Completion rate, lower secondary education, fourth quintile, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
38
Highest
99.7%
Chile
Lowest
24.3%
Malawi
Median
87.1%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
422
What the numbers show
Completion rate, lower secondary education, fourth quintile, male (%) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 99.7% in Chile; the lowest is 24.3% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 87.1%, and the mean is 77.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 419.3%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 20.9%).
Completion rate, lower secondary education, fourth quintile, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 99.7% | 2022 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 2 | Jordan | 98.9% | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 3 | United States of America | 98.9% | 2020 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 4 | Türkiye | 97.5% | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 5 | Peru | 97.1% | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 6 | Panama | 96.3% | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 7 | Ecuador | 96.0% | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 8 | Paraguay | 95.5% | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 94.4% | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 10 | Uruguay | 94.2% | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 93.3% | 2021 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 92.9% | 2022 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 13 | India | 92.5% | 2019 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 92.0% | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 15 | Egypt | 91.8% | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 16 | Philippines | 90.0% | 2022 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 89.2% | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 18 | Colombia | 87.9% | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 19 | Nigeria | 87.7% | 2021 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 20 | Nepal | 86.6% | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 21 | El Salvador | 83.7% | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 22 | Ghana | 79.0% | 2022 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 23 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 78.6% | 2014 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 24 | Lesotho | 78.4% | 2024 | up 227.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Zambia | 72.3% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 71.0% | 2022 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 27 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 69.4% | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 28 | Guatemala | 68.3% | 2015 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 29 | Cameroon | 65.7% | 2018 | up 106.0% | rising |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 61.6% | 2019 | up 145.4% | rising |
| 31 | Honduras | 58.2% | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 32 | Gambia | 54.5% | 2020 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 45.5% | 2021 | up 419.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Mozambique | 42.8% | 2022 | up 129.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Benin | 38.2% | 2021 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 36 | Mali | 37.3% | 2024 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 37 | Senegal | 30.8% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 38 | Malawi | 24.3% | 2020 | down 7.9% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release