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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
36
Highest
99.8%
Chile
Lowest
31.4%
Malawi
Median
88.7%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
425

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, fourth quintile, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 99.8% in Chile; the lowest is 31.4% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 88.7%, and the mean is 78.2%.

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

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 558.9%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 3.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chile 99.8% 2022 up 2.0% flat
2 Ecuador 97.9% 2023 up 6.5% rising
3 Peru 97.8% 2023 up 2.6% rising
4 Panama 97.5% 2023 up 5.6% rising
5 Jordan 97.2% 2023 up 3.8% rising
6 Mexico 96.6% 2022 up 6.4% rising
7 Paraguay 96.4% 2024 up 9.7% rising
8 Brazil 96.3% 2023 up 6.5% rising
9 Uruguay 96.1% 2023 up 18.5% rising
9 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 96.1% 2021 up 7.0% rising
11 Costa Rica 95.7% 2024 up 11.8% rising
12 Colombia 93.9% 2023 up 4.6% rising
13 Argentina 93.8% 2023 up 5.6% rising
14 Dominican Republic 93.1% 2023 up 1.8% rising
15 Egypt 92.6% 2021 up 10.9% rising
16 Philippines 91.5% 2022 up 10.0% rising
17 India 90.6% 2019 up 7.5% rising
18 El Salvador 89.9% 2023 down 0.3% rising
19 Nigeria 87.6% 2021 up 3.0% rising
20 Nepal 86.3% 2021 up 29.2% rising
21 Lesotho 79.4% 2024 up 189.5% rising
22 Ghana 78.5% 2022 up 33.2% rising
23 Democratic Republic of Congo 74.9% 2023 up 15.2% rising
24 Zambia 73.7% 2024 up 18.0% rising
25 Honduras 71.8% 2023 up 4.5% rising
26 Bangladesh 69.1% 2022 up 38.3% rising
27 Guatemala 66.1% 2015 up 13.0% flat
28 Cameroon 60.7% 2018 up 94.7% rising
29 Gambia 58.4% 2020 up 20.8% rising
30 Sierra Leone 58.2% 2019 up 103.2% rising
31 Burkina Faso 50.2% 2021 up 558.9% volatile
32 Mozambique 42.4% 2022 up 215.1% volatile
33 Mali 41.0% 2024 up 65.3% rising
34 Senegal 36.3% 2023 up 10.8% rising
35 Benin 35.0% 2021 down 3.0% rising
36 Malawi 31.4% 2020 down 0.9% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, fourth quintile, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
36 places, 425 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release