Lower secondary completion by country, 2019
Share of young people aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of lower secondary school who have completed lower secondary education (SDG indicator 4.1.2).
68 places ranked for 2019. Highest: Russia (100.0%). Lowest: Central African Republic (12.3%). The median is 94.0%.
Highest 10
- 1. Russia 100.0%
- 2. United Kingdom 99.6%
- 3. Belarus 99.5%
- 4. Turks and Caicos Islands 99.3%
- 5. Finland 99.3%
- 6. Italy 99.2%
- 7. Turkmenistan 99.1%
- 8. Lithuania 99.1%
- 9. Estonia 99.0%
- 10. Norway 99.0%
Lowest 10
- 68. Central African Republic 12.3%
- 67. Chad 13.1%
- 66. Benin 25.6%
- 65. Liberia 27.4%
- 64. Ethiopia 28.5%
- 63. Senegal 29.6%
- 62. Cambodia 45.9%
- 61. Sierra Leone 47.0%
- 60. Honduras 54.2%
- 59. São Tomé and Príncipe 60.0%
The chart loads when you scroll to it.
The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 68. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org.
In short
- Among the 68 countries with a value for 2019, the highest is Russia (100.0%) and the lowest Central African Republic (12.3%).
- Half of the countries are above 94.0% and half below.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 100.0% | 2019 | |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 99.6% | 2019 | |
| 3 | Belarus | 99.5% | 2019 | |
| 4 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 99.3% | 2019 | |
| 5 | Finland | 99.3% | 2019 | |
| 6 | Italy | 99.2% | 2019 | |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 99.1% | 2019 | |
| 8 | Lithuania | 99.1% | 2019 | |
| 9 | Estonia | 99.0% | 2019 | |
| 10 | Norway | 99.0% | 2019 | |
| 11 | Latvia | 99.0% | 2019 | |
| 12 | Denmark | 98.8% | 2019 | |
| 13 | France | 98.8% | 2019 | |
| 14 | Slovenia | 98.8% | 2019 | |
| 15 | United States | 98.6% | 2019 | |
| 16 | Croatia | 98.6% | 2019 | |
| 17 | Greece | 98.5% | 2019 | |
| 18 | Poland | 98.5% | 2019 | |
| 19 | Serbia | 98.3% | 2019 | |
| 20 | Hungary | 98.0% | 2019 | |
| 21 | Switzerland | 97.8% | 2019 | |
| 22 | Mongolia | 97.7% | 2019 | |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 97.3% | 2019 | |
| 24 | Austria | 97.2% | 2019 | |
| 25 | Samoa | 97.0% | 2019 | |
| 26 | Sweden | 96.9% | 2019 | |
| 27 | Romania | 96.8% | 2019 | |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 96.3% | 2019 | |
| 29 | Portugal | 96.2% | 2019 | |
| 30 | Spain | 95.9% | 2019 | |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 94.5% | 2019 | |
| 32 | Cyprus | 94.2% | 2019 | |
| 33 | Cuba | 94.1% | 2019 | |
| 34 | Luxembourg | 94.1% | 2019 | |
| 35 | New Caledonia | 93.9% | 2019 | |
| 36 | Germany | 92.7% | 2019 | |
| 37 | Tonga | 92.4% | 2019 | |
| 38 | West Bank and Gaza | 92.3% | 2019 | |
| 39 | Belgium | 92.1% | 2019 | |
| 40 | Peru | 91.9% | 2019 | |
| 41 | Bolivia | 91.7% | 2019 | |
| 42 | Ecuador | 90.5% | 2019 | |
| 43 | Thailand | 87.4% | 2019 | |
| 44 | Brazil | 86.7% | 2019 | |
| 45 | India | 85.8% | 2019 | |
| 46 | Tuvalu | 85.2% | 2019 | |
| 47 | Panama | 85.1% | 2019 | |
| 48 | Guyana | 83.0% | 2019 | |
| 49 | Paraguay | 81.1% | 2019 | |
| 50 | Colombia | 78.7% | 2019 | |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 77.3% | 2019 | |
| 52 | Uruguay | 76.9% | 2019 | |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 76.1% | 2019 | |
| 54 | El Salvador | 74.6% | 2019 | |
| 55 | Algeria | 73.2% | 2019 | |
| 56 | Nepal | 73.1% | 2019 | |
| 57 | Kenya | 72.0% | 2019 | |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 64.8% | 2019 | |
| 59 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 60.0% | 2019 | |
| 60 | Honduras | 54.2% | 2019 | |
| 61 | Sierra Leone | 47.0% | 2019 | |
| 62 | Cambodia | 45.9% | 2019 | |
| 63 | Senegal | 29.6% | 2019 | |
| 64 | Ethiopia | 28.5% | 2019 | |
| 65 | Liberia | 27.4% | 2019 | |
| 66 | Benin | 25.6% | 2019 | |
| 67 | Chad | 13.1% | 2019 | |
| 68 | Central African Republic | 12.3% | 2019 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2019, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2019 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by UNESCO UIS; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
Earlier years: use the year selector above. Methodology · Coverage and freshness