Completion rate, lower secondary education, poorest quintile, both sexes (%) by country
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...
What the numbers show
Completion rate, lower secondary education, poorest quintile, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 93.2% in Chile; the lowest is 5.6% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 51.8%, and the mean is 46.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 874.2%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 51.8%).
Completion rate, lower secondary education, poorest quintile, both sex: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 93.2% | 2017 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 2 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 87.7% | 2018 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 3 | Ecuador | 84.2% | 2018 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 4 | Mongolia | 83.3% | 2018 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 82.4% | 2018 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 6 | Peru | 81.2% | 2018 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 78.2% | 2018 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 73.8% | 2018 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 9 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 72.4% | 2014 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 10 | Panama | 70.5% | 2018 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 11 | Paraguay | 67.9% | 2018 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 12 | Colombia | 61.3% | 2018 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 13 | El Salvador | 61.1% | 2018 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 57.0% | 2018 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 15 | Philippines | 51.9% | 2018 | up 93.7% | rising |
| 16 | Uruguay | 51.6% | 2018 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 43.3% | 2019 | up 140.0% | rising |
| 18 | Honduras | 27.1% | 2018 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 19 | Ghana | 23.1% | 2018 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 20 | Togo | 22.7% | 2017 | up 313.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Gambia | 20.4% | 2018 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 18.6% | 2019 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 23 | Nigeria | 17.8% | 2018 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 24 | Guatemala | 14.8% | 2015 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Zambia | 14.8% | 2018 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 26 | Cameroon | 11.5% | 2014 | up 208.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Mali | 8.4% | 2018 | up 142.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Sierra Leone | 8.4% | 2017 | up 336.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Senegal | 6.8% | 2017 | up 874.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Malawi | 5.6% | 2016 | down 46.4% | falling |
About this data
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/