Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (%) by country

Countries reporting

Highest

98.8%

United States

Lowest

21.9%

Ethiopia

Median

62.6%

Years covered

1996–2019

Data points

391

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (%) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 98.8% in United States; the lowest is 21.9% in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 62.6%, and the mean is 60.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 367.0%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 25.8%).

Completion rate, lower secondary education, male: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	United States	98.8%	2017	up 0.8%	flat
2	Chile	94.8%	2017	up 2.5%	flat
3	Mongolia	93.6%	2018	up 19.1%	rising
4	Bolivia	92.4%	2018	up 9.1%	rising
5	Ecuador	91.2%	2018	up 25.2%	rising
6	Peru	91.1%	2018	up 12.8%	rising
8	Indonesia	83.2%	2017	up 18.5%	rising
9	Brazil	82.3%	2018	up 8.2%	rising
11	Dominican Republic	81.3%	2018	up 15.0%	rising
12	Vietnam	80.8%	2014	up 26.4%	rising
13	Paraguay	76.3%	2018	up 22.5%	rising
14	El Salvador	75.0%	2018	up 27.6%	rising
15	Philippines	74.9%	2018	up 25.2%	rising
16	Venezuela	74.4%	2014	up 30.0%	rising
17	Colombia	73.4%	2018	up 7.7%	rising
18	Costa Rica	71.8%	2018	up 26.5%	rising
19	Nepal	71.8%	2016	up 46.2%	rising
20	Uruguay	68.4%	2018	up 13.5%	rising
21	Nigeria	66.3%	2018	up 16.2%	rising
22	Kenya	66.1%	2014	up 91.3%	rising
23	Bangladesh	59.2%	2019	up 57.1%	rising
24	Togo	54.9%	2017	up 49.9%	rising
25	Zambia	54.3%	2018	up 35.0%	rising
26	Zimbabwe	53.5%	2019	down 21.7%	falling
27	Guatemala	51.7%	2015	up 34.6%	rising
28	Honduras	50.7%	2018	up 37.1%	rising
29	Sierra Leone	47.1%	2017	up 85.0%	rising
30	Cameroon	45.5%	2014	up 58.7%	rising
31	Ghana	44.9%	2018	down 7.9%	falling
32	Gambia	43.4%	2018	up 5.0%	rising
33	Cambodia	41.4%	2014	up 36.3%	rising
34	Guinea	33.8%	2018	up 42.4%	rising
35	Mali	32.9%	2018	up 61.1%	rising
36	Haiti	31.4%	2017	up 6.5%	rising
37	Senegal	28.8%	2017	up 122.9%	rising
38	Uganda	28.2%	2016	up 78.3%	rising
39	Rwanda	25.3%	2015	up 367.0%	volatile
40	Benin	24.9%	2018	down 22.8%	rising
41	Malawi	22.8%	2016	down 25.8%	rising
42	Ethiopia	21.9%	2016	up 100.4%	rising

About this data

Indicator: Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 42 places, 391 data points, 1996–2019
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of persons in the relevant age group who have completed the last grade of the given level of education is expressed as a percentage of the total population (in the survey sample) of the same age group. The primary completion rate is the percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3-5 years above the intended age for the last grade of primary education who have completed that grade. The intended age for the last grade of primary education is the age at which pupils would enter the grade if they had started school at the official primary entrance age, had studied full-time and had progressed without repeating or skipping a grade. For example, if the official age of entry into primary education is 6 years, and if primary education has 6 grades, the intended age for the last grade of primary education is 11 years. In this case, 14-16 years (11 + 3 = 14 and 11 + 5 = 16) would be the reference age group for calculation of the primary completion rate. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/