Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes (%) by country
Total enrollment in upper secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of official upper secondary education age.
Countries reporting
182
Highest
205.4%
Finland
Lowest
6.9%
Tanzania, United Republic of
Median
81.4%
Years covered
40
1981–2020
Data points
4,371
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 205.4% in Finland; the lowest is 6.9% in Tanzania, United Republic of.
The median across all reporting countries is 81.4%, and the mean is 79.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 154 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 362.7%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 45.5%).
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 205.4% | 2018 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 2 | Ireland | 203.6% | 2018 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 3 | Sweden | 184.8% | 2018 | up 76.6% | falling |
| 4 | Australia | 178.1% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 5 | Belgium | 149.7% | 2018 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 143.6% | 2019 | up 95.9% | rising |
| 7 | Denmark | 138.1% | 2018 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 8 | Netherlands | 135.8% | 2018 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 9 | Estonia | 131.1% | 2018 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 10 | Iceland | 131.1% | 2018 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 11 | New Zealand | 131.0% | 2018 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 12 | Spain | 129.9% | 2018 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 13 | Norway | 129.6% | 2018 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 14 | Liechtenstein | 127.7% | 2018 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 15 | Slovenia | 126.6% | 2018 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 16 | Portugal | 124.5% | 2018 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 122.5% | 2018 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 121.4% | 2018 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 19 | Palau | 120.8% | 2014 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 117.8% | 2019 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 21 | Canada | 117.8% | 2018 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 117.1% | 2019 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 23 | Poland | 117.0% | 2018 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 24 | Uruguay | 116.6% | 2018 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 25 | Belarus | 115.4% | 2018 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 26 | Latvia | 115.4% | 2018 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 27 | Grenada | 114.6% | 2018 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 28 | Lithuania | 113.5% | 2018 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 29 | Thailand | 110.8% | 2019 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 30 | Russian Federation | 110.6% | 2018 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 31 | Greece | 108.4% | 2018 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 32 | France | 107.8% | 2018 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 33 | Czechia | 107.7% | 2018 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 34 | Malta | 107.3% | 2018 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 35 | Marshall Islands | 106.7% | 2019 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 36 | Hungary | 106.6% | 2018 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 37 | Cuba | 106.5% | 2019 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 38 | Aruba | 106.3% | 2012 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 39 | Barbados | 106.2% | 2019 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 40 | Peru | 106.1% | 2019 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 41 | Hong Kong, China | 106.1% | 2019 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 42 | Türkiye | 105.0% | 2018 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 43 | Oman | 105.0% | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 44 | Israel | 104.4% | 2018 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 45 | Georgia | 104.3% | 2019 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 46 | Naoero | 104.1% | 2019 | up 96.6% | volatile |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 103.9% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 103.8% | 2018 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 49 | Chile | 102.6% | 2018 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 50 | Switzerland | 101.0% | 2018 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 51 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.9% | 2016 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 52 | Qatar | 100.6% | 2010 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 53 | Republic of Korea | 100.3% | 2018 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 100.3% | 2018 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 100.1% | 2018 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 56 | South Africa | 99.9% | 2018 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 57 | Cyprus | 99.5% | 2018 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 58 | Austria | 98.0% | 2018 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 59 | Ecuador | 97.6% | 2018 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 60 | United States of America | 96.5% | 2018 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 61 | Germany | 96.1% | 2018 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 62 | Bahrain | 96.0% | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 63 | Macau, China | 95.8% | 2019 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 95.5% | 2018 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 95.2% | 2019 | up 18.5% | flat |
| 66 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 93.7% | 2018 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 67 | Kuwait | 93.4% | 2012 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 68 | Ukraine | 92.9% | 2014 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 69 | Albania | 92.7% | 2019 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 70 | Croatia | 90.4% | 2018 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 71 | Mongolia | 89.6% | 2015 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 72 | Romania | 89.5% | 2018 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 73 | Serbia | 89.4% | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 74 | Brazil | 89.2% | 2011 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 75 | Montenegro | 88.9% | 2019 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 76 | Republic of Moldova | 88.0% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 77 | Gibraltar | 87.8% | 2019 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 78 | Saint Lucia | 87.6% | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 79 | Slovakia | 87.3% | 2018 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 80 | Puerto Rico | 86.9% | 2018 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 81 | Guyana | 86.9% | 2012 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 82 | Argentina | 86.6% | 2017 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 83 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 86.5% | 2018 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 84 | Dominica | 86.4% | 2019 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 85 | Brunei Darussalam | 85.8% | 2019 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 86 | Samoa | 85.7% | 2016 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 87 | Mauritius | 84.4% | 2019 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 88 | Mexico | 84.1% | 2018 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 89 | Jamaica | 83.7% | 2019 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 81.9% | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 81.6% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 92 | British Virgin Islands | 81.1% | 2018 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 93 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 80.5% | 2017 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 94 | Armenia | 80.3% | 2019 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 95 | Indonesia | 80.2% | 2018 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 96 | Colombia | 79.6% | 2018 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 97 | China | 79.4% | 2019 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 98 | Tunisia | 78.9% | 2016 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 99 | Malaysia | 78.5% | 2019 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 100 | Palestine, State of | 78.1% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 101 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 77.8% | 2017 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 102 | Egypt | 77.6% | 2019 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 103 | Fiji | 76.8% | 2012 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 104 | Timor-Leste | 76.7% | 2019 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 105 | Kiribati | 74.2% | 2008 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 106 | Bhutan | 72.9% | 2018 | up 127.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Eswatini | 72.2% | 2016 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 108 | North Macedonia | 71.9% | 2018 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 109 | Cayman Islands | 71.9% | 2018 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 110 | Cape Verde | 71.1% | 2018 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 111 | Bermuda | 71.0% | 2015 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 112 | Sao Tome and Principe | 70.5% | 2017 | up 252.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Tonga | 70.5% | 2015 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 70.5% | 2019 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 115 | Paraguay | 69.0% | 2016 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 116 | Bahamas | 68.3% | 2018 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 68.3% | 2013 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 118 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 67.4% | 2018 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 119 | India | 66.1% | 2019 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 120 | Philippines | 66.0% | 2018 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 121 | Suriname | 65.5% | 2018 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 122 | Ghana | 63.3% | 2019 | up 140.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Nepal | 62.9% | 2019 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 124 | Algeria | 62.5% | 2011 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 125 | Morocco | 62.4% | 2019 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 126 | Belize | 61.7% | 2019 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 127 | Bangladesh | 58.8% | 2019 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 128 | Botswana | 58.7% | 2008 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 129 | Panama | 57.9% | 2017 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 130 | Seychelles | 57.3% | 2019 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 131 | Nicaragua | 57.3% | 2010 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 132 | Honduras | 57.2% | 2019 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 133 | El Salvador | 57.0% | 2018 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 134 | Myanmar | 54.4% | 2018 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 135 | Jordan | 54.0% | 2019 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 136 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 52.3% | 2019 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 137 | Tuvalu | 50.5% | 2019 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 138 | San Marino | 45.8% | 2019 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 139 | Comoros | 45.3% | 2018 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 140 | Cameroon | 45.2% | 2016 | up 202.2% | rising |
| 141 | Lesotho | 43.4% | 2017 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 142 | Djibouti | 43.3% | 2020 | up 84.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Yemen | 42.1% | 2016 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 144 | Kenya | 42.1% | 2009 | up 77.7% | rising |
| 145 | Zimbabwe | 41.0% | 2013 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 146 | Burundi | 41.0% | 2019 | up 289.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Afghanistan | 40.8% | 2018 | up 96.4% | rising |
| 148 | Iraq | 40.2% | 2007 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 149 | Maldives | 38.8% | 2019 | up 142.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Nigeria | 38.6% | 2016 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 151 | Sudan | 38.6% | 2017 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 152 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 38.5% | 2015 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 153 | Togo | 38.1% | 2017 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 154 | Benin | 37.3% | 2016 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 155 | Congo | 36.8% | 2012 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 156 | Namibia | 36.2% | 2007 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 157 | Senegal | 36.0% | 2019 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Guatemala | 35.7% | 2019 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 159 | Pakistan | 34.8% | 2019 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 34.5% | 2015 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 161 | Côte d'Ivoire | 34.0% | 2019 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 162 | Syrian Arab Republic | 32.0% | 2013 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 163 | Rwanda | 31.8% | 2019 | up 84.9% | rising |
| 164 | Guinea | 31.4% | 2014 | up 114.5% | rising |
| 165 | Mozambique | 31.2% | 2017 | up 362.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Eritrea | 30.5% | 2018 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 167 | Liberia | 29.9% | 2015 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 168 | Mauritania | 29.2% | 2019 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 169 | Mali | 28.9% | 2018 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 170 | Cambodia | 28.7% | 2008 | up 156.9% | rising |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 28.7% | 2012 | up 82.0% | rising |
| 172 | Sierra Leone | 27.8% | 2017 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 173 | Angola | 27.0% | 2016 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 174 | Burkina Faso | 22.8% | 2019 | up 128.1% | rising |
| 175 | Madagascar | 22.1% | 2019 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 176 | Malawi | 20.4% | 2019 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 177 | Ethiopia | 17.5% | 2015 | up 169.9% | rising |
| 178 | Chad | 16.9% | 2019 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 179 | Niger | 11.4% | 2017 | up 188.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.5% | 2005 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 181 | Central African Republic | 9.4% | 2017 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 182 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 6.9% | 2019 | down 20.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- European Union 114.0%
- Euro area 111.6%
- Europe & Central Asia 108.3%
- World 67.2%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 106.1%
- High income 105.4%
- Post-demographic dividend 104.8%
- OECD members 102.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 101.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 100.7%
- North America 98.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 85.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 85.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 85.3%
- Upper middle income 83.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 81.6%
- Caribbean Small States 79.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 75.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 74.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 74.1%
- IBRD only 74.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 68.2%
- Middle income 66.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 65.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 63.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 62.7%
- IDA & IBRD total 62.7%
- Low & middle income 62.5%
- South Asia 61.2%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 61.2%
- Small states 59.7%
- Arab World 57.8%
- Other small states 56.8%
- Lower middle income 56.5%
- Pacific island small states 55.7%
- IDA blend 39.3%
- IDA total 37.9%
- IDA only 37.0%
- Least developed countries 35.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 33.4%
About this data
Total enrollment in upper secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of official upper secondary education age.