Completion rate, upper secondary education, poorest quintile, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
40
Highest
88.0%
United States
Lowest
1.1%
Zimbabwe
Median
23.0%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
431
What the numbers show
Completion rate, upper secondary education, poorest quintile, male (%) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 88.0% in United States; the lowest is 1.1% in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.0%, and the mean is 33.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 78.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 3,745.5%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 51.3%).
Completion rate, upper secondary education, poorest quintile, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 88.0% | 2020 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 2 | Russia | 86.7% | 2022 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 85.5% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 4 | Chile | 85.2% | 2022 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 5 | Peru | 83.7% | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 6 | Bolivia | 71.8% | 2021 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 7 | Turkey | 71.6% | 2022 | up 168.9% | rising |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 64.2% | 2024 | up 118.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Ecuador | 60.4% | 2023 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 10 | Venezuela | 53.5% | 2014 | up 117.5% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 53.0% | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 12 | Brazil | 50.1% | 2023 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Paraguay | 44.7% | 2024 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 14 | Mexico | 42.8% | 2022 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 15 | Panama | 42.6% | 2023 | up 222.7% | rising |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 41.9% | 2023 | up 118.7% | rising |
| 17 | El Salvador | 40.6% | 2023 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 18 | Philippines | 32.2% | 2022 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 19 | Jordan | 23.8% | 2023 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 20 | India | 23.6% | 2019 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 21 | Uruguay | 22.4% | 2023 | up 2,359.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Nigeria | 18.9% | 2021 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 23 | Ghana | 18.7% | 2022 | up 1,733.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Honduras | 17.9% | 2023 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Nepal | 17.3% | 2021 | up 387.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.4% | 2023 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 14.0% | 2022 | up 1,876.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Gambia | 8.1% | 2020 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 29 | Mali | 6.6% | 2018 | up 3,745.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 6.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Benin | 5.8% | 2021 | up 342.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Zambia | 5.4% | 2024 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 33 | Senegal | 4.6% | 2023 | up 275.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Lesotho | 4.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Guatemala | 3.8% | 2015 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Mozambique | 3.3% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Cameroon | 2.6% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 2.2% | 2021 | up 436.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Malawi | 1.7% | 2020 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 1.1% | 2019 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release