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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
92
Highest
100.0%
Armenia
Lowest
15.3%
Niger
Median
87.1%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
2,460

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (%) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Armenia; the lowest is 15.3% in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 87.1%, and the mean is 75.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 174.3%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 27.2%).

Completion rate, lower secondary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Armenia 100.0% 2023 up 1.5% flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2021 up 0.6% flat
1 Norway 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Russia 100.0% 2022 up 0.8% flat
5 Croatia 99.5% 2021 down 0.4% flat
6 Slovenia 99.4% 2021 up 1.7% flat
7 United Kingdom 99.4% 2019 up 0.8% flat
8 Chile 99.4% 2022 up 5.5% rising
9 Italy 99.3% 2021 up 0.5% flat
10 Mongolia 99.2% 2024 up 13.6% rising
11 Georgia 99.1% 2024 up 0.4% flat
12 Lithuania 99.0% 2021 down 0.1% flat
13 Estonia 98.9% 2021 up 2.7% flat
14 Latvia 98.8% 2021 up 1.4% flat
15 Kazakhstan 98.6% 2024 down 1.2% flat
16 United States 98.5% 2024 up 0.1% flat
17 Denmark 98.5% 2021 down 1.5% flat
18 Portugal 98.5% 2021 up 11.3% rising
19 Switzerland 98.5% 2021 up 0.7% flat
20 Hungary 98.3% 2021 up 0.2% flat
20 Sweden 98.3% 2021 down 0.6% flat
22 Tajikistan 98.0% 2023 up 4.9% rising
23 France 97.9% 2021 up 0.8% flat
24 Bulgaria 97.7% 2021 up 0.9% flat
25 Austria 97.7% 2021 down 0.3% flat
26 Greece 97.1% 2021 up 1.4% flat
27 Spain 96.5% 2021 up 12.3% rising
28 Bolivia 96.3% 2024 up 11.6% rising
29 Luxembourg 96.1% 2021 up 4.1% flat
30 Türkiye 95.5% 2022 up 1.3% rising
31 Peru 95.4% 2024 up 10.2% rising
32 Belgium 95.4% 2021 up 20.0% rising
33 Romania 95.2% 2021 down 0.4% flat
34 Cyprus 94.8% 2021 up 2.7% flat
35 Jamaica 94.0% 2022 down 3.1% flat
36 Poland 93.7% 2021 down 4.2% flat
37 Germany 91.5% 2021 down 3.3% flat
38 Ecuador 90.6% 2024 up 4.8% rising
39 Brazil 89.9% 2024 up 16.5% rising
40 South Africa 89.6% 2024 up 4.7% rising
41 Mexico 89.4% 2024 up 4.6% rising
42 Panama 89.2% 2023 up 22.9% rising
43 Costa Rica 88.2% 2024 up 41.4% rising
44 Indonesia 88.1% 2022 up 18.5% rising
45 Egypt 87.2% 2022 up 9.9% rising
46 Uruguay 87.2% 2024 up 43.1% rising
47 Thailand 87.0% 2022 up 8.7% rising
48 Jordan 87.0% 2023 down 4.4% flat
49 China (People's Republic of) 86.3% 2018 up 2.6% flat
50 India 86.2% 2019 up 11.0% rising
51 Paraguay 86.0% 2024 up 14.4% rising
52 Kenya 84.0% 2024 up 27.1% rising
53 Viet Nam 83.9% 2021 up 6.8% rising
54 Colombia 81.2% 2024 up 16.1% rising
55 Nepal 79.4% 2021 up 20.7% rising
56 Philippines 79.0% 2022 up 28.5% rising
57 Dominican Republic 78.2% 2024 up 2.2% rising
58 Guyana 78.1% 2019 up 5.7% rising
59 El Salvador 76.7% 2023 up 11.5% rising
60 Venezuela 74.5% 2014 up 30.0% rising
61 Nigeria 73.3% 2024 up 22.9% rising
62 Zimbabwe 71.8% 2015 up 14.0% rising
63 Ghana 69.4% 2024 up 38.0% rising
64 Bangladesh 65.2% 2022 up 32.7% rising
65 Democratic Republic of the Congo 61.4% 2023 up 5.1% rising
66 Suriname 59.7% 2022 up 59.2% rising
67 Guatemala 58.2% 2024 up 17.0% rising
68 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 56.3% 2023 up 36.8% rising
69 Honduras 54.2% 2024 up 32.0% rising
70 Cambodia 53.9% 2021 up 36.3% rising
71 Togo 53.3% 2022 up 50.8% rising
72 Zambia 52.8% 2024 down 3.6% rising
73 Cameroon 52.0% 2018 up 56.6% rising
74 Sierra Leone 50.7% 2019 up 99.3% rising
75 Lesotho 50.6% 2024 up 174.3% rising
76 Gambia 41.5% 2023 down 16.1% flat
77 Côte d’Ivoire 41.1% 2021 up 27.5% rising
78 Ethiopia 33.9% 2022 up 103.5% rising
79 Guinea 33.8% 2018 up 42.4% rising
80 Benin 33.4% 2022 down 17.7% rising
81 Mozambique 33.0% 2022 up 83.1% volatile
82 Haiti 31.4% 2017 up 6.5% rising
83 Senegal 30.8% 2023 up 13.1% rising
84 Mali 30.4% 2024 up 30.1% rising
85 Rwanda 30.0% 2022 up 81.3% rising
86 Tanzania 28.3% 2022 down 7.6% rising
87 Liberia 26.8% 2019 up 62.7% rising
88 Malawi 23.4% 2020 down 17.7% flat
89 Madagascar 23.0% 2021 up 78.7% rising
90 Uganda 20.8% 2024 down 27.2% rising
91 Chad 17.8% 2019 up 0.8% rising
92 Niger 15.3% 2022 up 66.8% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
131 places, 2,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release