Completion rate, upper secondary education

Share of young people aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of upper secondary school who have completed upper secondary education (SDG indicator 4.1.2).

Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Frequency: Annual Coverage: 167 countries 1996 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS

68 countries have a value for 2019, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2001 to 2024
Period Paraguay
2024 71.2%
2023 72.6%
2022 70.2%
2021 66.1%
2020 66.8%
2019 66.9%
2018 63.7%
2017 62.6%
2016 59.3%
2015 61.8%
2014 61.5%
2013 59.2%
2012 61.1%
2011 55.4%
2010 50.3%
2009 53.7%
2008 50.3%
2007 49.0%
2006 51.7%
2005 43.9%
2004 39.2%
2003 41.9%
2002 36.1%
2001 37.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • Among the 68 countries with a value for 2019, the highest is Ukraine (98.7%) and the lowest Chad (4.5%).
  • Half of the countries are above 77.6% and half below.

About this measure

Definition
Share of young people aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of upper secondary school who have completed upper secondary education (SDG indicator 4.1.2).
Unit
% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

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  • Survey years differ between countries; check the year shown for each value.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1996 to 2024
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org

All countries in 2019 Every value is for 2019, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Ukraine 98.7%
  2. 2 Turks and Caicos Islands 97.7%
  3. 3 Kazakhstan 97.6%
  4. 4 Croatia 97.0%
  5. 5 Bahamas 95.4%
  6. 6 Lithuania 94.9%
  7. 7 Greece 94.7%
  8. 8 United States 93.4%
  9. 9 Cyprus 93.1%
  10. 10 Switzerland 93.0%
  11. 11 Slovenia 93.0%
  12. 12 Poland 92.8%
  13. 13 Russia 91.3%
  14. 14 Belarus 90.4%
  15. 15 Mongolia 89.1%
  16. 16 Finland 88.3%
  17. 17 France 87.9%
  18. 18 Hungary 87.1%
  19. 19 Peru 86.8%
  20. 20 Latvia 86.3%
  21. 21 Austria 85.8%
  22. 22 Belgium 85.3%
  23. 23 Sweden 85.2%
  24. 24 Romania 84.6%
  25. 25 United Kingdom 84.5%
  26. 26 Bulgaria 84.3%
  27. 27 Italy 83.4%
  28. 28 Serbia 83.4%
  29. 29 Estonia 82.8%
  30. 30 Norway 82.3%
  31. 31 Portugal 82.3%
  32. 32 Germany 79.7%
  33. 33 Luxembourg 79.1%
  34. 34 Denmark 78.1%
  35. 35 Bolivia 77.0%
  36. 36 Spain 75.1%
  37. 37 New Caledonia 74.8%
  38. 38 Ecuador 74.2%
  39. 39 Colombia 73.2%
  40. 40 Brazil 69.3%
  41. 41 Paraguay 66.9%
  42. 42 Thailand 66.4%
  43. 43 Panama 65.9%
  44. 44 Cuba 65.3%
  45. 45 West Bank and Gaza 62.5%
  46. 46 Costa Rica 61.8%
  47. 47 Guyana 61.8%
  48. 48 Dominican Republic 61.2%
  49. 49 El Salvador 58.9%
  50. 50 Samoa 57.0%
  51. 51 Kenya 55.6%
  52. 52 Tuvalu 55.5%
  53. 53 India 50.6%
  54. 54 Algeria 46.5%
  55. 55 Uruguay 41.0%
  56. 56 Honduras 33.1%
  57. 57 Bangladesh 29.4%
  58. 58 Nepal 27.3%
  59. 59 Pakistan 24.7%
  60. 60 Cambodia 21.8%
  61. 61 Sierra Leone 19.6%
  62. 62 Liberia 19.4%
  63. 63 Ethiopia 15.5%
  64. 64 Zimbabwe 14.0%
  65. 65 Benin 11.9%
  66. 66 Senegal 10.5%
  67. 67 Central African Republic 5.6%
  68. 68 Chad 4.5%

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