Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
39
Highest
99.5%
Chile
Lowest
25.3%
Burkina Faso
Median
86.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
425
What the numbers show
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female (%) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 99.5% in Chile; the lowest is 25.3% in Burkina Faso.
The median across all reporting countries is 86.4%, and the mean is 73.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 230.9%), and the largest decrease in United States of America (down 2.0%).
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 99.5% | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 2 | Colombia | 97.0% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 97.0% | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 4 | Ecuador | 96.2% | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 96.0% | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 95.9% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 7 | United States of America | 95.6% | 2020 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 8 | Panama | 95.3% | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 9 | Peru | 94.5% | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 10 | Jordan | 93.7% | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 11 | Paraguay | 93.7% | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 93.6% | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 13 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 91.1% | 2021 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 90.9% | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 89.7% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 16 | Nigeria | 89.6% | 2021 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 17 | El Salvador | 89.4% | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 18 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 88.4% | 2014 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 19 | Mexico | 86.5% | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 20 | Türkiye | 86.4% | 2022 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 21 | Ghana | 85.5% | 2022 | up 145.3% | rising |
| 22 | Honduras | 83.8% | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 23 | India | 79.7% | 2019 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 24 | Nepal | 75.4% | 2021 | up 73.8% | rising |
| 25 | Lesotho | 73.0% | 2024 | up 99.5% | rising |
| 26 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 68.8% | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 27 | Zambia | 64.4% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 28 | Guatemala | 62.7% | 2015 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 56.9% | 2022 | up 115.7% | rising |
| 30 | Cameroon | 47.8% | 2018 | up 85.3% | rising |
| 31 | Gambia | 47.6% | 2020 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 32 | Mozambique | 47.2% | 2022 | up 163.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Malawi | 43.3% | 2020 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 36.8% | 2019 | up 85.6% | rising |
| 35 | Senegal | 33.1% | 2023 | up 153.7% | rising |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 28.3% | 2019 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 37 | Benin | 26.6% | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 38 | Mali | 25.5% | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 25.3% | 2021 | up 230.9% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release