Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
40
Highest
95.2%
United States
Lowest
10.0%
Uganda
Median
78.1%
Years covered
31
1994β2024
Data points
505
What the numbers show
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, non-immigrant background, female (%) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 95.2% in United States; the lowest is 10.0% in Uganda.
The median across all reporting countries is 78.1%, and the mean is 69.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 92.8%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 5.4%).
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 95.2% | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 2 | Armenia, Republic of | 93.6% | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 3 | Lithuania | 92.7% | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 4 | Slovak Republic | 90.6% | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 5 | Poland | 89.2% | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 6 | Czechia | 88.9% | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 7 | Sweden | 88.4% | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 8 | Switzerland | 88.4% | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 9 | Mongolia | 86.1% | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 10 | Norway | 84.6% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 11 | Germany | 84.6% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 12 | Finland | 83.9% | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 13 | Ireland | 82.6% | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 14 | Slovenia | 81.2% | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 15 | Hungary | 81.1% | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 16 | Denmark | 78.9% | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 17 | Iceland | 78.9% | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 78.9% | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 19 | Croatia | 78.2% | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 20 | France | 78.1% | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 21 | Austria | 78.1% | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 22 | Belgium | 77.0% | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 23 | Montenegro | 75.2% | 2018 | β | rising |
| 24 | Cyprus | 75.1% | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 74.5% | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 26 | Netherlands | 74.3% | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 27 | Brunei Darussalam | 70.9% | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 28 | Romania | 68.3% | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 29 | Greece | 67.9% | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62.6% | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 31 | Spain | 56.2% | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 54.4% | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 33 | Panama | 50.5% | 2024 | β | rising |
| 34 | Albania | 48.8% | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 35 | Portugal | 46.6% | 2024 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 45.3% | 2024 | β | rising |
| 37 | Honduras | 22.8% | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 38 | Ghana | 21.7% | 2024 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 39 | Rwanda | 13.2% | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 40 | Uganda | 10.0% | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release