Share of the population with lower secondary education by country
Share of adults aged 25 and older who have completed lower secondary education or higher.
Countries reporting
135
Highest
100.0%
Uzbekistan
Lowest
8.4%
Niger
Median
72.4%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
1,912
What the numbers show
Share of the population with lower secondary education is currently reported for 135 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Uzbekistan; the lowest is 8.4% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 72.4%, and the mean is 68.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 281.1%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 16.8%).
Share of the population with lower secondary education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | Czechia | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 99.8% | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | Iceland | 99.6% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 5 | Slovakia | 99.4% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | Slovenia | 99.3% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 7 | Armenia | 99.1% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 8 | Hungary | 98.9% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 9 | Norway | 98.9% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 10 | Estonia | 98.7% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 11 | Latvia | 98.7% | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 12 | Georgia | 98.6% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 13 | Moldova | 98.3% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 98.2% | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 15 | Switzerland | 98.2% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 16 | Lithuania | 97.9% | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 97.0% | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 18 | United States | 96.6% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 19 | Canada | 96.4% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 20 | Montenegro | 96.1% | 2020 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 21 | Bahamas | 96.1% | 2022 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 22 | Croatia | 95.7% | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 95.7% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 24 | Sweden | 95.4% | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 25 | Cayman Islands | 95.3% | 2015 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 26 | Germany | 94.8% | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 27 | Austria | 94.7% | 2021 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 28 | Tonga | 94.2% | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 29 | Malta | 93.7% | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 93.4% | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 31 | Denmark | 93.3% | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 32 | Albania | 93.2% | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 33 | Australia | 93.2% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 34 | Serbia | 93.1% | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 35 | Mongolia | 92.8% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 36 | Ireland | 92.5% | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 37 | Samoa | 92.3% | 2022 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 38 | Finland | 91.7% | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 39 | Israel | 91.6% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 40 | France | 91.6% | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 41 | Cook Islands | 90.9% | 2020 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 90.7% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 43 | Netherlands | 90.3% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 44 | South Korea | 90.0% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 45 | Belgium | 88.9% | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 46 | Puerto Rico | 88.8% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 47 | Brunei | 88.7% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 48 | Poland | 88.2% | 2021 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 49 | Chile | 87.8% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 50 | Fiji | 87.3% | 2017 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 87.3% | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 52 | Cyprus | 85.9% | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 85.8% | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 85.4% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 55 | Singapore | 85.3% | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 56 | Italy | 84.4% | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 57 | Spain | 84.3% | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 82.7% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 59 | Bahrain | 82.6% | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 60 | Qatar | 82.0% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 61 | Hong Kong | 80.6% | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 62 | Malaysia | 80.6% | 2022 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 63 | Jordan | 79.5% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 64 | Greece | 78.4% | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 65 | Jamaica | 77.4% | 2022 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Namibia | 76.8% | 2023 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 67 | Macao | 73.3% | 2016 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 68 | China | 72.4% | 2020 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.9% | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 70 | Venezuela | 70.9% | 2017 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 71 | Palestine | 69.5% | 2022 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 72 | Mexico | 69.0% | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 73 | North Macedonia | 69.0% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 74 | Brazil | 67.2% | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 75 | Mauritius | 66.7% | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 76 | Kenya | 66.0% | 2024 | up 127.0% | rising |
| 77 | Vietnam | 66.0% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 78 | Bolivia | 65.6% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 79 | Iran | 65.1% | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 80 | Zimbabwe | 64.9% | 2017 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 81 | Panama | 64.7% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 82 | Portugal | 64.5% | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 83 | Peru | 63.7% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 84 | Uruguay | 63.3% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 85 | Colombia | 62.7% | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 86 | Philippines | 61.9% | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 61.6% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 88 | Ghana | 58.4% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 89 | Grenada | 58.1% | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Paraguay | 57.2% | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 91 | Indonesia | 56.7% | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 92 | Argentina | 56.4% | 2003 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 93 | Kuwait | 55.9% | 2018 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 94 | Egypt | 55.7% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 95 | Ecuador | 54.4% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 96 | Turkey | 54.3% | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 97 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 54.0% | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 98 | Thailand | 53.6% | 2022 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 99 | Nigeria | 53.4% | 2024 | up 18.0% | flat |
| 100 | India | 52.7% | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 52.4% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 102 | Belize | 52.2% | 2020 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 103 | El Salvador | 49.2% | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 104 | Bangladesh | 48.6% | 2021 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 46.8% | 2019 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Zambia | 44.1% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 107 | Myanmar | 42.6% | 2019 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 108 | Tunisia | 42.1% | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 109 | Pakistan | 38.4% | 2021 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 110 | Angola | 38.1% | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 111 | Lesotho | 37.2% | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 112 | Gambia | 36.9% | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 113 | Liberia | 35.6% | 2019 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 114 | Honduras | 34.3% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 115 | Syria | 34.1% | 2009 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 116 | Guatemala | 33.9% | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 117 | Nepal | 33.9% | 2021 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Haiti | 31.0% | 2017 | up 281.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Cameroon | 30.3% | 2018 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 120 | Sierra Leone | 23.1% | 2019 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 121 | Uganda | 23.1% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 122 | Cambodia | 22.1% | 2021 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 123 | Togo | 21.6% | 2022 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 124 | Malawi | 18.8% | 2020 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Rwanda | 18.0% | 2022 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 126 | Mozambique | 17.8% | 2022 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 127 | Ethiopia | 16.6% | 2022 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 128 | Afghanistan | 15.3% | 2022 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 129 | Tanzania | 15.1% | 2022 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 130 | Senegal | 14.7% | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 131 | Guinea | 12.6% | 2018 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 132 | Benin | 12.3% | 2022 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 133 | Mali | 10.2% | 2022 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 134 | Burkina Faso | 10.2% | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 135 | Niger | 8.4% | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
About this data
Share of adults aged 25 and older who have completed lower secondary education or higher.