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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release