Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
38
Highest
99.3%
Chile
Lowest
6.0%
Mozambique
Median
81.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
422

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female (%) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 99.3% in Chile; the lowest is 6.0% in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 81.0%, and the mean is 68.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 4,579.1%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 8.9%).

Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chile 99.3% 2022 up 2.8% flat
2 United States of America 98.6% 2020 up 0.1% flat
3 Ecuador 97.1% 2023 up 13.2% rising
4 Brazil 96.6% 2023 up 7.3% rising
5 Jordan 95.3% 2023 up 4.5% flat
6 Türkiye 95.0% 2022 up 1.1% rising
7 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 94.9% 2021 up 8.7% rising
8 Peru 94.8% 2023 up 4.4% rising
9 Paraguay 94.1% 2024 up 13.0% rising
10 Philippines 94.0% 2022 up 8.6% rising
11 Panama 93.7% 2023 up 1.7% rising
12 Costa Rica 93.4% 2024 up 25.5% rising
13 Dominican Republic 93.2% 2023 up 2.6% rising
14 Mexico 93.0% 2022 up 5.8% rising
15 Uruguay 91.8% 2023 up 67.7% rising
16 Egypt 90.6% 2021 up 19.1% rising
17 India 89.1% 2019 up 21.2% rising
18 Colombia 87.2% 2023 up 6.9% rising
19 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 85.0% 2014 up 18.7% rising
20 Bangladesh 77.0% 2022 up 53.1% rising
21 El Salvador 75.6% 2023 down 1.6% rising
22 Nepal 74.6% 2021 up 60.9% rising
23 Nigeria 69.9% 2021 up 11.6% rising
24 Ghana 67.3% 2022 up 28.9% rising
25 Lesotho 59.8% 2024 up 92.6% rising
26 Honduras 56.3% 2023 down 8.9% rising
27 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 48.4% 2023 up 32.5% rising
28 Zambia 45.9% 2024 up 26.3% rising
29 Gambia 42.7% 2020 up 37.2% rising
30 Guatemala 39.3% 2015 up 103.7% rising
31 Cameroon 38.4% 2018 up 145.3% rising
32 Sierra Leone 32.9% 2019 up 1,470.3% volatile
33 Senegal 28.5% 2023 up 127.8% rising
34 Burkina Faso 20.1% 2021 up 4,579.1% volatile
35 Malawi 17.4% 2020 up 81.8% rising
36 Mali 12.3% 2024 up 123.4% volatile
37 Benin 12.2% 2021 down 1.6% rising
38 Mozambique 6.0% 2022 up 135.6% volatile

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Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, middle quintile, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
38 places, 422 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release