Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, fourth quintile, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
35
Highest
99.0%
Chile
Lowest
9.5%
Gambia
Median
76.5%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
393

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, fourth quintile, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 99.0% in Chile; the lowest is 9.5% in Gambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 76.5%, and the mean is 69.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 640.0%), and the largest decrease in Gambia (down 26.1%).

Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, fourth quintile: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chile 99.0% 2022 up 2.9% rising
2 Jordan 98.3% 2023 up 1.8% flat
3 India 94.6% 2019 up 19.3% rising
4 Ecuador 93.6% 2023 up 19.8% rising
5 Bolivia 92.3% 2021 up 16.7% rising
6 Philippines 92.0% 2022 up 5.3% rising
7 Egypt 91.1% 2021 up 4.9% flat
8 Peru 91.0% 2023 up 16.8% rising
9 Paraguay 90.4% 2024 up 30.6% rising
10 Brazil 87.7% 2023 up 17.2% rising
10 Panama 87.7% 2023 up 15.7% rising
12 Mexico 87.5% 2022 up 4.4% rising
13 Dominican Republic 87.1% 2023 down 3.7% rising
14 Nigeria 86.4% 2021 up 12.2% rising
15 Uruguay 83.7% 2023 up 24.0% rising
16 Costa Rica 82.5% 2024 up 32.4% rising
17 Bangladesh 81.5% 2022 up 13.2% rising
18 Ghana 76.5% 2022 up 51.3% rising
19 Lesotho 74.7% 2024 up 134.9% rising
20 Nepal 74.5% 2021 up 3.6% rising
21 El Salvador 72.1% 2023 up 15.4% rising
22 Zambia 66.2% 2024 up 12.5% rising
23 Colombia 65.9% 2023 up 14.8% rising
24 Guatemala 65.3% 2015 up 244.3% rising
25 Democratic Republic of Congo 63.3% 2023 up 22.0% rising
26 Cameroon 58.3% 2018 up 155.4% rising
27 Honduras 54.1% 2023 up 29.1% rising
28 Sierra Leone 52.6% 2019 up 322.4% rising
29 Burkina Faso 33.8% 2021 up 640.0% volatile
30 Mozambique 30.3% 2022 up 164.5% volatile
31 Senegal 27.7% 2023 up 21.3% rising
32 Mali 27.7% 2024 up 122.6% volatile
33 Benin 24.7% 2021 down 17.6% rising
34 Malawi 24.4% 2020 down 5.4% rising
35 Gambia 9.5% 2020 down 26.1% falling

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, fourth quintile, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
35 places, 393 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release