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

Countries reporting

Highest

94.3%

United States

Lowest

8.4%

Benin

Median

40.4%

Years covered

1996–2019

Data points

385

What the numbers show

Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 94.3% in United States; the lowest is 8.4% in Benin.

The median across all reporting countries is 40.4%, and the mean is 44.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 306.2%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 30.5%).

Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	United States	94.3%	2017	up 4.6%	flat
2	Peru	86.4%	2018	up 16.1%	rising
3	Chile	85.8%	2017	up 7.9%	rising
4	Philippines	78.3%	2018	up 22.2%	rising
5	Mongolia	77.3%	2018	up 24.4%	rising
6	Bolivia	76.2%	2018	up 26.8%	rising
7	Ecuador	72.3%	2018	up 30.9%	rising
8	Colombia	72.0%	2018	up 17.3%	rising
9	Venezuela	70.1%	2014	up 42.5%	rising
10	Brazil	67.3%	2018	up 9.6%	rising
11	Panama	67.2%	2018	up 19.0%	rising
12	Paraguay	63.6%	2018	up 26.8%	rising
13	Indonesia	63.2%	2017	up 43.5%	rising
14	Dominican Republic	62.8%	2018	up 19.6%	rising
15	El Salvador	59.2%	2018	up 89.3%	rising
16	Mexico	58.7%	2018	up 29.5%	rising
17	Costa Rica	58.4%	2018	up 41.9%	rising
18	Vietnam	55.1%	2014	up 93.2%	rising
19	Nigeria	49.3%	2018	up 2.6%	rising
20	Kenya	42.3%	2014	up 71.3%	rising
21	Uruguay	40.4%	2018	up 21.7%	rising
22	Honduras	37.8%	2018	up 14.5%	rising
23	Ghana	35.7%	2018	up 29.3%	volatile
24	Guatemala	34.5%	2015	up 39.0%	rising
25	Bangladesh	29.4%	2019	up 259.4%	rising
26	Zambia	29.0%	2018	up 38.6%	rising
27	Gambia	26.4%	2018	up 22.5%	rising
28	Togo	21.3%	2017	up 125.9%	volatile
29	Cambodia	21.2%	2014	up 104.3%	rising
30	Sierra Leone	18.9%	2017	up 86.4%	volatile
31	Uganda	17.6%	2016	up 68.9%	rising
32	Rwanda	17.5%	2015	up 306.2%	volatile
33	Haiti	16.6%	2017	up 34.7%	rising
34	Guinea	16.4%	2018	up 259.3%	rising
35	Cameroon	16.0%	2014	up 110.1%	volatile
36	Malawi	14.1%	2016	down 30.5%	rising
37	Zimbabwe	14.0%	2019	up 7.5%	rising
38	Ethiopia	13.1%	2016	up 51.8%	rising
39	Mali	12.2%	2018	up 42.0%	rising
40	Senegal	12.0%	2017	up 264.6%	rising
41	Benin	8.4%	2018	down 8.5%	rising

About this data

Indicator: Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 41 places, 385 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/