Completion rate, upper secondary education, middle quintile, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
50
Highest
93.7%
United States of America
Lowest
0.6%
Chad
Median
54.6%
Years covered
26
1999–2024
Data points
492
What the numbers show
Completion rate, upper secondary education, middle quintile, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 93.7% in United States of America; the lowest is 0.6% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 54.6%, and the mean is 48.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 165.
Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 16,555.4%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 52.2%).
Completion rate, upper secondary education, middle quintile, both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 93.7% | 2020 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 2 | Chile | 93.3% | 2022 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 90.1% | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 4 | Peru | 89.7% | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 5 | China | 87.7% | 2020 | up 111.1% | rising |
| 6 | Mongolia | 84.6% | 2018 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 82.2% | 2024 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 80.7% | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 79.6% | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 10 | Panama | 78.3% | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 11 | Ecuador | 77.0% | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 12 | Thailand | 75.8% | 2022 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 13 | Colombia | 75.5% | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 75.2% | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 15 | Türkiye | 71.5% | 2022 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 16 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 70.5% | 2014 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 17 | Paraguay | 69.9% | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 18 | Philippines | 67.6% | 2022 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 65.5% | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 20 | Guyana | 65.1% | 2019 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 64.2% | 2021 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 22 | Mexico | 63.7% | 2022 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 23 | Jordan | 61.0% | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 24 | El Salvador | 58.0% | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 25 | Nigeria | 55.8% | 2021 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 26 | Kenya | 53.3% | 2022 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 27 | Uruguay | 52.7% | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 28 | India | 51.0% | 2019 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 29 | Honduras | 42.3% | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 30 | Ghana | 40.7% | 2022 | up 726.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 34.9% | 2023 | up 174.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Lesotho | 33.2% | 2024 | up 736.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 27.3% | 2022 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Nepal | 26.1% | 2021 | up 252.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Gambia | 21.8% | 2020 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 36 | Guatemala | 20.4% | 2015 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 37 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 20.0% | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 38 | Zambia | 18.7% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 39 | Togo | 17.7% | 2017 | up 572.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 11.5% | 2019 | up 16,555.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Cameroon | 10.4% | 2018 | up 344.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Senegal | 10.3% | 2023 | up 249.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.7% | 2021 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 8.2% | 2021 | up 1,906.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Malawi | 8.2% | 2020 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 6.4% | 2019 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 47 | Mozambique | 5.1% | 2022 | up 474.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Benin | 4.8% | 2021 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 49 | Mali | 3.0% | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Chad | 0.6% | 2019 | down 52.2% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release