Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) by country
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age...
Countries reporting
187
Highest
129.7%
Hong Kong
Lowest
7.0%
Central African Republic
Median
90.8%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
5,459
What the numbers show
Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 129.7% in Hong Kong; the lowest is 7.0% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 90.8%, and the mean is 80.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 242.3%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 45.7%).
Lower secondary completion rate, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 129.7% | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 2 | Tuvalu | 117.1% | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 117.1% | 2024 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 116.9% | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 5 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 114.7% | 2024 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 6 | Antigua and Barbuda | 111.6% | 2022 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 7 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 110.1% | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 107.7% | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 9 | Gibraltar | 107.5% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 10 | Brunei | 106.2% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 11 | China | 106.0% | 2012 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 12 | Aruba | 104.6% | 2022 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 13 | Albania | 104.5% | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 14 | Nauru | 104.3% | 2025 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 15 | Kenya | 104.1% | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 104.0% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 17 | Moldova | 102.5% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 18 | Tonga | 102.4% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 19 | Cyprus | 102.2% | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 20 | Barbados | 102.0% | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 21 | Cayman Islands | 101.5% | 2024 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 22 | Nepal | 101.3% | 2025 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 23 | Ireland | 101.2% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Portugal | 101.2% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 25 | Singapore | 101.1% | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 26 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.8% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 27 | Chile | 100.8% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 100.6% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 29 | United States | 100.6% | 2022 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 30 | Croatia | 100.5% | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 31 | Belarus | 100.4% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 32 | Maldives | 100.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 33 | Bahrain | 100.1% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 34 | France | 99.7% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 35 | Sweden | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Lithuania | 99.4% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 37 | Denmark | 99.0% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 38 | Norway | 98.9% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 39 | Indonesia | 98.8% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 40 | Thailand | 98.5% | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 41 | Finland | 98.3% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 42 | Argentina | 98.2% | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 43 | Israel | 98.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 97.8% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 45 | Serbia | 97.7% | 2022 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 46 | Switzerland | 97.6% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 47 | Iceland | 97.6% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 97.6% | 2025 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 49 | Estonia | 97.5% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 50 | Kiribati | 97.4% | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Andorra | 97.1% | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 52 | South Korea | 97.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 53 | Malta | 97.0% | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 54 | Montenegro | 96.9% | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 55 | Fiji | 96.8% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 56 | Samoa | 96.8% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 57 | Italy | 96.7% | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 58 | Russia | 96.6% | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 96.5% | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 60 | Armenia | 96.2% | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 61 | Czechia | 96.1% | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 62 | Austria | 96.1% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 63 | Bahamas | 95.6% | 2010 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95.4% | 2023 | up 29.5% | falling |
| 65 | Oman | 95.4% | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Bermuda | 95.3% | 2012 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 67 | Greece | 95.3% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.2% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 69 | Liechtenstein | 95.1% | 2021 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 70 | Spain | 95.1% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 71 | Slovenia | 95.0% | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 72 | Kuwait | 94.3% | 2021 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 73 | Vietnam | 94.1% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 74 | Jordan | 94.1% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 75 | Qatar | 94.0% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 76 | Hungary | 94.0% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 77 | Belgium | 93.9% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 78 | Palestine | 93.8% | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 79 | Latvia | 93.7% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 80 | Botswana | 93.4% | 2022 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 81 | San Marino | 93.3% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 93.2% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 92.9% | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 84 | Sri Lanka | 92.9% | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 85 | Cape Verde | 92.8% | 2022 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Tunisia | 92.8% | 2021 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Macao | 92.7% | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 88 | Peru | 92.3% | 2019 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 89 | East Timor | 92.3% | 2020 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 90 | Ecuador | 91.8% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 91 | South Africa | 91.4% | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 92 | Grenada | 91.2% | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 93 | Turkey | 91.0% | 2023 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Mongolia | 90.8% | 2024 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 95 | Ukraine | 90.6% | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 96 | Cuba | 90.4% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 97 | Seychelles | 90.0% | 2024 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 98 | Bolivia | 89.6% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 99 | India | 89.1% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 100 | Saint Lucia | 88.8% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 101 | Mexico | 88.5% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 102 | Guyana | 87.4% | 2010 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 103 | Colombia | 87.4% | 2022 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 104 | Algeria | 87.3% | 2025 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Iran | 87.1% | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 106 | Venezuela | 86.9% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 107 | Philippines | 86.8% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 108 | Palau | 86.4% | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 109 | Mauritius | 86.4% | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 110 | Ghana | 86.2% | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 111 | Jamaica | 86.0% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 112 | Egypt | 85.7% | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 85.2% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 114 | Bangladesh | 84.7% | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 115 | Malaysia | 84.4% | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 116 | Georgia | 83.7% | 2024 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 117 | Slovakia | 83.7% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 118 | Uruguay | 83.3% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 83.3% | 2017 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 120 | Belize | 82.8% | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 121 | Morocco | 82.7% | 2024 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Dominica | 81.7% | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 123 | British Virgin Islands | 81.2% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 124 | Azerbaijan | 80.3% | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 125 | Sao Tome and Principe | 80.1% | 2017 | up 155.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Panama | 80.0% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 127 | Myanmar | 78.9% | 2018 | up 86.6% | rising |
| 128 | Romania | 78.2% | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 129 | Micronesia (country) | 76.9% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 130 | Namibia | 76.8% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 131 | El Salvador | 76.7% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 132 | Paraguay | 76.5% | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 133 | Cote d'Ivoire | 73.8% | 2024 | up 160.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Eswatini | 72.2% | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 135 | Gambia | 70.3% | 2025 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Nicaragua | 69.9% | 2010 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 69.2% | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 138 | Sierra Leone | 68.0% | 2021 | up 94.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | 68.0% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 140 | Cambodia | 67.7% | 2024 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 141 | Congo | 64.8% | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 142 | Costa Rica | 63.2% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 143 | Bhutan | 60.9% | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Solomon Islands | 59.9% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 145 | Lebanon | 58.0% | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 146 | Lesotho | 54.6% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 147 | Pakistan | 54.5% | 2024 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 148 | Togo | 54.4% | 2024 | up 91.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Suriname | 53.1% | 2021 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 150 | Poland | 52.4% | 2024 | down 45.7% | flat |
| 151 | Rwanda | 52.3% | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Eritrea | 52.2% | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 153 | Afghanistan | 52.1% | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Guatemala | 51.6% | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 155 | Zambia | 51.0% | 2013 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 156 | Comoros | 50.1% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 157 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 50.0% | 2020 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Laos | 49.5% | 2025 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 159 | Mauritania | 49.1% | 2020 | up 242.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Sudan | 48.7% | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 161 | Syria | 46.6% | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 162 | Senegal | 45.6% | 2024 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Liberia | 45.1% | 2022 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 164 | Angola | 41.0% | 2023 | up 125.7% | rising |
| 165 | Iraq | 40.8% | 2007 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 166 | Honduras | 40.2% | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 167 | Yemen | 38.5% | 2016 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 168 | Papua New Guinea | 37.7% | 2023 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 169 | Tanzania | 36.0% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 170 | Cameroon | 35.3% | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Burkina Faso | 32.7% | 2024 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Madagascar | 32.7% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 173 | Burundi | 31.6% | 2020 | up 134.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Guinea | 29.7% | 2020 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | 28.8% | 2010 | up 204.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Mali | 27.2% | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Benin | 26.6% | 2022 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Mozambique | 26.3% | 2019 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Haiti | 26.3% | 1997 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 180 | Uganda | 25.1% | 2017 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 181 | Malawi | 24.4% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 21.1% | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 183 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.7% | 2015 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 184 | Gabon | 17.5% | 1995 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 185 | Chad | 13.5% | 2021 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Niger | 12.2% | 2024 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Central African Republic | 7.0% | 2016 | up 8.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 103.7%
- North America 99.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 98.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 98.0%
- East Asia & Pacific 97.8%
- Late-demographic dividend 96.9%
- High income 95.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 94.8%
- OECD members 94.1%
- Post-demographic dividend 94.0%
- Upper middle income 93.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 92.0%
About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.