Lower secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2 by country

Countries reporting
62
Highest
99.9
Kazakhstan
Lowest
38.43
Morocco
Median
97.6
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
2,014

What the numbers show

Lower secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2 is currently reported for 62 countries. The highest value is 99.9 in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 38.43 in Morocco.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.6, and the mean is 91.23.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Syrian Arab Republic (up 45.0%), and the largest decrease in Netherlands (down 1.1%).

Lower secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kazakhstan 99.9 2020 up 0.5% flat
2 United Kingdom 99.88 2023 up 0.2% flat
3 Russia 99.86 2023 up 0.5% flat
4 Turkmenistan 99.74 2023 up 0.2% flat
5 Norway 99.73 2023 up 0.2% flat
6 Denmark 99.72 2023 up 0.1% flat
7 Finland 99.68 2023 up 0.1% flat
8 Sweden 99.26 2023 up 0.5% flat
8 Slovenia 99.26 2023 up 0.6% flat
10 Italy 99.19 2023 up 0.8% rising
11 Lithuania 99.16 2023 up 0.2% flat
12 Belarus 99.07 2023 up 0.2% flat
13 Slovak Republic 98.88 2023 down 0.1% flat
14 Serbia 98.79 2023 up 0.6% flat
15 Poland 98.77 2023 up 1.0% rising
16 Switzerland 98.76 2023 up 0.5% flat
17 Ireland 98.74 2023 up 0.7% flat
18 Georgia 98.72 2023 up 0.7% flat
19 Croatia 98.7 2023 up 0.2% flat
19 Ukraine 98.7 2017 up 0.0% flat
21 Uzbekistan 98.47 2023 up 0.6% rising
22 France 98.44 2023 up 1.1% flat
23 Latvia 98.43 2023 up 0.4% flat
24 Austria 98.42 2023 down 0.2% flat
25 Kyrgyzstan 98.36 2023 up 0.6% flat
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.22 2016 up 0.8% flat
27 Tajikistan 98.08 2022 up 8.2% rising
28 Montenegro 97.99 2023 up 0.8% flat
29 Malta 97.98 2023 down 0.0% flat
30 Armenia 97.86 2021 up 0.4% flat
31 Iceland 97.62 2023 up 0.3% flat
32 Palestine, State of 97.58 2023 up 2.0% rising
33 North Macedonia 97.56 2023 up 2.2% rising
34 Estonia 96.95 2023 up 0.5% flat
35 Türkiye 96.88 2023 up 9.0% rising
36 Albania 96.7 2022 up 0.7% flat
37 Greece 96.04 2023 up 1.0% rising
38 Czechia 95.88 2023 down 0.0% flat
39 Qatar 95.77 2017 up 4.7% rising
40 Hungary 95.73 2023 down 0.4% flat
41 Spain 95.08 2023 up 5.3% rising
42 Moldova 94.95 2017 up 1.0% flat
43 Cyprus 94.47 2023 down 1.1% flat
44 Bulgaria 94.15 2023 up 0.9% flat
45 Portugal 93.12 2023 up 5.8% rising
46 Romania 92.98 2023 down 0.2% flat
47 Germany 92.47 2023 up 0.5% flat
48 Tunisia 92.42 2023 up 13.8% rising
49 Azerbaijan 92.26 2011 up 3.6% rising
50 Jordan 91.96 2022 up 2.0% rising
51 Belgium 91.1 2023 up 7.2% rising
52 Netherlands 88.87 2023 down 1.1% flat
53 Luxembourg 88.68 2023 up 4.6% rising
54 Iran 85.86 2016 up 10.4% rising
55 Egypt 84.59 2019 up 8.2% rising
56 Algeria 71.4 2023 up 20.8% rising
57 Yemen 56.82 2023 up 25.1% rising
58 Djibouti 50.11 2011 up 36.7% rising
59 Iraq 48.7 2023 up 34.7% rising
60 Syrian Arab Republic 43.23 2011 up 45.0% rising
61 Sudan 41.03 2023 up 1.3% rising
62 Morocco 38.43 2009 up 29.8% rising

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Indicator
Lower secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
62 places, 2,014 data points, 1990–2023
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