Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public institutions, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
182
Highest
100.0%
Cuba
Lowest
3.3%
Macau, China
Median
86.9%
Years covered
28
1998–2025
Data points
3,184
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public institutions, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Cuba; the lowest is 3.3% in Macau, China.
The median across all reporting countries is 86.9%, and the mean is 80.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 160.3%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 33.7%).
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in public: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iraq | 100.0% | 2007 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Naoero | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Montserrat | 100.0% | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Niue | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tokelau | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Grenada | 100.0% | 2023 | up 160.3% | rising |
| 10 | Ireland | 99.5% | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Belarus | 99.3% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | Montenegro | 99.2% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 99.1% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 98.9% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 15 | Serbia | 98.8% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 16 | Tajikistan | 98.8% | 2013 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 17 | Lesotho | 98.6% | 2016 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 18 | North Macedonia | 98.3% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 19 | Algeria | 98.2% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 20 | Ukraine | 98.1% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 21 | Cambodia | 98.0% | 2007 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 22 | Eswatini | 98.0% | 2016 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 23 | Romania | 97.9% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 97.9% | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 25 | Croatia | 97.3% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 26 | Anguilla | 97.2% | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 27 | Armenia | 97.0% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 28 | Republic of Moldova | 96.9% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 29 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96.8% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 30 | Jamaica | 96.8% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 96.6% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 32 | Liechtenstein | 96.4% | 2021 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 33 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 96.4% | 2020 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 34 | Yemen | 96.1% | 2016 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 35 | Slovenia | 96.1% | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 36 | Botswana | 95.7% | 2021 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 95.5% | 2018 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 95.4% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 95.3% | 2017 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 95.3% | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 41 | Namibia | 95.1% | 2007 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 42 | South Africa | 94.9% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 43 | Maldives | 94.8% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 44 | Estonia | 94.5% | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 45 | Andorra | 94.5% | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 46 | Greece | 94.4% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 47 | Myanmar | 94.4% | 2018 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 48 | Singapore | 94.1% | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 49 | Lithuania | 93.8% | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 50 | Cape Verde | 93.3% | 2022 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 51 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 93.0% | 2021 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 52 | Tunisia | 92.8% | 2016 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 53 | Eritrea | 92.5% | 2018 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 54 | Türkiye | 92.3% | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 55 | Norway | 92.2% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 56 | Guyana | 92.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 57 | Syrian Arab Republic | 92.2% | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 58 | Italy | 92.2% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 59 | Barbados | 92.1% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 60 | Sierra Leone | 92.0% | 2021 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 61 | Netherlands | 91.5% | 2022 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 62 | Latvia | 91.1% | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 63 | Canada | 91.0% | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 64 | United States of America | 90.9% | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 90.7% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 66 | Malaysia | 90.5% | 2021 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 67 | Mongolia | 90.5% | 2019 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 68 | New Zealand | 90.4% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 69 | Germany | 90.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 70 | Malawi | 89.8% | 2018 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 71 | Bhutan | 89.7% | 2018 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 72 | Georgia | 89.7% | 2024 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 73 | Czechia | 89.7% | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 74 | Rwanda | 89.4% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 75 | Gibraltar | 89.0% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 76 | Austria | 88.8% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 77 | Djibouti | 88.6% | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 78 | Switzerland | 88.6% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 79 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 88.4% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 80 | Mexico | 88.4% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 81 | Burundi | 88.3% | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 82 | Oman | 88.2% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 83 | Poland | 88.1% | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 84 | Thailand | 88.1% | 2020 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 85 | Uruguay | 88.0% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 86 | Albania | 87.9% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 87 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 87.7% | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 88 | Morocco | 87.7% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 89 | Trinidad and Tobago | 87.6% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 90 | Egypt | 87.0% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 91 | Israel | 86.9% | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 92 | Slovakia | 86.9% | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 93 | Mozambique | 86.7% | 2017 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 94 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 86.5% | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 95 | China | 86.3% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 96 | Seychelles | 85.6% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 85.6% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 98 | El Salvador | 85.5% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 99 | Ghana | 84.6% | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 100 | Iceland | 84.5% | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 101 | Brazil | 84.2% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 102 | Denmark | 84.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 103 | Panama | 83.9% | 2016 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 104 | Suriname | 83.5% | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 105 | Finland | 83.2% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 106 | Brunei Darussalam | 82.7% | 2020 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 107 | Niger | 82.2% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 108 | Antigua and Barbuda | 82.0% | 2018 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 109 | Cook Islands | 81.6% | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 110 | British Virgin Islands | 81.2% | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 111 | Paraguay | 81.1% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 81.1% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 80.9% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 114 | Portugal | 80.9% | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 115 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 80.2% | 2021 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 116 | Sudan | 79.8% | 2019 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 79.6% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 118 | Sweden | 79.2% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 119 | Colombia | 79.2% | 2022 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 120 | Benin | 79.1% | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 121 | Senegal | 78.5% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 122 | Puerto Rico | 78.5% | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 123 | Jordan | 78.3% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 124 | Hong Kong, China | 77.9% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 125 | Cyprus | 77.6% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 126 | Japan | 77.6% | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 127 | Marshall Islands | 76.2% | 2022 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 128 | Philippines | 76.1% | 2020 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 129 | Timor-Leste | 76.0% | 2019 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 130 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 74.2% | 2024 | up 10.5% | flat |
| 131 | Ecuador | 74.2% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 132 | Argentina | 74.1% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 133 | Peru | 74.1% | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 134 | Mauritania | 73.9% | 2020 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 135 | France | 73.8% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 136 | Hungary | 72.7% | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 137 | Honduras | 72.7% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 138 | Nigeria | 72.1% | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 139 | Korea | 71.9% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 140 | Bahrain | 71.9% | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 141 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.7% | 2018 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 142 | Palestine, State of | 70.7% | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | 70.2% | 2012 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 144 | Cameroon | 69.4% | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 145 | Togo | 69.2% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 146 | Samoa | 69.1% | 2016 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 147 | Spain | 68.7% | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 148 | Bahamas | 68.6% | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 149 | Tuvalu | 68.5% | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 150 | Palau | 67.7% | 2021 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 151 | Angola | 66.5% | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 152 | Dominica | 65.8% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 153 | Kuwait | 65.0% | 2015 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 154 | Monaco | 64.8% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 155 | Kyrgyzstan | 64.3% | 2021 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 156 | Malta | 63.9% | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 157 | Cayman Islands | 63.3% | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 158 | Guinea | 60.7% | 2014 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 159 | Chad | 60.7% | 2024 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 160 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 60.2% | 2022 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 58.8% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 162 | Indonesia | 57.9% | 2018 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 163 | Madagascar | 56.9% | 2019 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 164 | Pakistan | 53.2% | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 165 | Australia | 52.0% | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 166 | India | 48.6% | 2020 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 167 | Bermuda | 48.2% | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 168 | Qatar | 48.0% | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 169 | Mali | 47.0% | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 170 | Comoros | 45.0% | 2018 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 171 | Mauritius | 43.6% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 172 | Belgium | 41.5% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 173 | Guatemala | 38.2% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 174 | Chile | 36.8% | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 175 | Côte d'Ivoire | 36.7% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 176 | Belize | 33.6% | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 177 | Lebanon | 32.7% | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 178 | Tonga | 32.6% | 2020 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 179 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 22.6% | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 180 | Aruba | 7.6% | 2012 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 181 | Bangladesh | 6.1% | 2017 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 182 | Macau, China | 3.3% | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release