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Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
95
Highest
99.5%
Georgia
Lowest
2.5%
Niger
Median
74.2%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
2,473

What the numbers show

Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (%) is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 99.5% in Georgia; the lowest is 2.5% in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 74.2%, and the mean is 61.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 40.

Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 413.9%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 37.6%).

Completion rate, upper secondary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 99.5% 2024 up 3.7% rising
2 Korea, Republic of 99.2% 2016 up 5.3% rising
3 Croatia, Republic of 98.2% 2021 up 1.5% flat
4 Slovenia, Republic of 97.6% 2021 up 3.4% flat
5 Mongolia 96.4% 2024 up 33.1% rising
6 Latvia, Republic of 96.1% 2021 up 10.4% rising
7 Kazakhstan, Republic of 95.8% 2024 up 1.0% flat
8 Armenia 95.6% 2023 down 0.7% rising
9 Poland, Republic of 95.4% 2021 up 1.5% flat
10 Lithuania, Republic of 94.8% 2021 up 4.3% flat
11 Chile 94.6% 2022 up 13.8% rising
12 United States 94.0% 2024 up 1.1% flat
13 Greece 93.9% 2021 up 5.6% rising
14 Peru 93.6% 2024 up 13.4% rising
15 France 92.8% 2021 up 7.6% rising
16 Switzerland 92.6% 2021 up 1.7% rising
17 Portugal 92.4% 2021 up 30.1% rising
18 Russian Federation 92.1% 2022 up 5.9% rising
19 Belgium 90.7% 2021 up 8.0% rising
20 Cyprus 90.6% 2021 up 1.9% rising
21 Jamaica 90.0% 2022 up 8.2% rising
22 Finland 89.4% 2021 up 2.7% flat
23 Austria 88.5% 2021 up 2.9% rising
24 Italy 88.2% 2021 up 7.3% rising
25 United Kingdom 87.4% 2019 up 10.2% rising
26 Estonia, Republic of 87.4% 2021 up 0.1% flat
27 Bulgaria 87.3% 2021 up 2.4% flat
28 Kyrgyzstan 86.2% 2023 down 1.1% flat
29 Sweden 86.1% 2021 down 3.2% flat
30 Hungary 85.8% 2021 up 0.3% flat
31 Luxembourg 85.3% 2021 up 4.8% flat
32 Costa Rica 84.4% 2024 up 38.8% rising
33 Romania 83.8% 2021 up 2.3% rising
34 Norway 83.5% 2021 up 5.2% rising
35 Colombia 83.1% 2024 up 13.1% rising
36 Bolivia 82.9% 2023 up 7.3% rising
37 Denmark 82.5% 2021 up 7.5% flat
38 Ecuador 82.3% 2024 up 25.3% rising
39 Germany 81.8% 2021 up 0.3% rising
40 Spain 80.1% 2021 up 18.2% rising
41 Brazil 79.8% 2024 up 18.7% rising
42 Panama 79.4% 2023 up 18.5% rising
43 China, People's Republic of 77.8% 2018 up 81.0% rising
44 Thailand 77.5% 2022 up 32.7% rising
45 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 76.1% 2014 up 36.4% rising
46 Paraguay 75.3% 2024 up 15.8% rising
47 Philippines 74.4% 2022 down 2.2% rising
48 Türkiye, Republic of 74.2% 2022 up 30.5% rising
49 Egypt 73.9% 2022 up 2.8% rising
50 Jordan 72.5% 2023 up 13.0% rising
51 Nigeria 70.0% 2024 up 62.5% rising
52 Dominican Republic 69.4% 2024 up 5.0% rising
53 South Africa 68.4% 2024 up 31.8% rising
54 Guyana 68.3% 2019 up 13.8% rising
55 Mexico 67.8% 2024 up 28.9% rising
56 Viet Nam 64.8% 2021 up 27.2% rising
57 Kenya 64.8% 2024 up 65.8% rising
58 El Salvador 63.2% 2023 up 15.3% rising
59 Uruguay 61.4% 2024 up 46.9% rising
60 Suriname 53.1% 2022 up 91.0% rising
61 India 47.8% 2019 up 42.1% rising
62 Lesotho, Kingdom of 46.1% 2024 up 255.1% rising
63 Honduras 45.4% 2024 up 8.2% rising
64 Ghana 43.9% 2024 up 27.7% volatile
65 Indonesia 43.3% 2022 down 12.3% rising
66 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 37.3% 2023 up 54.0% rising
67 Nepal 34.6% 2021 up 30.1% volatile
68 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 32.4% 2023 up 52.0% rising
69 Gambia 32.1% 2023 up 15.5% rising
70 Bangladesh 29.4% 2022 up 175.3% volatile
71 Cambodia 28.1% 2021 up 81.6% volatile
72 Zambia 27.7% 2024 up 17.5% rising
73 Pakistan 26.9% 2021 up 49.7% rising
74 Guatemala 23.6% 2024 down 30.8% rising
75 Togo 23.2% 2022 up 220.3% volatile
76 Cameroon 20.5% 2018 up 108.7% rising
77 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 20.3% 2022 up 71.0% rising
78 Rwanda 20.3% 2022 up 116.0% volatile
79 Liberia 18.1% 2019 up 242.4% rising
80 Sierra Leone 17.5% 2019 up 162.4% volatile
81 Haiti 16.2% 2017 up 45.8% rising
82 Malawi 15.2% 2020 up 22.4% rising
83 Mozambique, Republic of 14.4% 2022 up 178.0% volatile
84 Senegal 14.4% 2023 up 237.0% volatile
85 Madagascar, Republic of 13.4% 2021 up 134.8% rising
86 Côte d’Ivoire 13.3% 2021 up 19.7% volatile
87 Guinea 11.8% 2018 up 413.9% volatile
88 Zimbabwe 11.7% 2019 up 13.8% rising
89 Burkina Faso 11.5% 2021 up 399.5% volatile
90 Uganda 9.9% 2024 down 37.6% rising
91 Mali 9.4% 2024 up 35.9% rising
92 Benin 9.1% 2022 up 3.0% rising
93 Tanzania 7.6% 2022 up 18.8% rising
94 Chad 2.7% 2019 down 13.3% rising
95 Niger 2.5% 2022 up 173.2% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
134 places, 2,473 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release