Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
39
Highest
98.4%
United States
Lowest
33.1%
Sierra Leone
Median
77.2%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
426
What the numbers show
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, male (%) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 98.4% in United States; the lowest is 33.1% in Sierra Leone.
The median across all reporting countries is 77.2%, and the mean is 72.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 200.8%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 13.3%).
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 98.4% | 2020 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 2 | Chile | 97.5% | 2022 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 96.6% | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 4 | Peru | 95.1% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 5 | Ecuador | 93.6% | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 92.6% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 90.5% | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 8 | Colombia | 90.4% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 9 | Nigeria | 89.9% | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 10 | Ghana | 89.4% | 2022 | up 162.6% | rising |
| 11 | Panama | 88.4% | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 87.6% | 2022 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 13 | Jordan | 86.1% | 2023 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 14 | Bolivia | 85.2% | 2021 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 15 | Paraguay | 84.9% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 16 | Turkey | 82.5% | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 17 | India | 79.7% | 2019 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 18 | Uruguay | 78.4% | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 19 | Venezuela | 77.2% | 2014 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 19 | Mexico | 77.2% | 2022 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 21 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 75.2% | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 22 | El Salvador | 75.0% | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 23 | Zambia | 74.6% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 24 | Nepal | 73.0% | 2021 | up 93.3% | rising |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 70.3% | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 26 | Lesotho | 70.0% | 2024 | up 131.4% | rising |
| 27 | Honduras | 67.8% | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 64.7% | 2022 | up 76.7% | rising |
| 29 | Cameroon | 59.3% | 2018 | up 123.5% | rising |
| 30 | Guatemala | 55.8% | 2015 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 31 | Mozambique | 50.8% | 2022 | up 118.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 49.7% | 2021 | up 200.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Benin | 44.4% | 2021 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 34 | Malawi | 43.4% | 2020 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 43.1% | 2019 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 36 | Gambia | 42.7% | 2020 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 37 | Mali | 38.5% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 38 | Senegal | 37.9% | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 33.1% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release