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Progression to secondary school (%) by country

Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).

Countries reporting
167
Highest
100.0%
Spain
Lowest
50.8%
Bermuda
Median
97.3%
Years covered
49
1970–2018
Data points
4,983

What the numbers show

Progression to secondary school (%) is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Spain; the lowest is 50.8% in Bermuda.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.3%, and the mean is 92.0%.

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

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 111.1%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (down 48.3%).

Progression to secondary school: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Spain 100.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
2 Slovenia 100.0% 2016 up 0.5% flat
3 Italy 100.0% 2016 up 0.3% flat
4 Czechia 99.9% 2016 up 0.7% flat
5 Denmark 99.9% 2016 up 3.3% flat
6 Russia 99.9% 2015 down 0.1% flat
7 Hong Kong 99.9% 2017 down 0.0% rising
8 United Arab Emirates 99.9% 2013 up 1.5% flat
9 Switzerland 99.9% 2016 up 0.1% flat
10 Finland 99.9% 2016 down 0.0% flat
11 North Macedonia 99.9% 2014 up 0.3% flat
12 Argentina 99.9% 2016 up 5.1% rising
13 Estonia 99.8% 2016 up 0.4% flat
14 Brunei 99.8% 2017 up 0.1% rising
15 Vietnam 99.8% 2015 up 5.3% rising
16 Poland 99.8% 2016 down 0.2% flat
17 Austria 99.8% 2016 down 0.2% rising
18 Kyrgyzstan 99.8% 2017 down 0.1% flat
19 Cyprus 99.7% 2016 up 0.6% rising
20 Uzbekistan 99.7% 2017 down 0.2% flat
21 Ukraine 99.7% 2017 up 0.1% flat
22 Serbia 99.7% 2017 down 0.1% flat
23 Georgia 99.7% 2017 down 0.0% flat
24 Iceland 99.7% 2011 down 0.1% flat
24 Norway 99.7% 2016 up 0.0% flat
26 Turkey 99.7% 2015 up 1.3% rising
27 South Korea 99.6% 2016 up 0.8% rising
28 Ecuador 99.6% 2017 up 25.9% rising
29 Israel 99.6% 2016 down 0.2% flat
30 Bhutan 99.6% 2016 up 1.8% rising
31 Sweden 99.6% 2016 down 0.3% flat
32 Romania 99.5% 2016 down 0.0% flat
33 Kazakhstan 99.5% 2018 down 0.3% flat
34 Hungary 99.5% 2016 down 0.1% flat
35 Germany 99.5% 2016 up 0.2% flat
36 Tajikistan 99.5% 2016 up 1.4% flat
37 Bahrain 99.5% 2017 up 0.4% rising
38 Sri Lanka 99.4% 2017 down 0.0% rising
39 Mauritius 99.4% 2017 up 16.3% rising
40 Saint Kitts and Nevis 99.4% 2015 up 9.9% rising
41 China 99.4% 2008 up 12.3% rising
42 Bulgaria 99.3% 2016 up 1.7% flat
43 Mongolia 99.3% 2017 down 0.0% flat
44 Azerbaijan 99.2% 2017 down 0.4% rising
45 Kenya 99.2% 2015 — rising
46 Lithuania 99.2% 2016 down 0.0% flat
47 Algeria 99.2% 2017 up 2.7% rising
48 Macao 99.2% 2017 up 1.0% rising
49 Panama 99.2% 2016 up 0.3% rising
50 Singapore 99.1% 2016 up 6.7% rising
51 Slovakia 99.1% 2016 down 0.2% flat
52 Barbados 99.0% 2008 up 0.2% flat
53 Latvia 99.0% 2016 down 0.2% flat
54 Greece 98.9% 2016 up 1.8% rising
55 San Marino 98.9% 2011 — flat
56 Qatar 98.9% 2016 up 0.1% flat
57 Malta 98.9% 2016 up 1.3% flat
58 Maldives 98.9% 2016 up 4.1% rising
59 Aruba 98.6% 2008 down 1.1% flat
60 Croatia 98.6% 2016 down 1.0% flat
61 Venezuela 98.6% 2016 down 0.7% rising
62 Albania 98.5% 2017 up 0.3% flat
63 Thailand 98.5% 2017 — rising
64 Cuba 98.5% 2017 down 0.0% rising
65 Oman 98.3% 2017 down 1.3% rising
66 Colombia 98.3% 2014 down 1.3% rising
67 Armenia 98.3% 2017 down 1.0% flat
68 Moldova 98.3% 2017 down 0.1% flat
69 Saint Lucia 98.2% 2017 up 0.3% rising
70 Belarus 98.2% 2017 down 0.5% flat
71 Eswatini 98.1% 2016 up 2.6% rising
72 Fiji 98.0% 2015 down 1.3% rising
73 Saudi Arabia 98.0% 2017 up 3.4% flat
74 Jordan 98.0% 2017 down 2.0% rising
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 97.9% 2017 up 17.0% rising
76 Chile 97.9% 2016 up 1.4% rising
77 Liechtenstein 97.8% 2016 up 0.5% flat
78 Kuwait 97.8% 2017 down 2.0% flat
79 France 97.7% 1991 down 0.1% flat
80 Tunisia 97.7% 2016 up 3.9% rising
81 Botswana 97.5% 2012 down 0.3% rising
82 Seychelles 97.4% 2017 down 2.5% rising
83 Belize 97.4% 2017 up 1.0% flat
84 Bolivia 97.3% 2017 up 2.4% flat
85 Jamaica 97.1% 2017 down 1.0% flat
86 New Caledonia 97.0% 1989 up 16.6% rising
87 Sao Tome and Principe 97.0% 2016 up 27.9% rising
88 Palestine 97.0% 2017 down 2.8% flat
89 Portugal 96.9% 1975 — rising
90 Philippines 96.6% 2016 down 1.5% flat
91 Mexico 96.6% 2016 up 2.0% rising
92 Egypt 96.6% 2017 up 3.1% rising
93 Cayman Islands 96.6% 2012 up 6.3% flat
94 Kiribati 96.3% 2015 — volatile
95 Lebanon 96.2% 2017 up 1.5% flat
96 Samoa 96.2% 2017 down 2.0% flat
97 Dominica 96.2% 2014 down 2.9% rising
98 Namibia 96.0% 2012 up 4.8% flat
99 South Africa 95.8% 2015 up 1.0% flat
100 Iran 95.7% 2016 down 0.4% rising
101 Peru 95.4% 2017 down 1.0% rising
102 Brazil 95.2% 2003 down 0.5% rising
103 Guyana 95.2% 2009 up 38.0% falling
104 El Salvador 95.2% 2017 down 0.0% rising
105 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 95.1% 2017 down 3.2% rising
106 Eritrea 94.7% 2017 up 2.4% flat
107 Paraguay 94.5% 2011 up 3.0% flat
108 Gambia 94.4% 2013 up 4.2% rising
109 Cape Verde 94.4% 2017 up 0.1% rising
110 Trinidad and Tobago 94.2% 2009 up 2.2% rising
111 Ghana 93.7% 2017 down 6.2% flat
112 East Timor 93.2% 2017 up 4.0% flat
113 Dominican Republic 93.2% 2017 down 5.7% rising
114 Comoros 92.6% 2013 up 1.0% rising
115 Guinea-Bissau 92.3% 1983 up 111.1% rising
116 Turks and Caicos Islands 92.3% 2004 up 37.5% rising
117 Sudan 92.0% 2016 down 4.5% falling
118 Cote d'Ivoire 91.9% 2016 up 30.0% rising
119 Costa Rica 91.7% 2017 down 5.4% rising
120 Indonesia 91.5% 2016 down 7.5% rising
121 Ethiopia 91.4% 2014 down 7.7% rising
122 India 91.3% 2017 down 0.8% flat
123 Malaysia 91.0% 2016 down 6.8% falling
124 Afghanistan 90.8% 2017 — rising
125 Morocco 90.5% 2017 up 6.0% rising
126 Sierra Leone 90.5% 2017 up 14.1% rising
127 Guatemala 90.2% 2017 down 2.9% rising
128 Cambodia 89.8% 2017 up 10.3% flat
129 Vanuatu 89.4% 2009 up 67.2% rising
130 Solomon Islands 88.2% 2017 down 2.0% rising
131 Lesotho 87.5% 2015 up 6.5% rising
132 Pakistan 87.5% 2017 up 16.7% rising
133 Libya 87.2% 1980 up 4.3% rising
134 Malawi 86.4% 2011 up 0.8% flat
135 Djibouti 86.2% 2017 down 1.7% rising
136 Laos 86.2% 2017 up 5.5% rising
137 Benin 83.8% 2015 up 7.3% rising
138 Nepal 82.4% 2016 down 6.3% flat
139 Togo 82.0% 2017 up 5.0% rising
140 Uruguay 81.3% 2009 down 6.9% flat
141 Burkina Faso 80.1% 2017 up 8.8% rising
142 Mali 78.3% 2016 down 9.3% rising
143 Iraq 77.3% 1999 up 8.2% falling
144 Congo 76.4% 2011 up 4.0% falling
145 Burundi 76.3% 2017 up 15.3% volatile
146 Central African Republic 75.4% 2011 down 1.3% rising
147 Chad 74.0% 2015 up 6.1% rising
148 Mozambique 73.9% 2015 up 23.1% rising
149 Haiti 73.4% 1986 up 17.0% rising
150 Madagascar 73.2% 2015 up 4.1% rising
151 Senegal 73.0% 2016 down 7.2% rising
152 Myanmar 72.8% 2006 up 6.6% rising
153 Netherlands 72.8% 1984 up 8.8% rising
154 Rwanda 72.7% 2017 down 8.4% volatile
155 Democratic Republic of Congo 72.3% 2012 down 18.8% rising
156 Tanzania 71.0% 2017 up 49.3% rising
157 Honduras 71.0% 2015 down 0.6% flat
158 Guinea 68.8% 2013 down 17.6% flat
159 Cameroon 66.5% 2015 up 48.0% rising
160 Suriname 66.4% 2017 down 2.2% rising
161 Mauritania 65.6% 2017 up 7.8% falling
162 Zambia 63.9% 2012 down 1.8% rising
163 Uganda 59.0% 2016 down 8.6% rising
164 Niger 58.3% 2015 down 19.5% rising
165 Gabon 58.1% 1987 up 72.8% rising
166 Syria 57.3% 2012 down 41.0% rising
167 Bermuda 50.8% 2014 down 48.3% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Progression to secondary school (%)
Unit
%
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
209 places, 4,983 data points, 1970–2018
Last refreshed

Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).