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Colombia | 83.9% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 83.5% | 2025 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Panama | 82.6% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 100 | Zimbabwe | 81.5% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 101 | El Salvador | 81.4% | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 102 | Venezuela, República Bolivariana de | 80.6% | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 78.8% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 104 | Naoero, Republic of | 77.2% | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 105 | Uruguay | 75.7% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 106 | Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of | 75.4% | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 107 | Comoros, Union of the | 74.3% | 2025 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Suriname | 70.6% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 109 | Ghana | 68.2% | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 110 | Cambodia | 66.2% | 2025 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Kenya | 66.0% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 112 | Namibia | 65.7% | 2025 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 113 | Djibouti | 65.3% | 2025 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Nigeria | 63.7% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 115 | Eswatini, Kingdom of | 63.6% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 116 | Honduras | 63.4% | 2025 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 117 | Gambia, The | 61.7% | 2025 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 59.3% | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 119 | Syrian Arab Republic | 58.7% | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 120 | Guatemala | 57.9% | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 121 | Myanmar | 57.3% | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 122 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 56.9% | 2025 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 123 | Pakistan | 56.4% | 2025 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 124 | Iraq | 55.3% | 2025 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 125 | Yemen, Republic of | 55.0% | 2025 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Lesotho, Kingdom of | 54.8% | 2025 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 127 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 54.7% | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 128 | Belize | 53.8% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 129 | Zambia | 52.7% | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 130 | Gabon | 51.7% | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 131 | Congo, Republic of | 51.7% | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 132 | Cameroon | 51.3% | 2025 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 48.0% | 2025 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 134 | Haiti | 47.4% | 2025 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Sierra Leone | 47.0% | 2025 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Morocco | 46.8% | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 137 | Togo | 45.4% | 2025 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Senegal | 42.8% | 2025 | up 96.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Sudan | 42.3% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 140 | Papua New Guinea | 42.0% | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 141 | Burkina Faso | 41.4% | 2025 | up 143.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Mauritania, Islamic Republic of | 40.7% | 2025 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Angola | 40.6% | 2025 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 144 | Guinea | 38.5% | 2025 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Rwanda | 38.2% | 2025 | up 61.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Côte d'Ivoire | 37.2% | 2025 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 36.4% | 2025 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 35.2% | 2025 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | 33.2% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Malawi | 32.7% | 2025 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Benin | 30.3% | 2025 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Uganda | 29.8% | 2025 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Madagascar, Republic of | 29.2% | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 154 | Burundi | 28.6% | 2025 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea, Republic of | 25.6% | 2025 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 156 | Mali | 24.6% | 2025 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Liberia | 24.3% | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 158 | Niger | 20.8% | 2025 | up 137.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.9% | 2025 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 160 | Mozambique, Republic of | 14.9% | 2025 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Chad | 14.2% | 2025 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Somalia | 13.8% | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 11.3% | 2025 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 164 | South Sudan, Republic of | 9.3% | 2025 | up 40.9% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release