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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
80
Highest
100.0%
Armenia
Lowest
36.6%
Liberia
Median
90.9%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
961

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male (%) is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Armenia; the lowest is 36.6% in Liberia.

The median across all reporting countries is 90.9%, and the mean is 83.4%.

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

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 119.8%), and the largest decrease in Gambia (down 18.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Armenia 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2021 up 1.6% flat
1 Norway 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Russian Federation 100.0% 2022 up 1.2% flat
5 Mongolia 99.9% 2024 up 5.7% rising
6 Croatia 99.8% 2021 down 0.1% flat
7 Chile 99.5% 2022 up 5.4% rising
8 Kazakhstan 99.5% 2024 down 0.3% flat
9 Slovenia 99.4% 2021 up 1.0% flat
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99.3% 2019 up 0.7% flat
11 Estonia 99.2% 2021 up 0.3% flat
12 Italy 99.2% 2021 up 0.4% flat
13 Lithuania 99.2% 2021 down 0.6% flat
14 Hungary 99.1% 2021 up 0.9% flat
15 Bulgaria 99.0% 2021 up 2.0% flat
16 Switzerland 98.9% 2021 up 1.0% flat
17 Sweden 98.7% 2021 down 0.7% flat
18 Portugal 98.4% 2021 up 11.5% rising
19 Denmark 98.3% 2021 down 1.7% flat
20 Latvia 98.2% 2021 down 0.1% flat
21 Romania 98.0% 2021 down 0.1% flat
22 France 97.8% 2021 up 0.8% flat
23 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 96.8% 2024 up 7.2% rising
24 Spain 96.7% 2021 up 11.2% rising
25 Greece 96.7% 2021 up 0.1% flat
26 Austria 96.5% 2021 down 0.7% flat
27 Belgium 96.4% 2021 up 22.1% rising
28 Peru 95.1% 2023 up 5.5% rising
29 Cyprus 94.9% 2021 up 1.4% flat
30 Luxembourg 94.4% 2021 up 3.3% flat
31 Panama 94.2% 2023 up 16.7% rising
32 Ecuador 93.9% 2024 up 3.8% rising
33 Poland 93.7% 2021 down 4.2% flat
34 China 93.5% 2018 up 5.1% rising
35 Zimbabwe 93.1% 2015 up 9.8% rising
36 South Africa 91.9% 2024 up 1.9% rising
37 Brazil 91.5% 2024 up 14.6% rising
38 Mexico 91.3% 2022 up 5.4% rising
39 Paraguay 91.2% 2024 up 8.7% rising
40 Indonesia 91.2% 2022 up 11.7% rising
41 Germany 90.7% 2021 down 3.8% flat
42 Kenya 90.2% 2024 up 13.0% rising
43 Costa Rica 89.9% 2024 up 34.0% rising
44 Egypt 88.9% 2022 up 4.1% rising
45 India 88.6% 2019 up 6.4% rising
46 Thailand 88.4% 2022 up 5.1% rising
47 Viet Nam 87.8% 2021 up 7.4% rising
48 Argentina 87.7% 2023 up 20.5% rising
49 Uruguay 86.8% 2024 up 40.8% rising
50 Jordan 86.7% 2023 down 3.7% flat
51 Colombia 84.4% 2024 up 10.2% rising
52 Philippines 82.5% 2022 up 20.7% rising
53 Nepal 82.3% 2021 up 5.3% rising
54 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 81.9% 2023 up 6.4% rising
55 El Salvador 81.6% 2023 up 2.8% rising
56 Nigeria 81.2% 2024 up 3.9% rising
57 Dominican Republic 80.2% 2024 up 0.3% rising
58 Ghana 79.6% 2024 up 24.6% rising
59 Zambia 76.9% 2024 down 0.2% rising
60 Lesotho 70.4% 2024 up 119.8% rising
61 Ethiopia 69.6% 2022 up 34.9% rising
62 Guatemala 69.1% 2024 up 8.0% rising
63 Honduras 67.9% 2024 up 23.5% rising
64 Sierra Leone 67.7% 2019 up 51.9% rising
65 Cameroon 67.5% 2018 up 53.4% rising
66 Bangladesh 66.5% 2022 up 14.6% rising
67 Togo 65.6% 2022 up 22.6% rising
68 Cambodia 63.3% 2021 up 4.6% rising
69 Mali 55.4% 2024 up 14.9% rising
70 Guinea 53.5% 2018 up 42.5% rising
71 Mozambique 52.3% 2022 up 61.3% volatile
72 Malawi 52.1% 2020 down 6.9% rising
73 Gambia 50.7% 2023 down 18.4% falling
74 Haiti 49.3% 2017 up 3.8% rising
75 Uganda 49.1% 2016 up 55.7% rising
76 Tanzania, United Republic of 47.4% 2022 up 6.0% rising
77 Rwanda 45.6% 2022 up 38.0% rising
78 Benin 43.7% 2022 down 16.0% rising
79 Senegal 39.2% 2023 up 10.3% rising
80 Liberia 36.6% 2019 up 49.2% rising

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Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male (%)
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