Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
36
Highest
99.4%
Armenia
Lowest
55.2%
Mali
Median
93.3%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
428

What the numbers show

Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 99.4% in Armenia; the lowest is 55.2% in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 93.3%, and the mean is 86.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 15.9%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 9.6%).

Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Armenia 99.4% 2023 up 0.2% flat
2 Brazil 99.2% 2024 up 1.1% flat
3 Uruguay 99.2% 2024 up 3.6% rising
4 Chile 99.2% 2022 down 0.4% flat
5 Peru 98.7% 2023 up 2.0% rising
6 Panama 98.1% 2023 up 2.2% rising
7 United States of America 98.0% 2024 down 0.2% flat
8 Kyrgyzstan 97.4% 2023 down 0.7% flat
9 Dominican Republic 97.3% 2024 up 1.0% flat
10 Costa Rica 97.0% 2024 down 0.3% rising
11 Paraguay 96.9% 2024 up 2.0% rising
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 96.2% 2024 up 1.4% flat
13 Ecuador 96.1% 2024 up 0.1% rising
14 South Africa 95.8% 2024 up 0.2% flat
15 Nepal 95.1% 2022 up 3.0% rising
16 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 94.6% 2014 up 1.3% flat
17 Kenya 94.4% 2024 down 2.0% flat
18 El Salvador 93.4% 2023 up 7.2% rising
19 Colombia 93.1% 2024 down 2.1% flat
20 Mexico 91.7% 2024 down 2.7% flat
21 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 90.6% 2024 up 2.1% rising
22 Ghana 90.4% 2024 up 13.7% rising
23 Bangladesh 86.2% 2022 up 6.6% rising
24 Togo 83.0% 2021 up 5.6% rising
25 Lesotho 82.7% 2023 up 0.3% flat
26 Cameroon 82.6% 2018 up 3.9% flat
27 Honduras 76.0% 2024 up 3.1% flat
28 Guatemala 74.4% 2024 up 4.4% rising
29 Nigeria 74.4% 2024 up 3.1% flat
30 Zambia 71.6% 2023 down 9.6% flat
31 Ethiopia 70.6% 2022 up 0.2% rising
32 Gambia 70.0% 2023 up 6.4% rising
33 Côte d'Ivoire 64.5% 2022 up 4.5% rising
34 Benin 60.5% 2021 down 8.5% falling
35 Senegal 59.6% 2023 up 1.1% rising
36 Mali 55.2% 2024 up 15.9% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
36 places, 428 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release