Completion rate, lower secondary education, richest quintile, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
50
Highest
99.9%
China
Lowest
34.2%
Chad
Median
94.2%
Years covered
26
1999–2024
Data points
492
What the numbers show
Completion rate, lower secondary education, richest quintile, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 99.9% in China; the lowest is 34.2% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 94.2%, and the mean is 86.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 148.8%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 9.6%).
Completion rate, lower secondary education, richest quintile, both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 99.9% | 2020 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 2 | Panama | 99.8% | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 3 | United States of America | 99.6% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | Chile | 99.4% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Thailand | 99.1% | 2022 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 6 | Ecuador | 98.9% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 7 | Mongolia | 98.7% | 2018 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 98.5% | 2021 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 98.2% | 2022 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 10 | Brazil | 98.2% | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 98.1% | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 97.8% | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 13 | Tajikistan | 97.4% | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 14 | Jordan | 97.4% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 15 | Peru | 97.4% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 16 | Guyana | 97.3% | 2019 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 17 | Uruguay | 97.3% | 2023 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 18 | Mexico | 96.7% | 2022 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 19 | India | 96.6% | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 20 | Colombia | 96.4% | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 96.3% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 22 | Paraguay | 95.6% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 95.6% | 2022 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 24 | Nepal | 94.6% | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 94.5% | 2015 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 94.0% | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 27 | Nigeria | 93.9% | 2021 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 28 | Kenya | 92.8% | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 29 | El Salvador | 92.0% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 30 | Ghana | 91.1% | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 31 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 88.6% | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 32 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 88.3% | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 88.1% | 2022 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 34 | Zambia | 87.9% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 35 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 85.8% | 2014 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 36 | Guatemala | 85.5% | 2015 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 37 | Cameroon | 85.5% | 2018 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 38 | Lesotho | 81.8% | 2024 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 39 | Honduras | 77.9% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 75.2% | 2019 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 41 | Gambia | 68.3% | 2020 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 42 | Togo | 68.0% | 2017 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 43 | Mozambique | 66.8% | 2022 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Malawi | 60.3% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 59.6% | 2021 | up 148.8% | rising |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 58.4% | 2021 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 47 | Mali | 55.7% | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 48 | Senegal | 55.6% | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 49 | Benin | 52.7% | 2021 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 50 | Chad | 34.2% | 2019 | up 14.6% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release