Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2 by country

Countries reporting
62
Highest
98.63
Uzbekistan
Lowest
21.32
Morocco
Median
85.38
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
2,014

What the numbers show

Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2 is currently reported for 62 countries. The highest value is 98.63 in Uzbekistan; the lowest is 21.32 in Morocco.

The median across all reporting countries is 85.38, and the mean is 79.24.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 99.5%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 3.6%).

Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uzbekistan 98.63 2023 up 14.0% rising
2 Kazakhstan 98.33 2020 up 2.0% rising
3 Croatia 97.79 2023 up 2.9% rising
4 Kyrgyzstan 96.6 2023 up 3.7% rising
5 Ukraine 95.46 2017 up 2.5% rising
6 Greece 94.61 2023 up 6.0% rising
7 Turkmenistan 94.58 2023 up 1.2% flat
8 Ireland 94.51 2023 up 4.1% rising
9 Georgia 93.32 2023 up 2.6% rising
10 Slovak Republic 93.11 2023 up 0.2% flat
11 Cyprus 92.7 2023 up 2.4% rising
11 Slovenia 92.7 2023 up 2.7% rising
13 Belarus 92.62 2023 up 3.1% rising
14 Switzerland 92.54 2023 up 1.3% rising
15 Poland 91.49 2023 up 0.7% flat
16 Lithuania 91.44 2023 up 1.6% flat
17 Russia 91.23 2023 up 2.6% rising
18 Czechia 90.23 2023 down 0.5% flat
19 Armenia 89.86 2021 up 2.0% flat
20 United Kingdom 89.78 2023 up 1.9% flat
21 Finland 89.29 2023 up 2.5% flat
22 Sweden 88.94 2023 up 1.0% flat
23 Montenegro 88.38 2023 up 7.8% rising
24 France 86.92 2023 up 4.5% rising
25 Bulgaria 86.79 2023 up 3.4% rising
26 Albania 86.41 2022 up 30.4% rising
27 Latvia 86.4 2023 up 3.8% flat
28 Italy 86.28 2023 up 9.1% rising
29 Hungary 85.95 2023 up 2.5% rising
30 Belgium 85.71 2023 up 5.0% rising
31 Austria 85.63 2023 up 0.6% flat
32 Estonia 85.14 2023 up 3.0% flat
33 Azerbaijan 85.02 2011 up 29.1% rising
34 North Macedonia 84.59 2023 up 12.9% rising
35 Qatar 84.17 2017 up 6.4% rising
36 Egypt 83.67 2019 up 13.4% rising
37 Palestine, State of 83.19 2023 up 5.0% rising
38 Germany 81.88 2023 up 2.4% flat
39 Malta 81.72 2023 up 14.8% rising
40 Serbia 81.69 2023 up 13.0% rising
41 Romania 81.22 2023 up 4.1% flat
42 Portugal 81.2 2023 up 22.8% rising
43 Norway 80.58 2023 up 4.4% flat
44 Luxembourg 80.52 2023 up 3.7% rising
45 Moldova 79.27 2017 up 2.9% flat
46 Netherlands 78.97 2023 up 3.5% rising
47 Tajikistan 77.42 2022 up 20.3% rising
48 Denmark 76.1 2023 up 2.7% flat
49 Spain 73.95 2023 up 10.0% rising
50 Türkiye 70.2 2023 up 24.5% rising
51 Iceland 65.58 2023 up 1.8% flat
52 Iran 65.09 2016 up 22.3% rising
53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.03 2016 up 11.0% rising
54 Jordan 59.95 2022 down 3.6% rising
55 Tunisia 58.07 2023 up 15.5% rising
56 Iraq 50.8 2023 up 99.5% rising
57 Algeria 47.57 2023 up 39.4% volatile
58 Yemen 37.92 2023 up 31.5% rising
59 Sudan 33.33 2023 up 16.6% rising
60 Syrian Arab Republic 31.48 2011 up 29.3% rising
61 Djibouti 22.02 2011 up 57.4% rising
62 Morocco 21.32 2009 up 35.6% rising

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Indicator
Upper secondary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
62 places, 2,014 data points, 1990–2023
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