Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
43
Highest
94.9%
Czechia
Lowest
16.5%
Rwanda
Median
81.5%
Years covered
31
1994β2024
Data points
547
What the numbers show
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, male (%) is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 94.9% in Czechia; the lowest is 16.5% in Rwanda.
The median across all reporting countries is 81.5%, and the mean is 73.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 102.3%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 4.0%).
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechia | 94.9% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Switzerland | 94.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 3 | United States | 94.3% | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 4 | Slovak Republic | 94.0% | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 5 | Armenia, Republic of | 92.3% | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 6 | Lithuania | 91.9% | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 91.4% | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 89.9% | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 9 | Austria | 89.5% | 2021 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 10 | Sweden | 87.7% | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 11 | Latvia | 87.2% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 12 | Slovenia | 87.1% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 13 | Hungary | 86.8% | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 14 | Croatia | 86.7% | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 15 | Montenegro | 85.8% | 2018 | β | flat |
| 16 | Estonia | 82.0% | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 17 | Norway | 81.9% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 81.8% | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 81.7% | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 20 | Mongolia | 81.7% | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 21 | Iceland | 81.6% | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 81.5% | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 23 | France | 81.4% | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 24 | Finland | 81.1% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 25 | Cyprus | 78.7% | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 26 | Netherlands | 78.1% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 27 | Denmark | 77.9% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 28 | Romania | 77.7% | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 29 | Belgium | 77.5% | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 30 | Ireland | 77.2% | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 31 | Greece | 73.1% | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 32 | Brunei Darussalam | 70.3% | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 33 | Albania | 58.5% | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 34 | Italy | 56.0% | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 35 | Spain | 55.8% | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 36 | Panama | 46.4% | 2024 | β | rising |
| 37 | Portugal | 43.7% | 2024 | up 102.3% | rising |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 43.1% | 2024 | β | rising |
| 39 | Ghana | 41.0% | 2024 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 40 | Malta | 40.6% | 2015 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 41 | Honduras | 20.2% | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 42 | Uganda | 16.8% | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 43 | Rwanda | 16.5% | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release