Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, both sexes (%) by country

Countries reporting

Highest

95.0%

Chile

Lowest

7.8%

Guinea

Median

53.4%

Years covered

1996–2019

Data points

369

What the numbers show

Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 95.0% in Chile; the lowest is 7.8% in Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 53.4%, and the mean is 50.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 1,167.3%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 32.6%).

Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, both sexes: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Chile	95.0%	2017	up 3.5%	rising
2	Mongolia	86.5%	2018	up 32.1%	rising
3	Ecuador	86.3%	2018	up 56.1%	rising
4	Bolivia	83.5%	2018	up 17.9%	rising
5	Peru	83.3%	2018	up 35.2%	rising
6	Mexico	81.5%	2018	up 25.4%	rising
7	Dominican Republic	81.4%	2018	up 23.2%	rising
8	Vietnam	81.0%	2014	up 33.8%	rising
9	Indonesia	80.6%	2017	up 34.0%	rising
10	Philippines	77.9%	2018	up 34.5%	rising
11	Brazil	75.8%	2018	up 18.6%	rising
12	Panama	74.7%	2018	up 44.2%	rising
13	Uruguay	69.5%	2018	up 20.9%	rising
14	Paraguay	69.2%	2018	up 44.9%	rising
15	Costa Rica	68.5%	2018	up 43.6%	rising
16	Kenya	64.7%	2014	up 101.8%	rising
17	Bangladesh	64.0%	2019	up 61.7%	rising
18	El Salvador	63.1%	2018	up 53.1%	rising
19	Nepal	60.1%	2016	up 58.5%	rising
20	Colombia	59.7%	2018	up 33.2%	rising
21	Nigeria	47.0%	2018	up 18.4%	rising
22	Zimbabwe	39.9%	2019	down 32.6%	falling
23	Togo	36.4%	2017	up 184.2%	volatile
24	Ghana	36.3%	2018	up 3.0%	flat
25	Guatemala	35.4%	2015	up 106.8%	rising
26	Cambodia	34.9%	2014	up 52.2%	rising
27	Zambia	33.5%	2018	up 88.6%	rising
28	Honduras	32.3%	2018	up 20.7%	rising
29	Haiti	22.9%	2017	up 58.4%	rising
30	Rwanda	22.7%	2015	up 695.8%	volatile
31	Cameroon	21.8%	2014	up 185.3%	rising
32	Gambia	21.3%	2018	down 5.3%	rising
33	Sierra Leone	19.5%	2017	up 244.0%	volatile
34	Uganda	18.2%	2016	up 85.6%	rising
35	Mali	16.6%	2018	up 157.2%	volatile
36	Malawi	16.0%	2016	down 15.0%	rising
37	Senegal	15.6%	2017	up 1,167.3%	volatile
38	Benin	12.0%	2018	up 4.0%	rising
39	Ethiopia	11.9%	2016	up 382.3%	volatile
40	Guinea	7.8%	2018	up 93.6%	rising

About this data

Indicator: Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, both sexes (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 40 places, 369 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/