Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes (%) by country
Total enrollment in lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of official lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
168.3%
Belgium
Lowest
22.3%
Central African Republic
Median
97.6%
Years covered
40
1981–2020
Data points
4,679
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 168.3% in Belgium; the lowest is 22.3% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.6%, and the mean is 90.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 134 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 178.7%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 63.3%).
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 168.3% | 2018 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 139.9% | 2019 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 3 | Netherlands | 132.7% | 2018 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 4 | Algeria | 131.8% | 2011 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 5 | Argentina | 130.6% | 2017 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 6 | Mexico | 126.0% | 2018 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 7 | Uruguay | 125.9% | 2018 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 8 | Grenada | 123.8% | 2018 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 9 | Ireland | 123.1% | 2018 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 10 | Spain | 122.6% | 2018 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 120.9% | 2018 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 12 | Sweden | 120.5% | 2018 | up 22.9% | flat |
| 13 | Thailand | 119.7% | 2019 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 14 | Aruba | 118.6% | 2012 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 118.6% | 2018 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 16 | Portugal | 117.0% | 2018 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 116.9% | 2018 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 18 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 116.6% | 2018 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 19 | Mauritius | 116.4% | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 116.3% | 2018 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 112.0% | 2019 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 22 | Tonga | 111.9% | 2015 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 23 | Dominica | 111.6% | 2019 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 24 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 111.2% | 2016 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 25 | Croatia | 110.8% | 2018 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 26 | Peru | 110.5% | 2019 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 27 | Australia | 110.5% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 28 | Canada | 110.3% | 2018 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 29 | Fiji | 109.8% | 2019 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 109.5% | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 31 | Brunei | 109.0% | 2019 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 32 | Georgia | 108.1% | 2019 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 33 | Maldives | 108.1% | 2019 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 34 | Palau | 107.7% | 2014 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 35 | Tunisia | 107.7% | 2018 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 36 | Oman | 107.7% | 2019 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 37 | Malta | 107.3% | 2018 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 38 | Colombia | 107.0% | 2018 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 39 | Namibia | 106.7% | 2017 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 40 | Poland | 106.6% | 2018 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 41 | Israel | 106.6% | 2018 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 42 | Macao | 106.6% | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 106.2% | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 44 | Lithuania | 106.2% | 2018 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 105.7% | 2017 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 46 | Sao Tome and Principe | 105.5% | 2017 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 47 | Samoa | 105.5% | 2019 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 48 | Ecuador | 105.3% | 2018 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 49 | Guyana | 104.9% | 2012 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 50 | Cape Verde | 104.8% | 2018 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 51 | Switzerland | 104.8% | 2018 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 52 | Nepal | 104.7% | 2019 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 53 | Norway | 104.7% | 2018 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 54 | San Marino | 104.5% | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 55 | Seychelles | 104.3% | 2019 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 56 | Turkey | 103.9% | 2018 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 57 | Estonia | 103.6% | 2018 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 58 | Finland | 103.5% | 2018 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 59 | Italy | 103.4% | 2018 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 60 | Libya | 103.3% | 2006 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 61 | Latvia | 103.1% | 2018 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 62 | New Zealand | 102.7% | 2018 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 102.7% | 2019 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 64 | United States | 102.1% | 2018 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 65 | Austria | 102.0% | 2018 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 66 | Chile | 101.9% | 2018 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 101.8% | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 68 | Greece | 101.4% | 2018 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 69 | France | 101.4% | 2018 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 70 | South Africa | 101.4% | 2018 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 71 | Russia | 101.3% | 2018 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 72 | Hungary | 101.2% | 2018 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 73 | Cyprus | 101.1% | 2018 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 74 | Egypt | 101.0% | 2019 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 75 | Qatar | 100.8% | 2019 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 76 | Vietnam | 100.8% | 2019 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 100.4% | 2018 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 78 | Iceland | 100.4% | 2018 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 79 | China | 100.3% | 2010 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 80 | Barbados | 100.3% | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 81 | Brazil | 99.8% | 2011 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 82 | Serbia | 99.7% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 83 | Morocco | 99.6% | 2019 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 84 | Liechtenstein | 99.5% | 2018 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 85 | Belize | 99.1% | 2019 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | 98.7% | 2019 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 87 | Tajikistan | 98.7% | 2017 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 88 | Kuwait | 98.5% | 2012 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 89 | Slovenia | 98.5% | 2018 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 90 | Germany | 98.4% | 2018 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 91 | Bahrain | 98.2% | 2019 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 92 | Belarus | 97.6% | 2018 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 93 | Mongolia | 97.6% | 2018 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 97.6% | 2009 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 95 | Palestine | 97.6% | 2019 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 96 | Czechia | 97.6% | 2018 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 97 | Indonesia | 97.5% | 2018 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 98 | Ukraine | 97.4% | 2014 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 99 | Albania | 97.2% | 2019 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 100 | South Korea | 96.5% | 2018 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 101 | East Timor | 96.4% | 2019 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 102 | Gibraltar | 96.3% | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 103 | Botswana | 96.3% | 2015 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 104 | Bolivia | 96.1% | 2018 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 105 | Bhutan | 95.7% | 2020 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 106 | Slovakia | 94.7% | 2018 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 107 | Iran | 94.6% | 2017 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 108 | Panama | 94.1% | 2017 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 109 | Cuba | 93.9% | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 110 | Nauru | 93.4% | 2019 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 111 | Venezuela | 92.9% | 2017 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 112 | Philippines | 92.9% | 2018 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 92.7% | 2019 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 114 | Kenya | 92.6% | 2016 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 115 | Saint Lucia | 91.5% | 2019 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 91.4% | 2019 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 117 | Montenegro | 91.3% | 2019 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 118 | Suriname | 91.1% | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 119 | Kiribati | 90.7% | 2017 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 120 | Armenia | 89.8% | 2019 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 121 | Malaysia | 89.4% | 2019 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 122 | Eswatini | 89.0% | 2016 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 123 | Romania | 88.7% | 2018 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 88.5% | 2018 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 125 | El Salvador | 87.1% | 2018 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 126 | Jamaica | 86.5% | 2019 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 127 | Moldova | 85.7% | 2019 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 128 | Ghana | 85.4% | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 129 | Bermuda | 85.2% | 2015 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 130 | Nicaragua | 84.2% | 2010 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 131 | India | 83.9% | 2019 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 132 | Puerto Rico | 83.6% | 2018 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 133 | Paraguay | 83.5% | 2012 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 134 | Micronesia (country) | 83.3% | 2019 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 135 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 82.5% | 2018 | down 27.8% | flat |
| 136 | Cayman Islands | 81.9% | 2018 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 80.8% | 2019 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 138 | Togo | 77.6% | 2017 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 139 | British Virgin Islands | 76.4% | 2018 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 140 | Myanmar | 75.6% | 2018 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 141 | Laos | 75.5% | 2019 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 142 | Solomon Islands | 75.3% | 2018 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 143 | Bulgaria | 75.0% | 2018 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 144 | Lesotho | 74.2% | 2017 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 145 | Zimbabwe | 74.0% | 2013 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 146 | Benin | 73.8% | 2016 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 147 | Honduras | 72.3% | 2019 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 148 | Angola | 71.7% | 2016 | up 178.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Bahamas | 70.6% | 2018 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 150 | Jordan | 70.4% | 2019 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 151 | Cambodia | 70.1% | 2019 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 152 | Cameroon | 70.0% | 2016 | up 137.3% | rising |
| 153 | Comoros | 69.2% | 2018 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 154 | Cote d'Ivoire | 68.9% | 2019 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 155 | Afghanistan | 68.9% | 2018 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 67.7% | 2015 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 157 | Iraq | 66.6% | 2007 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 158 | Guatemala | 66.5% | 2019 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 159 | Eritrea | 66.2% | 2018 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 160 | Gambia | 65.9% | 2019 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 161 | Syria | 64.2% | 2013 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 162 | Djibouti | 63.5% | 2020 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 163 | Congo | 63.1% | 2012 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 164 | Zambia | 60.8% | 2017 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 165 | Yemen | 60.5% | 2016 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 166 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 59.7% | 2015 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 167 | Sudan | 58.0% | 2017 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 168 | Rwanda | 55.8% | 2019 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 169 | Pakistan | 55.4% | 2019 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 170 | Burkina Faso | 53.6% | 2019 | up 97.3% | rising |
| 171 | Senegal | 53.1% | 2019 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 172 | Mali | 51.6% | 2018 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 173 | Liberia | 50.1% | 2017 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 174 | Burundi | 48.7% | 2019 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Mauritania | 46.4% | 2019 | up 102.1% | rising |
| 176 | Nigeria | 45.0% | 2016 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 177 | Guinea | 44.6% | 2014 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 178 | Malawi | 44.6% | 2019 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 179 | Marshall Islands | 44.0% | 2019 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 180 | Ethiopia | 43.3% | 2017 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 181 | Madagascar | 43.3% | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 182 | Tanzania | 43.1% | 2019 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 183 | Mozambique | 37.9% | 2017 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 184 | Tuvalu | 34.5% | 2019 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 185 | Equatorial Guinea | 33.5% | 2015 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 186 | Niger | 32.4% | 2017 | up 119.2% | rising |
| 187 | Chad | 23.0% | 2019 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 188 | Central African Republic | 22.3% | 2017 | up 38.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 108.8%
- European Union 106.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 108.7%
- World 84.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 108.5%
- OECD members 107.2%
- Euro area 106.0%
- High income 104.2%
- Post-demographic dividend 102.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 102.9%
- North America 102.8%
- Upper middle income 99.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 99.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 99.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 99.3%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 97.7%
- East Asia & Pacific 94.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 94.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 94.4%
- IBRD only 94.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 93.7%
- Caribbean Small States 93.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 92.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 92.0%
- Pacific island small states 90.3%
- Middle income 87.9%
- Arab World 86.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 85.6%
- IDA & IBRD total 82.3%
- Small states 82.3%
- Low & middle income 82.2%
- South Asia 81.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 81.0%
- Lower middle income 79.5%
- Other small states 79.1%
- IDA blend 59.0%
- IDA total 58.5%
- IDA only 58.1%
- Least developed countries 56.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 51.5%
About this data
Total enrollment in lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of official lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.