Completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
51
Highest
97.0%
Korea
Lowest
1.5%
Chad
Median
40.0%
Years covered
26
1999–2024
Data points
497
What the numbers show
Completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 97.0% in Korea; the lowest is 1.5% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 40.0%, and the mean is 41.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 65.
Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 6,195.1%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 27.2%).
Completion rate, upper secondary education, second quintile, both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korea | 97.0% | 2016 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 2 | Russia | 93.6% | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 3 | Chile | 92.4% | 2022 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 89.1% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 5 | China | 87.5% | 2020 | up 150.6% | rising |
| 6 | Peru | 87.2% | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 80.2% | 2024 | up 105.0% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 79.7% | 2021 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 78.2% | 2023 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 10 | Ecuador | 72.7% | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 11 | Panama | 71.5% | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 12 | Türkiye | 68.2% | 2022 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 65.7% | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 14 | Colombia | 64.7% | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 15 | Thailand | 64.0% | 2022 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 16 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 63.9% | 2014 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 17 | Mongolia | 62.3% | 2018 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 59.8% | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 19 | Paraguay | 55.4% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 55.3% | 2022 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 21 | Philippines | 54.4% | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 22 | El Salvador | 50.6% | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 23 | Jordan | 50.4% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 24 | Uruguay | 43.6% | 2023 | up 361.1% | rising |
| 25 | Viet Nam | 40.8% | 2021 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 26 | Kenya | 40.0% | 2022 | up 85.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Guyana | 39.6% | 2019 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 28 | India | 35.2% | 2019 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 29 | Nigeria | 32.5% | 2021 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 30 | Ghana | 28.8% | 2022 | up 1,180.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Honduras | 26.2% | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 32 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 21.7% | 2023 | up 293.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 20.8% | 2022 | up 495.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Lesotho | 20.8% | 2024 | up 6,195.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Nepal | 17.5% | 2021 | up 500.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Gambia | 16.4% | 2020 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 37 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 16.1% | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Zambia | 8.3% | 2024 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 7.8% | 2019 | up 1,658.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Guatemala | 7.6% | 2015 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Togo | 7.0% | 2017 | up 800.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 6.0% | 2021 | up 3,810.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Malawi | 5.6% | 2020 | up 125.6% | flat |
| 44 | Senegal | 4.9% | 2023 | up 565.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Cameroon | 4.5% | 2018 | up 283.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.2% | 2021 | up 103.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Mozambique | 3.0% | 2022 | up 135.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 2.5% | 2019 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Benin | 2.3% | 2021 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Mali | 2.0% | 2024 | up 129.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Chad | 1.5% | 2019 | up 1,551.6% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release