Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
164
Highest
99.5%
South Korea
Lowest
2.8%
South Sudan
Median
59.7%
Years covered
45
1981–2025
Data points
7,240
What the numbers show
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 99.5% in South Korea; the lowest is 2.8% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 59.7%, and the mean is 56.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 35.
Over the past decade 153 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 161.8%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 1.9%).
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 98.8% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 98.0% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Croatia | 97.9% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 96.9% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 6 | Ukraine | 96.2% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 7 | Qatar | 94.9% | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 94.2% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 9 | Ireland | 94.2% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 10 | Belarus | 93.8% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 11 | Greece | 93.7% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 93.6% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 13 | Slovakia | 93.1% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 14 | Barbados | 93.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 15 | United States | 92.5% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 16 | Armenia | 92.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 17 | Switzerland | 91.8% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 18 | Tajikistan | 91.6% | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 19 | Georgia | 91.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Slovenia | 90.8% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 21 | Moldova | 90.8% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 22 | Cyprus | 90.6% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 23 | Lithuania | 90.0% | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 24 | Jamaica | 89.9% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 25 | Russia | 89.8% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 26 | Israel | 89.8% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 27 | Poland | 89.7% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 28 | Czechia | 89.5% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 29 | Saint Lucia | 88.7% | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 88.6% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 31 | Finland | 88.5% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 32 | Sweden | 87.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 33 | Mongolia | 86.8% | 2025 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 86.8% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 35 | Albania | 86.4% | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 36 | Australia | 86.3% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 37 | Peru | 86.3% | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 38 | Montenegro | 86.1% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 39 | Egypt | 85.5% | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 40 | Canada | 85.4% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 41 | Italy | 85.1% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 42 | France | 85.0% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 43 | Hungary | 84.9% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 84.8% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 45 | Chile | 84.6% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 46 | Austria | 83.2% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 47 | Latvia | 83.0% | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 48 | Romania | 82.6% | 2025 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 49 | Belgium | 82.2% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 50 | Estonia | 81.8% | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 51 | China | 81.7% | 2025 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Bolivia | 80.5% | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 53 | Trinidad and Tobago | 79.4% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 54 | Tonga | 79.2% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 55 | Portugal | 78.7% | 2025 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 56 | Germany | 78.6% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 57 | Malta | 78.4% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 77.8% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 59 | Serbia | 77.7% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 60 | Norway | 77.1% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 61 | Netherlands | 75.3% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 62 | Turkey | 75.3% | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 63 | Ecuador | 73.8% | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 64 | Bhutan | 72.5% | 2025 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Denmark | 71.3% | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 66 | Cuba | 70.5% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 67 | Indonesia | 69.3% | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 68 | Spain | 68.7% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 69 | Iran | 68.4% | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 70 | Brazil | 67.8% | 2025 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 71 | India | 66.1% | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 72 | Philippines | 65.6% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 73 | Thailand | 65.1% | 2025 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 74 | Iraq | 64.6% | 2025 | up 114.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Paraguay | 64.6% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 76 | Colombia | 64.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 77 | Jordan | 64.2% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 78 | Nigeria | 62.5% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 79 | Guyana | 61.9% | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 80 | Palestine | 61.7% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 81 | Argentina | 61.6% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 60.5% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 83 | Mexico | 58.9% | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 84 | Panama | 58.0% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 85 | Iceland | 57.9% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 86 | Botswana | 57.6% | 2025 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 56.1% | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 88 | Malaysia | 53.9% | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 89 | Fiji | 53.1% | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 52.7% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 91 | Mauritius | 52.6% | 2025 | up 85.0% | volatile |
| 92 | East Timor | 51.4% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 93 | Samoa | 50.8% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 94 | Ghana | 49.6% | 2025 | up 104.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Sao Tome and Principe | 49.2% | 2025 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 96 | South Africa | 48.5% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 97 | Tuvalu | 47.3% | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 98 | Vietnam | 46.1% | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 99 | Nauru | 45.7% | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 100 | Nepal | 44.4% | 2025 | up 161.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Afghanistan | 44.4% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Honduras | 42.7% | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 103 | Yemen | 42.1% | 2025 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 104 | Kenya | 41.0% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 105 | Guatemala | 40.2% | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 106 | Bangladesh | 38.7% | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 107 | Pakistan | 37.9% | 2025 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 108 | Uruguay | 36.7% | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 109 | Tunisia | 36.2% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 110 | Laos | 35.3% | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 111 | Venezuela | 35.1% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 112 | Algeria | 35.1% | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 113 | Congo | 34.7% | 2025 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 114 | Eswatini | 34.6% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 33.5% | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 116 | Sudan | 33.3% | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 117 | Namibia | 32.8% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 118 | El Salvador | 32.2% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 119 | Maldives | 32.2% | 2025 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 120 | Gambia | 31.9% | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 121 | Syria | 31.4% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 122 | Djibouti | 30.5% | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 123 | Guinea | 30.2% | 2025 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Togo | 28.3% | 2025 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Zambia | 27.6% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 126 | Comoros | 27.0% | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 127 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 26.5% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 128 | Morocco | 26.5% | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 129 | Suriname | 25.6% | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 130 | Angola | 25.1% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 131 | Mauritania | 24.5% | 2025 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 132 | Benin | 24.1% | 2025 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 133 | Cambodia | 23.6% | 2025 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 134 | Lesotho | 22.9% | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 135 | Cameroon | 22.0% | 2025 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 136 | Rwanda | 21.2% | 2025 | up 62.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 20.8% | 2025 | up 105.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20.5% | 2025 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 139 | Myanmar | 19.9% | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 140 | Malawi | 17.6% | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 141 | Gabon | 17.5% | 2025 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 142 | Haiti | 17.3% | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 143 | Senegal | 16.9% | 2025 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 144 | Uganda | 16.6% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 145 | Sierra Leone | 16.4% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 146 | Kiribati | 15.2% | 2025 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.2% | 2025 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 14.9% | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 149 | Liberia | 14.7% | 2025 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 150 | Belize | 14.5% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 151 | Madagascar | 14.5% | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 152 | Somalia | 14.4% | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 153 | Mali | 14.4% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 154 | Ethiopia | 12.8% | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 12.1% | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.0% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 157 | Mozambique | 10.6% | 2025 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 158 | Zimbabwe | 10.0% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 159 | Tanzania | 9.8% | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 160 | Burundi | 9.6% | 2025 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Chad | 9.6% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 162 | Niger | 6.5% | 2025 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 5.9% | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 164 | South Sudan | 2.8% | 2025 | up 32.8% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release