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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
36
Highest
99.4%
Chile
Lowest
54.9%
Senegal
Median
92.5%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
428

What the numbers show

Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, male (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 99.4% in Chile; the lowest is 54.9% in Senegal.

The median across all reporting countries is 92.5%, and the mean is 86.3%.

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

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 13.0%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 14.1%).

Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chile 99.4% 2022 up 0.1% flat
2 Armenia 99.3% 2023 down 0.2% flat
3 Uruguay 99.2% 2024 up 4.1% rising
4 Brazil 99.2% 2024 up 1.2% flat
5 Peru 98.8% 2023 up 2.1% flat
6 Panama 98.2% 2023 up 3.0% rising
7 United States of America 98.0% 2024 down 0.2% flat
8 Kyrgyzstan 97.5% 2023 down 0.6% flat
9 Paraguay 97.0% 2024 up 2.4% rising
10 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 96.4% 2024 up 0.4% flat
11 Costa Rica 96.2% 2024 down 0.6% rising
12 Ecuador 96.1% 2024 up 0.3% rising
13 Dominican Republic 95.8% 2024 up 0.1% flat
14 Nepal 95.3% 2022 up 0.1% flat
15 South Africa 95.1% 2024 down 0.5% flat
16 Kenya 94.6% 2024 down 2.0% flat
17 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 93.5% 2014 up 1.7% flat
18 Colombia 92.6% 2024 down 1.9% flat
19 El Salvador 92.3% 2023 up 5.1% rising
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 91.6% 2024 down 0.0% rising
21 Mexico 91.5% 2024 down 2.7% flat
22 Ghana 90.2% 2024 up 13.0% rising
23 Togo 86.5% 2021 up 4.3% rising
24 Cameroon 85.6% 2018 up 2.8% flat
25 Bangladesh 81.7% 2022 up 5.6% rising
26 Lesotho 77.5% 2023 down 1.0% flat
27 Guatemala 74.6% 2024 down 0.9% rising
28 Honduras 74.2% 2024 up 1.8% falling
29 Nigeria 74.2% 2024 down 1.0% flat
30 Zambia 70.4% 2023 down 14.1% falling
31 Ethiopia 68.6% 2022 up 0.3% rising
32 Côte d'Ivoire 67.3% 2022 down 3.8% rising
33 Benin 63.7% 2021 down 9.6% falling
34 Gambia 61.4% 2023 down 9.7% flat
35 Mali 57.6% 2024 up 11.4% rising
36 Senegal 54.9% 2023 down 8.4% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Total net attendance rate, lower secondary, male (%)
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