Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
199
Highest
211.0%
Aruba
Lowest
20.7%
Central African Republic
Median
97.7%
Years covered
45
1981–2025
Data points
10,466
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 211.0% in Aruba; the lowest is 20.7% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.7%, and the mean is 91.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 97.4%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 49.3%).
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aruba | 211.0% | 2024 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 2 | Belgium | 161.1% | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 3 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 155.9% | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 4 | Monaco | 146.7% | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 5 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 131.4% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands | 130.5% | 2023 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 7 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 129.2% | 2024 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 125.5% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 9 | Algeria | 122.5% | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 10 | Denmark | 119.2% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 11 | Mauritius | 118.8% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 117.7% | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 117.6% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 115.5% | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 114.7% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 16 | Peru | 114.4% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 17 | Portugal | 113.7% | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 113.6% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 113.3% | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 20 | Sierra Leone | 112.3% | 2024 | up 97.4% | rising |
| 21 | Croatia | 112.1% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 22 | Cape Verde | 111.4% | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 23 | Cook Islands | 111.3% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 24 | Fiji | 110.8% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 25 | Morocco | 110.8% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 26 | Uruguay | 110.7% | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 27 | Sweden | 110.0% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 28 | Russia | 108.8% | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 29 | Australia | 108.5% | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 30 | Venezuela | 108.4% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 31 | Sao Tome and Principe | 108.1% | 2017 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 32 | Moldova | 108.1% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 33 | Brunei | 108.0% | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 34 | Argentina | 107.9% | 2023 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 35 | Nepal | 107.6% | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 36 | Dominica | 107.5% | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 37 | Tonga | 107.4% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 38 | Colombia | 107.4% | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 39 | Chile | 107.0% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 40 | Marshall Islands | 106.9% | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 41 | Albania | 106.8% | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 42 | Gibraltar | 106.7% | 2024 | down 29.9% | flat |
| 43 | Ireland | 106.6% | 2022 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 44 | Brazil | 105.8% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 105.8% | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 46 | Barbados | 105.6% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 47 | Tuvalu | 105.6% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 48 | Grenada | 105.5% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 49 | Cyprus | 104.9% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 50 | Namibia | 104.3% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 51 | Switzerland | 104.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 52 | Greece | 103.9% | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 53 | South Africa | 103.8% | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 54 | Turkey | 103.5% | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 55 | China | 103.0% | 2012 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 56 | Libya | 102.8% | 2006 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 57 | Germany | 102.8% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 58 | Norway | 102.7% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 59 | Finland | 102.6% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Estonia | 102.6% | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 61 | Kuwait | 102.4% | 2012 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 62 | Montenegro | 102.3% | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 63 | Italy | 102.2% | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 64 | Lithuania | 102.1% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 65 | New Zealand | 101.7% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 66 | Montserrat | 101.6% | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 67 | Liechtenstein | 101.5% | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 68 | Guyana | 101.4% | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 69 | Singapore | 101.4% | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 70 | Tunisia | 101.3% | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 71 | Latvia | 101.2% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 72 | Japan | 101.2% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 73 | Austria | 101.0% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 74 | Andorra | 101.0% | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 75 | France | 100.6% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 76 | Georgia | 100.6% | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 77 | Kiribati | 100.5% | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 78 | Malta | 100.4% | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 79 | Czechia | 100.1% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 80 | United Arab Emirates | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 81 | United States | 99.6% | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 82 | Thailand | 99.6% | 2025 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 83 | Bolivia | 99.4% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 84 | Canada | 98.8% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 85 | Macao | 98.7% | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 86 | Kenya | 98.7% | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 98.7% | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 88 | Hungary | 98.6% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 89 | Niue | 98.6% | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 90 | Belize | 98.5% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 91 | Slovakia | 98.3% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 92 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 93 | Qatar | 98.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.0% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 95 | Samoa | 98.0% | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 96 | Cayman Islands | 98.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 97 | Kazakhstan | 97.9% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 98 | Nauru | 97.8% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 99 | Indonesia | 97.8% | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 100 | Israel | 97.7% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 101 | Uzbekistan | 97.7% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 102 | Slovenia | 97.5% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 103 | Armenia | 97.4% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 104 | South Korea | 97.2% | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 105 | Palau | 96.9% | 2024 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 106 | Vietnam | 96.8% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 107 | Maldives | 96.4% | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 108 | Jordan | 96.3% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 109 | Serbia | 95.6% | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 110 | Mongolia | 95.2% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 111 | Ecuador | 95.1% | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.1% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 113 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 94.9% | 2023 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 114 | San Marino | 94.9% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 115 | Oman | 94.7% | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 116 | Egypt | 94.6% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 117 | Belarus | 94.5% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 94.5% | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 119 | Bahrain | 94.5% | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 120 | Seychelles | 94.4% | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 121 | Botswana | 94.3% | 2022 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 122 | Tajikistan | 94.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 123 | Palestine | 94.2% | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 93.3% | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 125 | Cuba | 93.3% | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 92.8% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 127 | British Virgin Islands | 92.7% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 128 | Iran | 92.7% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 129 | East Timor | 92.6% | 2020 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 130 | Suriname | 92.2% | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 131 | Dominican Republic | 91.1% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 132 | Ukraine | 91.0% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 133 | Bhutan | 90.3% | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 134 | Saint Lucia | 89.7% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 135 | Anguilla | 89.3% | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 136 | Poland | 89.2% | 2024 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 137 | India | 89.0% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 138 | Eswatini | 89.0% | 2016 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 139 | Ghana | 88.4% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 140 | Jamaica | 87.4% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 141 | Malaysia | 86.0% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 142 | Myanmar | 85.6% | 2018 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 143 | Puerto Rico | 84.9% | 2024 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 144 | Panama | 84.6% | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 145 | Romania | 83.7% | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 146 | Bahamas | 83.1% | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 147 | Philippines | 82.3% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 148 | Paraguay | 82.0% | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 149 | Micronesia (country) | 81.8% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 150 | Vanuatu | 81.4% | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 151 | Bermuda | 80.9% | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 152 | Cote d'Ivoire | 79.7% | 2024 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 153 | El Salvador | 79.6% | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 154 | Togo | 76.5% | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 155 | Afghanistan | 76.3% | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 156 | Bangladesh | 75.3% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 157 | Nicaragua | 73.7% | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 158 | Zambia | 73.3% | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 159 | Cambodia | 71.4% | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 160 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 71.3% | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 161 | Gambia | 69.9% | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 162 | Lesotho | 69.4% | 2017 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 68.4% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 164 | Zimbabwe | 68.3% | 2013 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 67.5% | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 166 | Guatemala | 66.8% | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 167 | Eritrea | 66.7% | 2022 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 168 | Lebanon | 66.3% | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 169 | Rwanda | 65.1% | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 170 | Tokelau | 64.5% | 2025 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 171 | Laos | 63.3% | 2025 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 172 | Iraq | 62.0% | 2007 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 173 | Congo | 61.8% | 2012 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 174 | Angola | 61.1% | 2023 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Comoros | 60.4% | 2022 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 176 | Pakistan | 60.0% | 2024 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 177 | Nigeria | 53.6% | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 178 | Benin | 53.3% | 2022 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 179 | Sudan | 52.5% | 2019 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 180 | Honduras | 51.8% | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 181 | Senegal | 51.0% | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 182 | Yemen | 51.0% | 2016 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 183 | Syria | 49.2% | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 184 | Liberia | 48.8% | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 185 | Cameroon | 47.6% | 2023 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 186 | Mauritania | 47.3% | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 187 | Ethiopia | 44.8% | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 188 | Guinea | 44.3% | 2014 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 189 | Mali | 44.3% | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 190 | Malawi | 43.3% | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 191 | Madagascar | 42.6% | 2021 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 192 | Mozambique | 40.4% | 2017 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 193 | Burkina Faso | 38.2% | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 194 | Tanzania | 38.2% | 2021 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 195 | Burundi | 28.5% | 2025 | down 49.3% | rising |
| 196 | Chad | 26.9% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 197 | Equatorial Guinea | 26.6% | 2015 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 198 | Niger | 25.4% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 199 | Central African Republic | 20.7% | 2017 | up 45.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 115.7%
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 110.9%
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 110.9%
- MDG: Latin America 109.1%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 108.2%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 108.0%
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 107.6%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 107.6%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 107.5%
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 107.4%
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 107.4%
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 107.4%
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 107.4%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 107.4%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 107.4%
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 107.4%
- WB: Oecd Members 105.6%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 105.4%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 105.4%
- WB: Euro Area 105.3%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 105.2%
- MDG: Northern Africa 104.7%
- SDG: Europe 104.1%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 104.0%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 104.0%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 103.8%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 103.5%
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 103.4%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 103.3%
- WB: European Union 103.3%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 102.9%
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 102.9%
- MDG: Developed Regions 102.8%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 102.7%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 102.5%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 102.5%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 102.4%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 102.4%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 102.1%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 101.8%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release