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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
36
Highest
100.0%
Panama
Lowest
48.0%
Benin
Median
95.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
425

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile, female (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Panama; the lowest is 48.0% in Benin.

The median across all reporting countries is 95.4%, and the mean is 87.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 197.8%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 1.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Panama 100.0% 2023 up 4.6% rising
1 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 100.0% 2021 up 5.7% rising
3 Ecuador 99.7% 2023 up 2.0% rising
4 Uruguay 99.3% 2023 up 4.3% rising
5 Brazil 99.2% 2023 up 1.4% rising
6 Peru 98.9% 2023 up 2.8% rising
7 Egypt 98.8% 2021 up 3.6% rising
8 Colombia 98.7% 2023 up 2.8% rising
9 Chile 98.6% 2022 down 1.1% flat
10 Costa Rica 98.4% 2024 up 6.6% rising
11 Mexico 98.0% 2022 up 1.3% rising
12 Jordan 97.9% 2023 down 1.9% flat
13 Philippines 97.2% 2022 up 6.0% rising
14 Paraguay 97.0% 2024 up 2.1% rising
15 Dominican Republic 96.8% 2023 down 1.1% rising
16 India 96.8% 2019 up 2.1% rising
17 Argentina 96.5% 2023 down 1.3% flat
18 Nepal 95.4% 2021 up 11.4% rising
19 El Salvador 95.4% 2023 up 1.1% rising
20 Honduras 94.8% 2023 up 20.0% rising
21 Nigeria 93.4% 2021 up 5.0% rising
22 Bangladesh 90.4% 2022 up 26.5% rising
23 Ghana 89.2% 2022 up 27.6% rising
24 Zambia 88.5% 2024 up 7.1% rising
25 Democratic Republic of Congo 87.9% 2023 up 3.0% rising
26 Cameroon 85.5% 2018 up 59.0% rising
27 Guatemala 83.9% 2015 up 9.6% rising
28 Lesotho 82.9% 2024 up 29.4% rising
29 Sierra Leone 75.3% 2019 up 65.6% rising
30 Malawi 70.6% 2020 up 1.1% rising
31 Mozambique 70.3% 2022 up 82.3% volatile
32 Gambia 69.6% 2020 up 9.9% rising
33 Senegal 60.0% 2023 up 100.5% rising
34 Burkina Faso 53.1% 2021 up 197.8% volatile
35 Mali 52.5% 2024 up 35.0% rising
36 Benin 48.0% 2021 up 1.5% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile, female (%)
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