Completion rate, upper secondary education, poorest quintile, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
40
Highest
91.2%
United States
Lowest
0.2%
Mali
Median
26.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
428
What the numbers show
Completion rate, upper secondary education, poorest quintile, female (%) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 91.2% in United States; the lowest is 0.2% in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 26.0%, and the mean is 34.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 373.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Uruguay (up 1,888.8%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 52.0%).
Completion rate, upper secondary education, poorest quintile, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 91.2% | 2020 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 2 | Chile | 90.6% | 2022 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 3 | Russia | 88.8% | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 87.6% | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 5 | Peru | 82.6% | 2023 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 71.1% | 2024 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Ecuador | 67.4% | 2023 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 8 | Venezuela | 66.3% | 2014 | up 95.6% | rising |
| 9 | Colombia | 62.7% | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 10 | Turkey | 61.5% | 2022 | up 197.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Bolivia | 60.7% | 2021 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Brazil | 59.4% | 2023 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 13 | Panama | 50.1% | 2023 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 46.9% | 2023 | up 117.4% | rising |
| 15 | Paraguay | 46.8% | 2024 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 16 | Mexico | 43.9% | 2022 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 17 | Jordan | 42.2% | 2023 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 18 | Philippines | 41.8% | 2022 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 19 | El Salvador | 38.9% | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 20 | Uruguay | 28.4% | 2023 | up 1,888.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Honduras | 23.6% | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Ghana | 19.0% | 2022 | up 1,254.6% | volatile |
| 23 | India | 16.6% | 2019 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Nepal | 14.4% | 2021 | up 870.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Gambia | 13.9% | 2020 | up 620.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Nigeria | 12.7% | 2021 | up 149.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 10.7% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Lesotho | 7.6% | 2024 | up 729.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.3% | 2023 | up 91.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Zambia | 4.1% | 2024 | up 1,035.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Senegal | 2.9% | 2023 | up 928.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 2.4% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Guatemala | 1.8% | 2015 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Malawi | 1.5% | 2020 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 1.4% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Mozambique | 0.9% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Zimbabwe | 0.4% | 2019 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Benin | 0.3% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Cameroon | 0.3% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Mali | 0.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release