Completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: World
SDG: World: Completion rate, upper secondary education, male was 60.3% in 2025. β² Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: World, 1990β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: World stood at 60.3%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: World peaked at 60.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 33.2%, in 1990.
SDG: World ranks 15th of 39 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.1% | 33.2% | 38.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.6% | 38.8% | 45.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.0% | 47.1% | 56.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.8% | 57.2% | 60.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: World
More education data for SDG: World
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.8% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 314.66 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 337.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 206.57 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 34.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 404.43 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 213.09 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 199.67 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: World?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, male in SDG: World was 60.3% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, male recorded in SDG: World?
- The highest recorded value was 60.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, male recorded in SDG: World?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.2% in 1990.
- How does SDG: World rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, male?
- SDG: World ranks 15th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, male rising or falling in SDG: World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: World data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release