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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
80
Highest
100.0%
Latvia
Lowest
36.3%
Benin
Median
93.5%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
961

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, female (%) is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Latvia; the lowest is 36.3% in Benin.

The median across all reporting countries is 93.5%, and the mean is 84.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 162.9%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 6.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Latvia 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Norway 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Russian Federation 100.0% 2022 up 0.5% flat
1 Estonia 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
5 Armenia 99.9% 2023 up 0.1% flat
6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99.7% 2019 up 0.7% flat
7 Italy 99.5% 2021 up 0.5% flat
8 Portugal 99.5% 2021 up 7.5% rising
9 Croatia 99.4% 2021 up 2.1% flat
10 Hungary 99.3% 2021 up 0.5% flat
11 Lithuania 99.3% 2021 up 0.3% flat
12 Chile 99.2% 2022 up 2.0% flat
12 Denmark 99.2% 2021 down 0.8% flat
14 Kazakhstan 99.2% 2024 down 0.6% flat
15 France 99.1% 2021 up 0.4% flat
16 Slovenia 99.1% 2021 down 0.0% flat
17 Sweden 99.1% 2021 down 0.0% flat
18 Finland 99.0% 2021 down 1.0% flat
19 Mongolia 99.0% 2024 up 2.9% rising
20 Switzerland 98.8% 2021 up 0.2% flat
21 Greece 98.6% 2021 up 0.7% flat
22 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 98.5% 2024 up 6.2% rising
23 Spain 98.1% 2021 up 8.1% rising
24 Bulgaria 98.0% 2021 up 2.9% flat
25 Romania 97.9% 2021 down 1.2% flat
26 Luxembourg 97.8% 2021 up 6.5% flat
27 Austria 97.4% 2021 down 0.5% flat
28 Cyprus 96.5% 2021 down 2.1% flat
29 Peru 96.4% 2023 up 6.1% rising
30 China 96.3% 2018 up 3.2% flat
31 South Africa 96.1% 2024 up 5.0% rising
32 Ecuador 95.2% 2024 up 6.5% rising
33 Belgium 95.2% 2021 up 14.3% rising
34 Brazil 94.2% 2024 up 7.7% rising
35 Panama 94.1% 2023 up 5.4% rising
36 Kenya 94.1% 2024 up 10.7% rising
37 Poland 94.0% 2021 down 4.9% flat
38 Mexico 94.0% 2022 up 6.1% rising
39 Paraguay 93.9% 2024 up 10.7% rising
40 Indonesia 93.6% 2022 up 5.3% rising
41 Colombia 93.3% 2024 up 9.0% rising
42 Costa Rica 93.2% 2024 up 25.9% rising
43 Thailand 92.9% 2022 up 2.3% rising
44 Viet Nam 92.9% 2021 up 4.2% rising
45 Germany 92.5% 2021 down 5.3% flat
46 Egypt 92.2% 2022 up 5.8% rising
47 Zimbabwe 92.1% 2015 up 14.4% rising
48 Argentina 91.2% 2023 up 12.3% rising
49 Philippines 91.1% 2022 up 7.3% rising
50 Dominican Republic 90.1% 2024 down 0.3% rising
51 India 90.1% 2019 up 7.0% rising
52 Uruguay 89.9% 2024 up 21.5% rising
53 Jordan 89.5% 2023 down 6.1% flat
54 El Salvador 85.8% 2023 up 4.6% rising
55 Nigeria 82.1% 2024 up 14.5% rising
56 Ghana 80.1% 2024 up 29.5% rising
57 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 80.1% 2023 up 7.3% rising
58 Nepal 79.2% 2021 up 3.0% rising
59 Lesotho 76.1% 2024 up 57.4% rising
60 Bangladesh 75.9% 2022 up 30.4% rising
61 Zambia 74.3% 2024 up 9.3% rising
62 Honduras 70.9% 2024 down 0.8% rising
63 Guatemala 68.6% 2024 up 9.1% rising
64 Ethiopia 66.5% 2022 up 65.6% rising
65 Cambodia 64.9% 2021 up 25.3% rising
66 Gambia 62.6% 2023 down 4.8% rising
67 Sierra Leone 62.2% 2019 up 74.7% rising
68 Cameroon 60.5% 2018 up 55.1% rising
69 Malawi 58.8% 2020 up 9.0% rising
70 Togo 56.6% 2022 up 86.2% rising
71 Haiti 51.8% 2017 up 33.2% rising
72 Mozambique 50.8% 2022 up 106.9% volatile
73 Rwanda 46.3% 2022 up 44.9% rising
74 Uganda 45.8% 2016 up 18.7% rising
75 Senegal 45.5% 2023 up 67.9% rising
76 Mali 44.9% 2024 up 33.6% rising
77 Tanzania, United Republic of 42.7% 2022 up 19.5% rising
78 Guinea 41.8% 2018 up 162.9% rising
79 Liberia 37.3% 2019 up 89.9% rising
80 Benin 36.3% 2022 up 10.5% rising

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Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
80 places, 961 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release