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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
79
Highest
100.0%
Armenia
Lowest
4.5%
Guinea
Median
88.6%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
925

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female (%) is currently reported for 79 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Armenia; the lowest is 4.5% in Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 88.6%, and the mean is 73.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.

Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 906.1%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 5.1%).

Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Armenia 100.0% 2023 up 0.2% flat
1 Croatia 100.0% 2021 up 1.1% flat
1 Greece 100.0% 2021 up 4.2% rising
1 Latvia 100.0% 2021 up 0.7% flat
1 United Kingdom 100.0% 2019 up 0.3% flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2021 up 0.3% flat
1 Norway 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 100.0% 2021 up 0.9% flat
1 Russian Federation 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 100.0% 2021 up 0.5% flat
11 Italy 99.7% 2021 up 0.6% flat
12 Austria 99.6% 2021 up 0.2% flat
13 Switzerland 99.4% 2021 up 0.9% flat
14 Slovenia 99.3% 2021 up 0.3% flat
15 Mongolia 99.3% 2024 up 27.4% rising
16 Denmark 99.2% 2021 down 0.8% flat
17 Lithuania 99.1% 2021 up 0.1% flat
18 Chile 99.0% 2022 up 2.9% rising
19 Bulgaria 98.9% 2021 up 3.3% flat
20 Kazakhstan 98.8% 2024 down 0.7% flat
21 France 97.8% 2021 down 1.8% flat
22 Uruguay 97.3% 2024 up 45.7% rising
23 Spain 97.3% 2021 up 9.0% rising
24 Hungary 97.0% 2021 down 1.6% flat
25 Belgium 96.8% 2021 up 8.0% rising
26 Portugal 96.8% 2021 down 0.3% rising
27 Romania 96.2% 2021 up 1.4% flat
28 Luxembourg 95.8% 2021 down 0.4% flat
29 Poland 95.8% 2021 down 3.3% flat
30 Germany 94.9% 2021 down 5.1% flat
31 South Africa 94.2% 2024 up 6.4% rising
32 Thailand 93.1% 2022 down 0.7% rising
33 China 92.1% 2018 up 20.7% rising
34 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 91.9% 2024 up 24.7% rising
35 Cyprus 91.6% 2021 down 5.0% flat
36 Peru 91.1% 2023 up 26.0% rising
37 Jordan 89.8% 2023 down 4.0% flat
38 Costa Rica 89.5% 2024 up 43.6% rising
39 Brazil 88.9% 2024 up 18.4% rising
40 Philippines 88.6% 2022 up 11.8% rising
41 Ecuador 88.4% 2024 up 5.8% rising
42 Viet Nam 87.3% 2021 up 9.2% rising
43 Kenya 87.1% 2024 up 25.7% rising
44 Indonesia 87.0% 2022 up 28.7% rising
45 Dominican Republic 86.7% 2024 up 0.9% rising
46 Egypt 86.7% 2022 up 11.5% rising
47 Mexico 86.1% 2022 up 8.7% rising
48 Panama 85.8% 2023 up 29.4% rising
49 India 83.4% 2019 up 18.3% rising
50 Paraguay 83.1% 2024 up 24.6% rising
51 Colombia 76.9% 2024 up 17.6% rising
52 Bangladesh 75.5% 2022 up 53.4% rising
53 El Salvador 71.2% 2023 up 19.5% rising
54 Nepal 70.3% 2021 up 38.0% rising
55 Nigeria 69.6% 2024 up 144.6% rising
56 Ghana 63.3% 2024 up 67.8% rising
57 Zimbabwe 61.8% 2015 up 35.5% rising
58 Cambodia 53.2% 2021 up 87.8% rising
59 Lesotho 51.5% 2024 up 87.0% rising
60 Honduras 49.1% 2024 up 40.3% rising
61 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 42.8% 2023 up 42.0% rising
62 Guatemala 39.2% 2024 up 17.1% rising
63 Zambia 33.5% 2024 up 10.7% rising
64 Gambia 33.0% 2023 up 36.9% rising
65 Rwanda 27.9% 2022 up 160.5% volatile
66 Haiti 26.6% 2017 up 100.6% rising
67 Togo 26.2% 2022 up 289.4% volatile
68 Sierra Leone 24.1% 2019 up 906.1% volatile
69 Cameroon 21.9% 2018 up 308.1% rising
70 Tanzania, United Republic of 19.5% 2022 up 50.6% volatile
71 Senegal 19.2% 2023 up 157.8% volatile
72 Uganda 16.2% 2016 up 100.5% rising
73 Malawi 15.5% 2020 up 0.4% rising
74 Ethiopia 15.2% 2022 up 116.1% volatile
75 Mali 14.6% 2024 up 163.2% volatile
76 Benin 14.1% 2022 up 67.4% rising
77 Liberia 8.4% 2019 up 41.3% rising
78 Mozambique 8.3% 2022 up 118.2% volatile
79 Guinea 4.5% 2018 up 212.7% volatile

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Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
79 places, 925 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release