Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
164
Highest
100.0%
Korea
Lowest
16.1%
Guinea-Bissau
Median
86.6%
Years covered
45
1981–2025
Data points
7,240

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Korea; the lowest is 16.1% in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 86.6%, and the mean is 74.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 153 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 179.2%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 1.0%).

Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Korea 100.0% 2025 up 0.0% flat
2 Qatar 100.0% 2025 up 6.2% rising
3 United Kingdom 99.8% 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 0.1% flat
8 Kazakhstan, Republic of 99.6% 2025 up 0.2% rising
9 Barbados 99.6% 2025 up 0.3% flat
10 Russian Federation 99.6% 2025 up 0.2% rising
11 Slovenia 99.3% 2025 up 0.7% flat
12 Iceland 99.2% 2025 up 0.3% flat
13 Sweden 99.2% 2025 up 0.4% flat
14 Italy 99.1% 2025 up 0.9% rising
15 Slovak Republic 99.0% 2025 down 0.1% flat
16 Lithuania 99.0% 2025 up 0.3% flat
17 Belarus, Republic of 98.9% 2025 up 0.1% flat
18 Canada 98.9% 2025 up 0.4% flat
19 United States 98.9% 2025 up 0.4% rising
20 Serbia, Republic of 98.9% 2025 up 0.5% flat
21 Ukraine 98.7% 2025 up 0.2% flat
22 Ireland 98.7% 2025 up 0.7% rising
23 Croatia 98.6% 2025 up 0.1% flat
24 Australia 98.6% 2025 up 0.8% rising
25 Armenia, Republic of 98.6% 2025 up 0.2% flat
26 Switzerland 98.6% 2025 up 0.4% flat
27 Georgia 98.3% 2025 up 0.2% flat
28 Kyrgyz Republic 98.3% 2025 up 0.4% flat
29 Poland 98.3% 2025 up 1.2% rising
30 Austria 98.3% 2025 down 0.2% flat
31 Uzbekistan, Republic of 98.3% 2025 up 0.3% rising
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.2% 2025 up 0.4% flat
33 Malta 98.1% 2025 up 0.1% flat
34 Malaysia 98.1% 2025 up 3.9% rising
35 Israel 97.9% 2025 up 0.5% flat
36 France 97.9% 2025 up 0.9% rising
37 Tajikistan, Republic of 97.8% 2025 up 1.8% flat
38 Latvia 97.7% 2025 up 0.4% flat
39 Mongolia 97.6% 2025 up 8.9% rising
40 Montenegro 97.3% 2025 up 0.5% flat
41 Chile 97.2% 2025 up 1.2% rising
42 North Macedonia, Republic of 97.2% 2025 up 1.4% rising
43 Türkiye 97.1% 2025 up 5.5% rising
44 St. Lucia 96.8% 2025 up 7.0% rising
45 Ecuador 96.8% 2025 up 16.0% rising
46 Azerbaijan, Republic of 96.6% 2025 up 1.3% rising
47 Jamaica 96.4% 2025 up 2.1% rising
48 Moldova, Republic of 96.4% 2025 up 1.5% rising
49 Albania 96.3% 2025 up 0.7% flat
50 Czechia 95.9% 2025 up 0.1% flat
51 Greece 95.8% 2025 up 0.9% rising
52 Estonia 95.8% 2025 up 0.5% flat
53 Maldives 95.7% 2025 up 15.0% volatile
54 Samoa 95.6% 2025 up 1.3% rising
55 Hungary 95.1% 2025 down 0.5% flat
56 Cuba 94.9% 2025 down 0.7% rising
57 Bolivia 94.9% 2025 up 5.3% rising
58 Guyana 94.7% 2025 up 8.3% rising
59 Bulgaria 94.6% 2025 up 0.7% flat
60 Fiji, Republic of 94.4% 2025 up 5.7% rising
61 Spain 94.0% 2025 up 3.9% rising
62 Cyprus 93.2% 2025 down 1.0% flat
63 Portugal 93.2% 2025 up 6.3% rising
64 Romania 93.1% 2025 down 0.0% flat
65 Jordan 92.8% 2025 up 3.7% rising
66 Trinidad and Tobago 92.6% 2025 up 4.7% rising
67 Peru 92.5% 2025 up 8.3% rising
68 Germany 92.4% 2025 up 0.6% flat
69 China (People’s Republic of) 91.4% 2025 up 5.7% rising
70 Iran, Islamic Republic of 91.1% 2025 up 6.6% rising
71 Botswana 91.1% 2025 up 10.2% rising
72 Belgium 90.7% 2025 up 5.3% rising
73 Mauritius 90.2% 2025 up 6.4% rising
74 Palestine, State of 89.9% 2025 up 11.3% rising
75 India 89.7% 2025 up 9.8% rising
76 Thailand 89.7% 2025 up 11.0% rising
77 Indonesia 89.6% 2025 up 9.2% rising
78 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 89.1% 2025 up 43.6% rising
79 Luxembourg 88.7% 2025 up 5.0% rising
80 Mexico 88.3% 2025 up 5.6% rising
81 South Africa 87.6% 2025 up 6.0% rising
82 Netherlands 87.2% 2025 down 0.3% flat
83 Brazil 86.0% 2025 up 14.4% rising
84 Egypt, Arab Republic of 85.9% 2025 up 7.0% rising
85 Bhutan 84.3% 2025 up 23.1% volatile
86 Vietnam 84.2% 2025 up 14.5% rising
87 Dominican Republic 84.1% 2025 up 7.8% rising
88 Tonga 82.3% 2025 up 6.0% rising
89 Nepal 81.1% 2025 up 26.1% rising
90 Colombia 78.5% 2025 up 7.0% rising
91 Paraguay 77.3% 2025 up 13.3% rising
92 Philippines 76.1% 2025 up 13.4% rising
93 Congo, Republic of 75.2% 2025 up 49.9% rising
94 Panama 75.0% 2025 up 5.7% rising
95 Argentina 74.9% 2025 up 2.7% rising
96 Tuvalu 74.5% 2025 up 6.4% rising
97 El Salvador 74.3% 2025 up 7.9% rising
98 Tunisia 71.4% 2025 rising
99 Zimbabwe 71.4% 2025 up 5.7% flat
100 Djibouti 71.1% 2025 up 13.5% rising
101 Kiribati 70.3% 2025 up 4.6% rising
102 Costa Rica 70.0% 2025 up 11.4% rising
103 Nigeria 69.8% 2025 up 7.4% rising
104 Bangladesh 67.5% 2025 up 22.3% rising
105 Uruguay 66.7% 2025 up 4.1% rising
106 Naoero 64.9% 2025 up 4.3% rising
107 Algeria 62.8% 2025 up 17.1% rising
108 Yemen, Republic of 62.5% 2025 up 10.1% rising
109 Ghana 62.3% 2025 up 16.0% rising
110 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 60.0% 2025 up 6.3% rising
111 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 59.3% 2025 up 14.8% rising
112 Guatemala 58.8% 2025 up 17.9% rising
113 Cambodia 55.6% 2025 up 52.1% rising
114 Lao People's Democratic Republic 55.5% 2025 up 10.4% rising
115 Pakistan 55.4% 2025 up 15.3% rising
116 Eswatini, Kingdom of 55.1% 2025 rising
117 Niger 55.0% 2025 up 179.2% volatile
118 Kenya 54.7% 2025 up 2.1% rising
119 Comoros, Union of the 53.8% 2025 up 26.3% rising
120 Gambia, The 52.4% 2025 up 13.3% rising
121 Suriname 52.4% 2025 up 6.4% rising
122 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 52.3% 2025 up 11.1% rising
123 Togo 52.0% 2025 up 26.9% rising
124 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 51.8% 2025 volatile
125 Honduras 51.8% 2025 up 29.8% rising
126 Myanmar 50.3% 2025 up 18.2% rising
127 Iraq 49.5% 2025 up 23.9% rising
128 Morocco 48.6% 2025 up 8.9% rising
129 Cameroon 48.4% 2025 up 17.0% rising
130 Zambia 47.5% 2025 up 4.1% rising
131 Syrian Arab Republic 47.3% 2025 up 9.9% rising
132 Namibia 46.9% 2025 up 10.2% rising
133 Sierra Leone 46.9% 2025 up 20.1% volatile
134 Guinea 46.7% 2025 up 25.3% volatile
135 Côte d'Ivoire 46.4% 2025 up 37.9% rising
136 Burkina Faso 46.3% 2025 up 96.4% volatile
137 Benin 46.1% 2025 up 36.9% rising
138 Angola 44.1% 2025 up 9.7% rising
139 Vanuatu 43.5% 2025 up 12.9% rising
140 Nicaragua 43.5% 2025 up 11.1% rising
141 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 42.6% 2025 up 10.2% rising
142 Gabon 41.3% 2025 up 16.4% rising
143 Sudan 39.3% 2025 up 5.8% rising
144 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 38.8% 2025 up 8.7% rising
145 Burundi 38.8% 2025 up 62.6% volatile
146 Belize 37.8% 2025 rising
147 Senegal 34.7% 2025 up 39.5% rising
148 Haiti 33.9% 2025 up 22.6% rising
149 Lesotho, Kingdom of 33.3% 2025 up 33.5% rising
150 Rwanda 32.9% 2025 up 64.1% volatile
151 Papua New Guinea 32.2% 2025 up 1.1% rising
152 Tanzania, United Republic of 32.1% 2025 up 14.4% rising
153 Somalia 31.7% 2025 up 9.3% rising
154 Mali 29.1% 2025 up 15.8% rising
155 Uganda 28.9% 2025 up 7.0% rising
156 Madagascar, Republic of 27.7% 2025 up 14.1% rising
157 Malawi 26.8% 2025 up 32.3% rising
158 Chad 25.6% 2025 up 28.7% rising
159 Mozambique, Republic of 23.9% 2025 up 73.1% volatile
160 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 23.9% 2025 up 22.0% rising
161 Liberia 21.0% 2025 up 6.0% rising
162 South Sudan, Republic of 18.1% 2025 up 26.2% rising
163 Central African Republic 16.7% 2025 up 20.3% rising
164 Guinea-Bissau 16.1% 2025 up 11.3% rising

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Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
164 places, 7,240 data points, 1981–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release