Completion rate, upper secondary education, middle quintile, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
39
Highest
95.6%
Chile
Lowest
1.8%
Benin
Median
50.2%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
426
What the numbers show
Completion rate, upper secondary education, middle quintile, female (%) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 95.6% in Chile; the lowest is 1.8% in Benin.
The median across all reporting countries is 50.2%, and the mean is 48.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 52.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 1,602.1%), and the largest decrease in Philippines (down 9.1%).
Completion rate, upper secondary education, middle quintile, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 95.6% | 2022 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 2 | United States of America | 94.6% | 2020 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 3 | Peru | 90.7% | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 85.4% | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 5 | Panama | 84.5% | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 82.4% | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 81.8% | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 79.8% | 2021 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 9 | Ecuador | 79.6% | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 79.4% | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 78.5% | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 12 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 77.6% | 2014 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 13 | Paraguay | 76.6% | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 14 | Türkiye | 75.7% | 2022 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 15 | Philippines | 75.0% | 2022 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 16 | Jordan | 73.6% | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 17 | Uruguay | 66.7% | 2023 | up 142.5% | rising |
| 18 | Mexico | 65.8% | 2022 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 19 | El Salvador | 61.9% | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 20 | Nigeria | 50.2% | 2021 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 21 | India | 47.4% | 2019 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Honduras | 47.0% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 23 | Lesotho | 39.6% | 2024 | up 747.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Ghana | 32.3% | 2022 | up 1,602.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Nepal | 25.9% | 2021 | up 345.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 25.6% | 2022 | up 184.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Gambia | 23.6% | 2020 | up 79.6% | rising |
| 28 | Guatemala | 18.3% | 2015 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 29 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 17.5% | 2023 | up 198.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Zambia | 14.8% | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Senegal | 11.8% | 2023 | up 466.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Malawi | 9.6% | 2020 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 8.9% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Cameroon | 7.8% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 6.1% | 2019 | up 114.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 5.7% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Mozambique | 3.3% | 2022 | up 405.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Mali | 1.9% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Benin | 1.8% | 2021 | up 63.6% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release