Completion rate, lower secondary education, richest quintile, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
38
Highest
100.0%
Panama
Lowest
47.0%
Benin
Median
94.7%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
422
What the numbers show
Completion rate, lower secondary education, richest quintile, female (%) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Panama; the lowest is 47.0% in Benin.
The median across all reporting countries is 94.7%, and the mean is 87.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 214.1%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 1.8%).
Completion rate, lower secondary education, richest quintile, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama | 100.0% | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 1 | Bolivia | 100.0% | 2021 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 99.5% | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | Turkey | 99.4% | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 5 | Uruguay | 99.3% | 2023 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 5 | Ecuador | 99.3% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 99.2% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 8 | Peru | 99.0% | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 9 | Chile | 98.8% | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Colombia | 98.2% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 11 | Jordan | 98.0% | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 12 | Egypt | 97.5% | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 13 | Mexico | 97.5% | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 97.2% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 97.0% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 16 | India | 96.7% | 2019 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 17 | Philippines | 96.6% | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 18 | Paraguay | 95.5% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 19 | Nepal | 95.2% | 2021 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 20 | El Salvador | 94.1% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 21 | Nigeria | 93.6% | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 90.6% | 2022 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 23 | Venezuela | 90.4% | 2014 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 24 | Ghana | 88.4% | 2022 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 25 | Zambia | 88.4% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 26 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 87.1% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 27 | Lesotho | 86.9% | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 28 | Honduras | 86.4% | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 29 | Cameroon | 85.1% | 2018 | up 58.7% | rising |
| 30 | Guatemala | 84.4% | 2015 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 74.8% | 2019 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 32 | Gambia | 69.6% | 2020 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 33 | Mozambique | 69.2% | 2022 | up 84.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Malawi | 65.1% | 2020 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 35 | Senegal | 55.3% | 2023 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 52.1% | 2021 | up 214.1% | rising |
| 37 | Mali | 50.5% | 2024 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 38 | Benin | 47.0% | 2021 | down 1.6% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release