Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
164
Highest
99.3%
Korea
Lowest
2.1%
South Sudan, Republic of
Median
64.9%
Years covered
45
1981–2025
Data points
7,240

What the numbers show

Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 99.3% in Korea; the lowest is 2.1% in South Sudan, Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 64.9%, and the mean is 58.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 47.

Over the past decade 158 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 175.1%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 2.7%).

Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Korea 99.3% 2025 up 0.5% flat
2 Uzbekistan, Republic of 99.0% 2025 up 7.9% rising
3 Croatia 98.2% 2025 up 2.6% rising
4 Kazakhstan, Republic of 97.9% 2025 up 1.8% rising
5 Ukraine 97.2% 2025 up 2.5% rising
6 Azerbaijan, Republic of 95.9% 2025 up 7.1% rising
7 Barbados 95.7% 2025 up 2.1% rising
8 Turkmenistan 95.4% 2025 up 1.0% flat
9 Greece 95.2% 2025 up 4.5% rising
10 Ireland 95.1% 2025 up 3.5% rising
11 Belarus, Republic of 94.5% 2025 up 3.5% rising
12 Armenia, Republic of 94.4% 2025 up 1.1% flat
13 St. Lucia 94.2% 2025 up 11.2% rising
14 United States 93.5% 2025 up 1.1% rising
15 Kyrgyz Republic 93.4% 2025 up 2.3% rising
16 Slovak Republic 93.3% 2025 up 0.6% flat
17 Cyprus 93.3% 2025 up 2.7% rising
18 Israel 93.2% 2025 up 3.1% rising
18 Slovenia 93.2% 2025 up 2.9% rising
20 Switzerland 93.0% 2025 up 1.6% rising
21 Moldova, Republic of 92.8% 2025 up 1.8% rising
22 Georgia 92.5% 2025 up 0.6% flat
23 Lithuania 92.3% 2025 up 2.2% flat
24 Qatar 92.1% 2025 up 14.6% rising
25 Jamaica 92.0% 2025 up 5.4% rising
26 Poland 91.8% 2025 up 1.0% flat
27 Russia 91.4% 2025 up 1.7% rising
28 Czechia 90.4% 2025 up 0.1% flat
29 United Kingdom 90.3% 2025 up 2.0% rising
30 Mongolia 90.3% 2025 up 30.7% rising
31 China (People’s Republic of) 89.8% 2025 up 34.2% volatile
32 Finland 89.8% 2025 up 2.0% rising
33 Australia 89.1% 2025 up 4.0% rising
34 Sweden 89.1% 2025 up 0.8% flat
35 Montenegro 89.0% 2025 up 6.1% rising
36 Albania 88.9% 2025 up 18.0% rising
37 Canada 88.4% 2025 up 2.4% rising
38 Egypt, Arab Republic of 88.2% 2025 up 10.0% rising
39 France 87.6% 2025 up 4.6% rising
40 Latvia 87.5% 2025 up 4.0% flat
41 Italy 87.5% 2025 up 8.0% rising
42 Bulgaria 87.2% 2025 up 3.2% rising
43 Chile 86.9% 2025 up 6.1% rising
44 Peru 86.7% 2025 up 11.9% rising
45 Belgium 86.3% 2025 up 4.3% rising
46 Hungary 86.3% 2025 up 2.7% rising
46 North Macedonia, Republic of 86.3% 2025 up 11.8% rising
48 Tonga 86.2% 2025 up 5.6% rising
49 Austria 86.1% 2025 up 1.4% rising
50 Estonia 85.9% 2025 up 2.5% falling
51 Tajikistan, Republic of 85.2% 2025 up 21.2% rising
52 Trinidad and Tobago 84.8% 2025 up 1.6% rising
53 Malta 84.0% 2025 up 14.0% rising
54 Portugal 83.1% 2025 up 17.6% rising
55 Serbia, Republic of 82.8% 2025 up 10.2% rising
56 Bolivia 82.5% 2025 up 19.7% rising
57 Romania 81.9% 2025 up 3.7% flat
58 Luxembourg 81.7% 2025 up 5.2% rising
59 Germany 81.0% 2025 up 2.8% flat
60 Norway 80.8% 2025 up 4.0% flat
61 Netherlands 80.0% 2025 up 4.2% rising
62 Türkiye 78.1% 2025 up 23.2% rising
63 Ecuador 77.7% 2025 up 16.4% rising
64 Bhutan 76.8% 2025 up 30.7% volatile
65 Denmark 76.7% 2025 up 3.1% flat
66 Palestine, State of 76.1% 2025 up 19.3% rising
67 Iran, Islamic Republic of 75.5% 2025 up 17.9% rising
68 Spain 74.8% 2025 up 7.0% rising
69 Cuba 74.1% 2025 up 0.1% rising
70 Philippines 73.5% 2025 up 6.2% rising
71 Indonesia 72.8% 2025 up 21.8% rising
72 Thailand 72.7% 2025 up 22.2% rising
73 Brazil 72.2% 2025 up 20.5% rising
74 Guyana 70.7% 2025 up 17.8% rising
75 Jordan 70.1% 2025 up 13.8% rising
76 Paraguay 68.7% 2025 up 11.4% rising
77 Argentina 68.5% 2025 up 7.2% rising
78 Colombia 67.1% 2025 down 1.3% rising
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 66.5% 2025 up 9.8% rising
80 Iceland 66.4% 2025 up 3.1% flat
81 Botswana 65.4% 2025 up 23.6% rising
82 India 65.0% 2025 up 31.7% rising
83 Dominican Republic 64.7% 2025 up 16.3% rising
84 Panama 64.2% 2025 up 8.9% rising
85 Malaysia 63.3% 2025 up 27.6% rising
86 Mexico 61.6% 2025 up 19.0% rising
87 Samoa 61.2% 2025 up 15.3% rising
88 Fiji, Republic of 59.0% 2025 up 35.9% volatile
89 Costa Rica 58.0% 2025 up 12.3% rising
90 Nigeria 57.8% 2025 up 10.4% rising
91 Tuvalu 57.4% 2025 up 21.5% rising
92 Iraq 57.1% 2025 up 91.8% volatile
93 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 56.7% 2025 up 14.0% rising
94 Mauritius 56.0% 2025 up 86.0% volatile
95 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 55.1% 2025 up 77.0% volatile
96 South Africa 54.1% 2025 up 13.2% rising
97 Vietnam 52.0% 2025 up 28.3% rising
98 Algeria 50.7% 2025 up 36.2% volatile
99 Naoero, Republic of 49.4% 2025 up 22.4% rising
100 Tunisia 48.5% 2025 volatile
101 Honduras 48.1% 2025 up 20.0% rising
102 Ghana 47.2% 2025 up 101.3% volatile
103 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 44.5% 2025 up 12.0% rising
104 Uruguay 42.6% 2025 up 10.4% rising
105 Nepal 42.5% 2025 up 175.1% volatile
106 Kenya 41.6% 2025 up 12.9% rising
107 Guatemala 40.8% 2025 up 23.0% rising
108 Maldives 40.5% 2025 up 49.6% volatile
109 Yemen, Republic of 39.9% 2025 up 30.4% rising
110 Nicaragua 39.5% 2025 up 15.8% rising
111 Pakistan 39.0% 2025 up 71.1% volatile
112 Bangladesh 38.9% 2025 up 75.3% volatile
113 Eswatini, Kingdom of 37.7% 2025 rising
114 Namibia 37.6% 2025 up 16.9% rising
115 Syrian Arab Republic 36.8% 2025 up 11.6% rising
116 Lao People's Democratic Republic 36.4% 2025 up 23.9% rising
117 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 36.3% 2025 volatile
118 El Salvador 36.1% 2025 up 5.3% rising
119 Comoros, Union of the 35.9% 2025 up 46.4% volatile
120 Djibouti 35.1% 2025 up 38.5% volatile
121 Suriname 34.5% 2025 up 18.3% rising
122 Gambia, The 34.0% 2025 up 24.4% rising
123 Sudan 33.6% 2025 up 22.1% rising
124 Congo, Republic of 32.0% 2025 up 36.6% rising
125 Lesotho, Kingdom of 28.4% 2025 up 25.3% rising
126 Zambia 28.0% 2025 up 11.9% rising
127 Morocco 27.0% 2025 up 16.5% rising
128 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 26.4% 2025 up 29.6% rising
129 Cambodia 25.6% 2025 up 45.7% volatile
130 Guinea 25.0% 2025 up 37.1% volatile
131 Angola 24.4% 2025 up 24.1% rising
132 Myanmar 24.4% 2025 up 22.5% rising
133 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 22.9% 2025 up 59.0% volatile
134 Gabon 22.8% 2025 up 28.4% rising
135 Rwanda 22.7% 2025 up 76.7% volatile
136 Cameroon 22.7% 2025 up 31.9% rising
137 Togo 22.1% 2025 up 53.2% volatile
138 Kiribati 21.4% 2025 up 55.4% volatile
139 Belize 19.4% 2025 rising
140 Haiti 18.5% 2025 up 41.7% volatile
141 Benin 18.3% 2025 up 45.5% volatile
142 Malawi 18.1% 2025 up 35.6% rising
143 Uganda 17.8% 2025 up 11.3% rising
144 Côte d'Ivoire 16.9% 2025 up 43.4% rising
145 Senegal 16.2% 2025 up 75.9% volatile
146 Burkina Faso 16.0% 2025 up 111.9% volatile
147 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 15.4% 2025 up 29.9% rising
148 Madagascar, Republic of 14.6% 2025 up 30.0% rising
149 Liberia 14.2% 2025 up 18.1% rising
150 Papua New Guinea 14.2% 2025 up 23.3% rising
151 Sierra Leone 13.3% 2025 up 4.9% rising
152 Guinea-Bissau 12.7% 2025 up 35.9% rising
153 Vanuatu 11.3% 2025 up 20.3% rising
154 Mali 11.3% 2025 up 9.6% rising
155 Burundi 10.2% 2025 up 45.3% volatile
156 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 9.0% 2025 up 20.4% rising
157 Somalia 8.8% 2025 up 18.5% rising
158 Tanzania, United Republic of 8.7% 2025 up 19.8% rising
159 Mozambique, Republic of 8.7% 2025 up 72.7% volatile
160 Zimbabwe 8.2% 2025 down 2.7% falling
161 Chad 6.6% 2025 up 9.8% rising
162 Central African Republic 5.5% 2025 up 21.2% rising
163 Niger 5.0% 2025 up 51.4% rising
164 South Sudan, Republic of 2.1% 2025 up 38.3% rising

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Indicator
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
164 places, 7,240 data points, 1981–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release