Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, richest quintile, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
27
Highest
94.5%
Chile
Lowest
15.1%
Burkina Faso
Median
68.3%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
343

What the numbers show

Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, richest quintile, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 94.5% in Chile; the lowest is 15.1% in Burkina Faso.

The median across all reporting countries is 68.3%, and the mean is 63.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 189.8%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 46.1%).

Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, richest quintile: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chile 94.5% 2022 up 16.0% rising
2 Philippines 91.9% 2022 up 2.2% rising
3 Peru 91.5% 2023 up 16.6% rising
4 Costa Rica 89.8% 2023 up 42.8% rising
5 Ecuador 87.6% 2023 up 45.8% rising
6 Panama 83.4% 2023 up 39.9% rising
7 Nigeria 80.4% 2021 up 5.0% rising
8 India 80.0% 2019 up 52.0% rising
9 Brazil 77.7% 2023 up 20.5% rising
10 Paraguay 71.3% 2024 up 40.1% rising
11 Dominican Republic 71.2% 2023 down 13.1% rising
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 68.8% 2021 up 45.8% rising
13 Lesotho 68.4% 2024 up 189.8% rising
14 Colombia 68.3% 2023 up 23.1% rising
15 Uruguay 66.0% 2023 up 27.7% rising
16 Zambia 64.6% 2024 down 10.3% rising
17 El Salvador 62.2% 2023 up 13.7% rising
18 Mexico 61.8% 2022 up 40.1% rising
19 Bangladesh 57.4% 2022 up 126.7% rising
20 Guatemala 54.9% 2015 up 174.3% rising
21 Honduras 44.5% 2023 up 9.3% rising
22 Nepal 41.9% 2021 up 7.4% rising
23 Malawi 35.7% 2020 up 13.9% rising
24 Mali 32.2% 2024 up 25.5% rising
25 Senegal 26.3% 2023 down 16.5% volatile
26 Benin 25.9% 2021 down 46.1% volatile
27 Burkina Faso 15.1% 2021 volatile

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Indicator
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, richest quintile, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
27 places, 343 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release