Lower secondary completion rate, total (% 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
129.5%
Hong Kong
Lowest
8.9%
Central African Republic
Median
89.1%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
5,918
What the numbers show
Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 129.5% in Hong Kong; the lowest is 8.9% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 89.1%, and the mean is 78.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 205.9%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 43.2%).
Lower secondary completion rate, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 129.5% | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 119.7% | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 3 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 116.6% | 2024 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 4 | Marshall Islands | 114.1% | 2024 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 110.3% | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 109.9% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 7 | Aruba | 107.2% | 2022 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 8 | Antigua and Barbuda | 106.0% | 2022 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 9 | Brunei | 105.0% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 10 | Albania | 104.2% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 104.2% | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 12 | Moldova | 104.1% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 13 | China | 103.6% | 2012 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 103.5% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 15 | Tuvalu | 102.8% | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 16 | Chile | 102.3% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 17 | Singapore | 101.6% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 18 | United States | 101.4% | 2022 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 19 | Kenya | 101.2% | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 20 | Cyprus | 101.1% | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 21 | Belarus | 100.8% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 22 | Ireland | 100.8% | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 23 | Portugal | 100.6% | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 24 | Croatia | 100.1% | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 26 | Bahrain | 99.8% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 27 | Sweden | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 28 | Indonesia | 99.7% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 29 | France | 99.5% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 30 | Tonga | 99.4% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 31 | Denmark | 99.2% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 32 | Norway | 99.1% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 33 | Lithuania | 98.7% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 34 | Nepal | 98.2% | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 35 | Estonia | 98.2% | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 36 | United Kingdom | 98.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 37 | Nauru | 97.9% | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 38 | Armenia | 97.9% | 2024 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 39 | Finland | 97.8% | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 40 | Israel | 97.8% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 41 | Iceland | 97.8% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 97.6% | 2025 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 97.4% | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 44 | Fiji | 97.3% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 45 | Malta | 97.3% | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 46 | Barbados | 97.3% | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 47 | Cayman Islands | 97.3% | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 48 | South Korea | 97.3% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 49 | Trinidad and Tobago | 97.1% | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 50 | Montenegro | 97.0% | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 51 | Russia | 97.0% | 2019 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 52 | Samoa | 96.8% | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 53 | Italy | 96.3% | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 54 | Bermuda | 96.1% | 2015 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 55 | Switzerland | 96.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 56 | Kiribati | 96.0% | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Austria | 95.8% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 58 | Thailand | 95.7% | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 59 | Serbia | 95.3% | 2022 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 60 | Oman | 95.3% | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Bahamas | 95.3% | 2010 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 62 | Vietnam | 95.2% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 63 | Czechia | 95.1% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 64 | Argentina | 95.0% | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 65 | Maldives | 94.6% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 66 | Liechtenstein | 94.5% | 2021 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 67 | Macao | 94.2% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 94.0% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 69 | Greece | 93.9% | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 93.8% | 2023 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 71 | Hungary | 93.8% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 93.7% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 73 | Slovenia | 93.5% | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 74 | Spain | 93.4% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 75 | Andorra | 93.4% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 76 | Latvia | 93.3% | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 77 | Seychelles | 93.2% | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 93.0% | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 79 | San Marino | 92.5% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 80 | Qatar | 92.5% | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 81 | Belgium | 92.4% | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 82 | Peru | 92.0% | 2019 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 91.9% | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 84 | Turkey | 91.8% | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 85 | Palau | 91.7% | 2024 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 86 | Botswana | 91.4% | 2022 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 87 | Jordan | 91.3% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 88 | Palestine | 91.2% | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 89 | Ecuador | 90.5% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 90 | Dominica | 90.4% | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 91 | Ukraine | 89.8% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 92 | Grenada | 89.5% | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 93 | Cuba | 89.2% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 94 | Mongolia | 89.1% | 2024 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 95 | Bolivia | 88.5% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 96 | South Africa | 88.3% | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 97 | East Timor | 88.3% | 2020 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 98 | India | 88.0% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 88.0% | 2017 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 100 | Mexico | 86.6% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 101 | Georgia | 85.9% | 2024 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 102 | Jamaica | 85.6% | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 103 | Kuwait | 85.3% | 2021 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 104 | Iran | 85.2% | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 105 | Ghana | 85.1% | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 106 | Slovakia | 84.9% | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 107 | Philippines | 84.8% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 108 | Egypt | 83.9% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 109 | Mauritius | 83.5% | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 110 | Venezuela | 83.2% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 111 | Cape Verde | 83.0% | 2022 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Saint Lucia | 83.0% | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 113 | Colombia | 83.0% | 2022 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 114 | Tunisia | 82.4% | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 115 | Malaysia | 81.5% | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 116 | Guyana | 81.3% | 2010 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 117 | Azerbaijan | 80.3% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 118 | Dominican Republic | 79.7% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 119 | Belize | 79.1% | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 120 | Algeria | 79.0% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 121 | Panama | 78.8% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 122 | Romania | 78.0% | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 123 | Uruguay | 77.9% | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 124 | Morocco | 77.2% | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 125 | Paraguay | 75.5% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 126 | Micronesia (country) | 75.1% | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 127 | Sao Tome and Principe | 74.9% | 2017 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 128 | British Virgin Islands | 74.8% | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 129 | Bangladesh | 73.8% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 130 | Myanmar | 73.8% | 2018 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 131 | El Salvador | 72.7% | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 132 | Namibia | 71.9% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 133 | Cote d'Ivoire | 70.8% | 2024 | up 114.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Eswatini | 67.6% | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | 65.6% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 136 | Nicaragua | 64.7% | 2010 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 64.6% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 138 | Afghanistan | 62.1% | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Cambodia | 61.6% | 2024 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 140 | Costa Rica | 61.4% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 141 | Gambia | 61.3% | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Solomon Islands | 57.8% | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 57.1% | 2021 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Togo | 56.6% | 2024 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Bhutan | 56.6% | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 55.9% | 2020 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Pakistan | 55.8% | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 148 | Zambia | 55.3% | 2013 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 149 | Poland | 55.0% | 2024 | down 43.2% | rising |
| 150 | Eritrea | 53.4% | 2022 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 151 | Lebanon | 52.9% | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 152 | Mauritania | 49.8% | 2020 | up 205.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Guatemala | 49.3% | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 154 | Laos | 49.3% | 2025 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 155 | Congo | 47.9% | 2012 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 156 | Rwanda | 47.6% | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Sudan | 47.5% | 2019 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 158 | Lesotho | 45.0% | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 159 | Yemen | 45.0% | 2016 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 160 | Iraq | 44.9% | 2007 | up 80.3% | rising |
| 161 | Liberia | 44.5% | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 162 | Comoros | 44.1% | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 163 | Syria | 42.7% | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 164 | Suriname | 42.3% | 2021 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 165 | Angola | 42.1% | 2023 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 41.9% | 2023 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 167 | Senegal | 38.7% | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Honduras | 36.6% | 2024 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 169 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.3% | 2010 | up 176.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Cameroon | 35.0% | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Guinea | 34.5% | 2020 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Tanzania | 34.2% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 173 | Madagascar | 30.9% | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 174 | Mali | 28.1% | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Burundi | 28.0% | 2020 | up 71.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Burkina Faso | 27.9% | 2024 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Benin | 27.9% | 2022 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Haiti | 27.4% | 1997 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 179 | Uganda | 26.3% | 2017 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 180 | Mozambique | 26.1% | 2019 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Malawi | 24.4% | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 21.4% | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 183 | Gabon | 20.2% | 1995 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 184 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.9% | 2015 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 185 | Chad | 18.4% | 2021 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Niger | 11.9% | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Central African Republic | 8.9% | 2016 | up 17.9% | rising |
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 103.0%
- North America 100.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 97.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 97.5%
- East Asia & Pacific 97.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 95.7%
- High income 95.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 94.9%
- Post-demographic dividend 94.0%
- OECD members 93.6%
- Upper middle income 93.0%
- Europe & Central Asia 91.9%
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.