Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
49
Highest
98.3%
Chile
Lowest
14.9%
Chad
Median
81.8%
Years covered
26
1999–2024
Data points
486
What the numbers show
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 98.3% in Chile; the lowest is 14.9% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 81.8%, and the mean is 72.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 209.5%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 13.4%).
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 98.3% | 2022 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 2 | United States | 97.0% | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 96.8% | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 4 | Thailand | 96.5% | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 5 | Mongolia | 95.1% | 2018 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 6 | Ecuador | 94.8% | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 6 | Peru | 94.8% | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 94.3% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 9 | Colombia | 93.4% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 93.0% | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 11 | Panama | 91.8% | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 91.6% | 2021 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 13 | Jordan | 89.8% | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 14 | Nigeria | 89.8% | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 15 | Philippines | 89.3% | 2022 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 16 | Paraguay | 89.2% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 17 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 88.1% | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 18 | Ghana | 87.2% | 2022 | up 152.7% | volatile |
| 19 | China | 85.9% | 2020 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 20 | Uruguay | 85.7% | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 21 | Guyana | 84.7% | 2019 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 22 | Türkiye | 84.0% | 2022 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 23 | El Salvador | 82.4% | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 24 | Kenya | 81.9% | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 25 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 81.8% | 2014 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 26 | Mexico | 81.5% | 2022 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 27 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 80.9% | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 28 | India | 79.7% | 2019 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 78.9% | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 30 | Honduras | 76.5% | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 31 | Nepal | 74.4% | 2021 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 32 | Lesotho | 71.8% | 2024 | up 113.4% | rising |
| 33 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 71.6% | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 34 | Zambia | 68.7% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 60.0% | 2022 | up 97.3% | rising |
| 36 | Guatemala | 59.7% | 2015 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 37 | Cameroon | 53.1% | 2018 | up 103.3% | rising |
| 38 | Mozambique | 49.1% | 2022 | up 140.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Gambia | 45.2% | 2020 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 40 | Malawi | 43.3% | 2020 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 41 | Côte d'Ivoire | 42.6% | 2021 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 42 | Togo | 36.7% | 2017 | up 90.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 35.9% | 2021 | up 209.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 35.3% | 2019 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 45 | Senegal | 35.2% | 2023 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 46 | Benin | 34.9% | 2021 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 34.4% | 2019 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 48 | Mali | 31.7% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 49 | Chad | 14.9% | 2019 | down 13.4% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release