Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, poorest quintile, male (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
35
Highest
97.8%
Chile
Lowest
4.2%
Mali
Median
51.1%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
395

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, poorest quintile, male (%) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 97.8% in Chile; the lowest is 4.2% in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 51.1%, and the mean is 48.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 973.5%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 41.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chile 97.8% 2022 up 9.8% rising
2 Peru 90.4% 2023 up 34.1% rising
3 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 89.2% 2021 up 19.6% rising
4 Ecuador 86.8% 2023 up 18.3% rising
5 Egypt 84.2% 2021 up 44.5% rising
6 Jordan 82.2% 2023 down 8.0% falling
7 Costa Rica 81.1% 2024 up 134.3% rising
8 Mexico 74.9% 2022 up 30.3% rising
9 Dominican Republic 73.8% 2023 up 34.1% rising
10 Uruguay 73.0% 2023 up 100.0% rising
11 India 71.4% 2019 down 0.7% rising
12 Brazil 71.2% 2023 up 38.0% rising
13 Nepal 67.8% 2021 up 38.1% rising
14 Paraguay 67.1% 2024 up 15.2% rising
15 Panama 62.3% 2023 up 172.1% rising
16 Colombia 57.6% 2023 up 33.6% rising
17 Philippines 54.9% 2022 up 85.7% rising
18 El Salvador 51.1% 2023 up 29.0% rising
19 Bangladesh 47.9% 2022 up 176.8% volatile
20 Democratic Republic of Congo 42.6% 2023 up 28.0% rising
21 Honduras 39.1% 2023 up 39.6% volatile
22 Ghana 36.5% 2022 up 123.1% rising
23 Nigeria 29.5% 2021 up 16.2% rising
24 Zambia 21.9% 2024 down 4.4% rising
25 Guatemala 21.9% 2015 up 325.4% volatile
26 Gambia 19.4% 2020 down 6.3% flat
27 Sierra Leone 17.6% 2019 up 494.4% volatile
28 Senegal 14.0% 2023 up 65.2% rising
29 Cameroon 12.6% 2018 up 30.5% rising
30 Burkina Faso 12.5% 2021 up 973.5% volatile
31 Lesotho 7.8% 2024 up 52.4% rising
32 Benin 5.7% 2021 down 40.5% falling
33 Mozambique 5.5% 2022 up 300.0% volatile
34 Malawi 4.8% 2020 down 25.9% falling
35 Mali 4.2% 2024 down 41.8% rising

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, poorest quintile by country. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/completion-rate-lower-secondary-education-rural-poorest-quintile-male-percent-2/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/completion-rate-lower-secondary-education-rural-poorest-quintile-male-percent-2/">Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, poorest quintile by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, poorest quintile, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
35 places, 395 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release