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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
32
Highest
99.4%
Chile
Lowest
5.5%
Mozambique
Median
88.1%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
404

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, middle quintile, female (%) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 99.4% in Chile; the lowest is 5.5% in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 88.1%, and the mean is 74.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 713.6%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 3.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chile 99.4% 2022 up 3.1% flat
2 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 97.8% 2021 up 7.2% rising
3 Panama 97.5% 2023 up 3.4% rising
4 Brazil 97.1% 2023 up 7.4% rising
5 Ecuador 96.5% 2023 up 7.6% rising
6 Peru 95.6% 2023 up 3.9% rising
7 Jordan 95.2% 2023 up 3.6% flat
8 Argentina 95.1% 2023 up 15.1% rising
9 Paraguay 95.0% 2024 up 8.7% rising
10 Costa Rica 94.8% 2024 up 15.6% rising
11 Mexico 94.6% 2022 up 6.1% rising
12 Dominican Republic 94.5% 2023 up 4.0% rising
13 Philippines 92.8% 2022 up 10.1% rising
14 Uruguay 92.6% 2023 up 59.8% rising
15 Colombia 90.7% 2023 up 1.6% rising
16 Egypt 90.4% 2021 up 24.4% rising
17 El Salvador 85.8% 2023 up 2.8% rising
18 India 85.4% 2019 up 4.1% rising
19 Nigeria 77.2% 2021 up 13.5% rising
20 Nepal 73.4% 2021 up 17.6% rising
21 Bangladesh 67.8% 2022 up 91.2% rising
22 Honduras 66.2% 2023 down 3.9% rising
23 Ghana 65.6% 2022 up 22.9% rising
24 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 64.0% 2023 up 22.7% rising
25 Zambia 49.8% 2024 up 26.2% rising
26 Gambia 44.3% 2020 up 3.4% rising
27 Sierra Leone 41.0% 2019 up 713.6% volatile
28 Guatemala 39.6% 2015 up 2.0% flat
29 Cameroon 35.4% 2018 up 69.4% rising
30 Senegal 34.2% 2023 up 111.7% rising
31 Benin 16.3% 2021 up 2.3% rising
32 Mozambique 5.5% 2022 up 186.8% volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, middle quintile, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
32 places, 404 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release