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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
35
Highest
99.6%
Chile
Lowest
10.3%
Mozambique
Median
70.2%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
394

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, middle quintile, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 99.6% in Chile; the lowest is 10.3% in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 70.2%, and the mean is 62.8%.

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

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 780.1%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 12.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chile 99.6% 2022 up 4.5% rising
2 Jordan 94.7% 2023 up 0.2% flat
3 Bolivia 93.5% 2021 up 12.4% rising
4 Peru 91.1% 2023 up 30.5% rising
5 India 90.8% 2019 up 29.9% rising
6 Egypt 90.6% 2021 up 12.2% rising
7 Philippines 90.5% 2022 up 14.6% rising
8 Ecuador 90.4% 2023 up 14.4% rising
9 Costa Rica 87.4% 2024 up 53.4% rising
10 Panama 86.2% 2023 up 34.1% rising
11 Dominican Republic 85.6% 2023 down 5.5% rising
12 Paraguay 85.5% 2024 up 14.0% rising
13 Mexico 84.9% 2022 up 12.9% rising
14 Brazil 82.9% 2023 up 27.5% rising
15 Uruguay 82.3% 2023 up 21.7% rising
16 Bangladesh 76.0% 2022 up 48.3% rising
17 Nepal 74.7% 2021 up 46.0% rising
18 Nigeria 70.2% 2021 up 9.7% rising
19 Ghana 69.8% 2022 up 49.4% rising
20 Colombia 68.2% 2023 up 32.7% rising
21 El Salvador 62.8% 2023 up 17.2% rising
22 Lesotho 51.7% 2024 up 152.8% rising
23 Democratic Republic of Congo 50.7% 2023 up 17.2% rising
24 Cameroon 45.9% 2018 up 276.5% volatile
25 Guatemala 42.8% 2015 up 307.8% volatile
26 Zambia 42.4% 2024 up 20.2% rising
27 Sierra Leone 33.8% 2019 up 625.1% rising
28 Honduras 33.7% 2023 up 13.1% rising
29 Gambia 33.3% 2020 up 43.2% rising
30 Senegal 23.1% 2023 up 95.5% rising
31 Burkina Faso 22.8% 2021 up 780.1% volatile
32 Benin 18.5% 2021 down 12.7% rising
33 Malawi 16.5% 2020 up 32.1% rising
34 Mali 15.0% 2024 up 82.5% volatile
35 Mozambique 10.3% 2022 up 132.9% volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, middle quintile, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
35 places, 394 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release