Progression to secondary school (%) by country
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).
Countries reporting
165
Highest
100.0%
Spain
Lowest
50.8%
Bermuda
Median
97.1%
Years covered
49
1970–2018
Data points
4,983
What the numbers show
Progression to secondary school (%) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Spain; the lowest is 50.8% in Bermuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.1%, and the mean is 92.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 111.1%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (down 48.3%).
Progression to secondary school: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 2 | Slovenia | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 3 | Italy | 100.0% | 2016 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 4 | Czechia | 99.9% | 2016 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 5 | Denmark | 99.9% | 2016 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 6 | Russia | 99.9% | 2015 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 99.9% | 2017 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 99.9% | 2013 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 9 | Switzerland | 99.9% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Finland | 99.9% | 2016 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 11 | North Macedonia | 99.9% | 2014 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 12 | Argentina | 99.9% | 2016 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 13 | Estonia | 99.8% | 2016 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 14 | Brunei | 99.8% | 2017 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 15 | Vietnam | 99.8% | 2015 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 16 | Poland | 99.8% | 2016 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 17 | Austria | 99.8% | 2016 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.8% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Cyprus | 99.7% | 2016 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 99.7% | 2017 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Ukraine | 99.7% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 22 | Serbia | 99.7% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 23 | Georgia | 99.7% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 24 | Iceland | 99.7% | 2011 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Norway | 99.7% | 2016 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 26 | Turkey | 99.7% | 2015 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 27 | South Korea | 99.6% | 2016 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 28 | Ecuador | 99.6% | 2017 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 29 | Israel | 99.6% | 2016 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 30 | Bhutan | 99.6% | 2016 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 31 | Sweden | 99.6% | 2016 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 32 | Romania | 99.5% | 2016 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 99.5% | 2018 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Hungary | 99.5% | 2016 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 35 | Germany | 99.5% | 2016 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 99.5% | 2016 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 37 | Bahrain | 99.5% | 2017 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | 99.4% | 2017 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 39 | Mauritius | 99.4% | 2017 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 40 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 99.4% | 2015 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 41 | China | 99.4% | 2008 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 99.3% | 2016 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 43 | Mongolia | 99.3% | 2017 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 99.2% | 2017 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 45 | Kenya | 99.2% | 2015 | — | rising |
| 46 | Lithuania | 99.2% | 2016 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 47 | Algeria | 99.2% | 2017 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 48 | Macao | 99.2% | 2017 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 49 | Panama | 99.2% | 2016 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 50 | Singapore | 99.1% | 2016 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 51 | Slovakia | 99.1% | 2016 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 52 | Barbados | 99.0% | 2008 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 53 | Latvia | 99.0% | 2016 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 54 | Greece | 98.9% | 2016 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 55 | San Marino | 98.9% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 56 | Qatar | 98.9% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 58 | Maldives | 98.9% | 2016 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 59 | Aruba | 98.6% | 2008 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 60 | Croatia | 98.6% | 2016 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 61 | Venezuela | 98.6% | 2016 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 62 | Albania | 98.5% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 63 | Thailand | 98.5% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 64 | Cuba | 98.5% | 2017 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 65 | Oman | 98.3% | 2017 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 66 | Colombia | 98.3% | 2014 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 67 | Armenia | 98.3% | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 68 | Moldova | 98.3% | 2017 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 69 | Saint Lucia | 98.2% | 2017 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 70 | Belarus | 98.2% | 2017 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 71 | Eswatini | 98.1% | 2016 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 72 | Fiji | 98.0% | 2015 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 73 | Saudi Arabia | 98.0% | 2017 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 74 | Jordan | 98.0% | 2017 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 97.9% | 2017 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 76 | Chile | 97.9% | 2016 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 78 | Kuwait | 97.8% | 2017 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 79 | France | 97.7% | 1991 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 80 | Tunisia | 97.7% | 2016 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 81 | Botswana | 97.5% | 2012 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 82 | Seychelles | 97.4% | 2017 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 83 | Belize | 97.4% | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 84 | Bolivia | 97.3% | 2017 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 85 | Jamaica | 97.1% | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 86 | New Caledonia | 97.0% | 1989 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 87 | Sao Tome and Principe | 97.0% | 2016 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 88 | Palestine | 97.0% | 2017 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 89 | Portugal | 96.9% | 1975 | — | rising |
| 90 | Philippines | 96.6% | 2016 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 91 | Mexico | 96.6% | 2016 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 92 | Egypt | 96.6% | 2017 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 93 | Cayman Islands | 96.6% | 2012 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 94 | Kiribati | 96.3% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Lebanon | 96.2% | 2017 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 96 | Samoa | 96.2% | 2017 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 97 | Dominica | 96.2% | 2014 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 98 | Namibia | 96.0% | 2012 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 99 | South Africa | 95.8% | 2015 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 100 | Iran | 95.7% | 2016 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 101 | Peru | 95.4% | 2017 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 102 | Brazil | 95.2% | 2003 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 103 | Guyana | 95.2% | 2009 | up 38.0% | falling |
| 104 | El Salvador | 95.2% | 2017 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 105 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 95.1% | 2017 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 106 | Eritrea | 94.7% | 2017 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 107 | Paraguay | 94.5% | 2011 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 108 | Gambia | 94.4% | 2013 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 94.4% | 2017 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 94.2% | 2009 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 111 | Ghana | 93.7% | 2017 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 112 | East Timor | 93.2% | 2017 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 93.2% | 2017 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 114 | Comoros | 92.6% | 2013 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 92.3% | 1983 | up 111.1% | rising |
| 116 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 92.3% | 2004 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 117 | Sudan | 92.0% | 2016 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 118 | Cote d'Ivoire | 91.9% | 2016 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 91.7% | 2017 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 120 | Indonesia | 91.5% | 2016 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 121 | Ethiopia | 91.4% | 2014 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 122 | India | 91.3% | 2017 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 123 | Malaysia | 91.0% | 2016 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 90.8% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 125 | Morocco | 90.5% | 2017 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 126 | Sierra Leone | 90.5% | 2017 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 127 | Guatemala | 90.2% | 2017 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 128 | Cambodia | 89.8% | 2017 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 129 | Vanuatu | 89.4% | 2009 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 130 | Solomon Islands | 88.2% | 2017 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 131 | Lesotho | 87.5% | 2015 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 132 | Pakistan | 87.5% | 2017 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 133 | Libya | 87.2% | 1980 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 134 | Malawi | 86.4% | 2011 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 135 | Djibouti | 86.2% | 2017 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 136 | Laos | 86.2% | 2017 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 137 | Benin | 83.8% | 2015 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 138 | Nepal | 82.4% | 2016 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 139 | Togo | 82.0% | 2017 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 140 | Uruguay | 81.3% | 2009 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 141 | Burkina Faso | 80.1% | 2017 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 142 | Mali | 78.3% | 2016 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 143 | Iraq | 77.3% | 1999 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 144 | Congo | 76.4% | 2011 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 145 | Burundi | 76.3% | 2017 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Central African Republic | 75.4% | 2011 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 147 | Chad | 74.0% | 2015 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 148 | Mozambique | 73.9% | 2015 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 149 | Haiti | 73.4% | 1986 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 150 | Madagascar | 73.2% | 2015 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 151 | Senegal | 73.0% | 2016 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 152 | Myanmar | 72.8% | 2006 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 153 | Netherlands | 72.8% | 1984 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 154 | Rwanda | 72.7% | 2017 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 72.3% | 2012 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 156 | Tanzania | 71.0% | 2017 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 157 | Honduras | 71.0% | 2015 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 158 | Guinea | 68.8% | 2013 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 159 | Cameroon | 66.5% | 2015 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 160 | Suriname | 66.4% | 2017 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 161 | Mauritania | 65.6% | 2017 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 162 | Zambia | 63.9% | 2012 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 163 | Uganda | 59.0% | 2016 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 164 | Niger | 58.3% | 2015 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 165 | Gabon | 58.1% | 1987 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 166 | Syria | 57.3% | 2012 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 167 | Bermuda | 50.8% | 2014 | down 48.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 99.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 99.6%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 99.6%
- Europe & Central Asia 98.7%
- Late-demographic dividend 98.4%
- Post-demographic dividend 98.1%
- OECD members 98.0%
- European Union 97.8%
- Upper middle income 97.6%
- High income 97.4%
- Euro area 96.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 96.7%
About this data
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).