Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
90
Highest
98.4%
Georgia
Lowest
15.4%
Chad
Median
75.4%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
1,025

What the numbers show

Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 98.4% in Georgia; the lowest is 15.4% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 75.4%, and the mean is 66.1%.

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

Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 229.3%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 36.2%).

Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 98.4% 2024 up 1.4% rising
2 Republic of Korea 98.2% 2016 up 5.2% rising
3 Croatia 98.0% 2021 up 2.2% flat
4 Mongolia 96.8% 2024 up 29.0% rising
5 Kazakhstan 96.1% 2024 up 0.7% flat
6 Armenia 95.6% 2023 up 0.7% flat
7 Lithuania 95.2% 2021 up 0.5% flat
8 Poland 94.5% 2021 up 1.7% flat
9 Slovenia 94.0% 2021 up 4.1% flat
10 Chile 93.0% 2022 up 13.6% rising
11 Latvia 92.9% 2021 up 8.8% rising
12 Greece 92.5% 2021 up 3.1% rising
13 Bulgaria 92.4% 2021 up 2.3% flat
14 Switzerland 92.1% 2021 up 3.0% flat
15 Peru 91.7% 2023 up 5.4% rising
16 Romania 91.5% 2021 down 1.9% flat
17 France 91.5% 2021 up 9.8% rising
18 Portugal 90.6% 2021 up 42.0% rising
19 Russian Federation 90.3% 2022 up 1.0% flat
20 Kyrgyzstan 90.2% 2023 up 0.9% flat
21 Finland 89.8% 2021 up 5.6% flat
22 Hungary 88.3% 2021 up 1.0% flat
23 Estonia 87.6% 2021 up 0.9% flat
24 Cyprus 87.5% 2021 down 1.5% rising
25 Belgium 87.1% 2021 up 8.3% rising
26 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 86.8% 2023 up 3.2% rising
27 Colombia 85.8% 2024 up 12.2% rising
28 Ecuador 85.3% 2024 up 22.2% rising
29 Italy 84.3% 2021 up 6.8% rising
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 84.3% 2019 up 9.5% rising
31 Costa Rica 83.5% 2024 up 37.3% rising
32 Sweden 83.3% 2021 down 4.4% flat
33 Norway 83.0% 2021 up 11.4% rising
34 Austria 81.9% 2021 up 2.0% flat
35 Egypt 81.6% 2022 up 5.3% rising
36 Denmark 81.3% 2021 up 7.5% rising
37 Panama 81.0% 2023 up 17.9% rising
38 Kenya 80.3% 2024 up 42.2% rising
39 Nigeria 79.8% 2024 up 15.5% rising
40 Paraguay 79.2% 2024 up 9.2% rising
41 Germany 78.2% 2021 down 2.1% flat
42 Brazil 78.1% 2024 up 21.6% rising
43 China 77.8% 2018 up 29.5% rising
44 Argentina 76.2% 2023 up 22.5% rising
45 Thailand 75.4% 2022 up 22.1% rising
46 Spain 75.4% 2021 up 18.5% rising
47 Luxembourg 75.4% 2021 down 0.9% flat
48 Viet Nam 75.0% 2021 up 9.8% rising
49 Guyana 72.0% 2019 up 1.0% rising
50 El Salvador 71.9% 2023 up 8.8% rising
51 Philippines 69.0% 2022 down 7.2% flat
52 Mexico 68.1% 2022 up 22.0% rising
53 South Africa 68.1% 2024 up 22.3% rising
54 Lao People's Democratic Republic 66.7% 2023 up 23.0% rising
55 Dominican Republic 65.4% 2024 up 5.8% rising
56 Jordan 64.7% 2023 up 11.3% rising
57 India 62.3% 2019 up 22.9% rising
58 Lesotho 59.6% 2024 up 160.4% rising
59 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 58.2% 2023 up 32.0% rising
60 Ghana 55.7% 2024 up 18.7% volatile
61 Uruguay 55.0% 2024 up 53.2% rising
62 Honduras 54.4% 2024 up 9.0% rising
63 Suriname 47.8% 2022 up 66.5% rising
64 Zambia 47.5% 2024 up 7.9% rising
65 Indonesia 46.2% 2022 down 28.2% flat
66 Togo 43.7% 2022 up 167.3% volatile
67 Nepal 41.9% 2021 up 35.3% rising
68 Gambia 39.5% 2023 down 0.5% rising
69 Malawi 39.4% 2020 up 7.5% flat
70 Bangladesh 38.8% 2022 up 73.8% rising
71 Cambodia 35.0% 2021 down 13.8% rising
72 Rwanda 34.1% 2022 up 36.0% rising
73 Mozambique 33.7% 2022 up 133.7% volatile
74 Guinea 33.3% 2018 up 229.3% rising
75 Ethiopia 33.2% 2022 up 3.5% rising
76 Cameroon 33.1% 2018 up 103.6% rising
77 Uganda 32.2% 2016 up 16.6% rising
78 Burkina Faso 30.6% 2021 up 182.1% volatile
79 Guatemala 29.8% 2024 down 36.2% falling
80 Sierra Leone 27.5% 2019 up 40.8% volatile
81 Liberia 26.9% 2019 up 144.1% rising
82 Zimbabwe 26.4% 2019 up 3.0% rising
83 Haiti 25.9% 2017 up 34.7% rising
84 Mali 25.8% 2024 up 4.7% rising
85 Côte d'Ivoire 25.3% 2021 up 12.3% rising
86 Senegal 23.0% 2023 up 105.1% rising
87 Benin 19.1% 2022 down 16.4% rising
88 Tanzania, United Republic of 17.8% 2022 up 29.9% rising
89 Niger 15.9% 2022 up 122.1% rising
90 Chad 15.4% 2019 down 3.6% rising

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Indicator
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
90 places, 1,025 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release