Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, both sexes (%) by country
Total number of students of the official age group for lower secondary education who are enrolled in any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population. Divide the total number of students in the official school age range for lower secondary education who are enrolled in any level of...
What the numbers show
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 148 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Argentina; the lowest is 35.1% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 95.1%, and the mean is 88.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 202.3%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 25.5%).
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 100.0% | 2017 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 2 | Georgia | 100.0% | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 3 | Finland | 99.9% | 2018 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Canada | 99.9% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 5 | Portugal | 99.9% | 2018 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 99.9% | 2018 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 99.9% | 2018 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 8 | Lithuania | 99.8% | 2018 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 9 | Sweden | 99.8% | 2015 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 99.8% | 2019 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 11 | Iceland | 99.8% | 2018 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 12 | Russia | 99.8% | 2018 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 13 | Uruguay | 99.7% | 2017 | up 8.8% | flat |
| 14 | Cyprus | 99.7% | 2018 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 99.7% | 2013 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 16 | United States | 99.7% | 2018 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 17 | Austria | 99.7% | 2018 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 18 | Samoa | 99.7% | 2014 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 99.6% | 2018 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 20 | Norway | 99.5% | 2018 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 21 | Seychelles | 99.5% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 22 | Ireland | 99.5% | 2018 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 99.4% | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 99.4% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 25 | Denmark | 99.4% | 2018 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | France | 99.2% | 2018 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 27 | Malta | 99.1% | 2018 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 28 | Belgium | 99.1% | 2018 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 29 | Croatia | 99.1% | 2018 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 30 | Switzerland | 99.0% | 2018 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 31 | Latvia | 99.0% | 2018 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 99.0% | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 33 | Belarus | 98.9% | 2018 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 34 | New Zealand | 98.8% | 2018 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 35 | Estonia | 98.8% | 2018 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 98.8% | 2019 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 37 | Dominica | 98.7% | 2019 | up 26.6% | flat |
| 38 | Czechia | 98.7% | 2018 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 39 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98.5% | 2018 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 40 | Slovenia | 98.4% | 2018 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 41 | Botswana | 98.4% | 2003 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 42 | Peru | 98.2% | 2018 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 43 | Kenya | 98.2% | 2009 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 98.1% | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 45 | Oman | 98.0% | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 46 | Italy | 97.9% | 2018 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 47 | Serbia | 97.9% | 2019 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 48 | Poland | 97.9% | 2018 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | 97.9% | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 50 | Macao | 97.8% | 2019 | up 15.5% | flat |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 97.7% | 2013 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 52 | Egypt | 97.6% | 2019 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 53 | Australia | 97.5% | 2018 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 54 | Netherlands | 97.5% | 2018 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 55 | Palestine | 97.5% | 2019 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 56 | South Korea | 97.3% | 2018 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 57 | Eswatini | 97.2% | 2015 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 58 | Brunei | 96.9% | 2019 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 59 | Hungary | 96.8% | 2018 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 60 | Grenada | 96.8% | 2014 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 61 | Vanuatu | 96.6% | 2015 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 62 | Thailand | 96.4% | 2009 | — | rising |
| 63 | Ukraine | 96.4% | 2014 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 64 | Albania | 96.3% | 2019 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 65 | Fiji | 96.3% | 2012 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 66 | Bahrain | 96.3% | 2019 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 67 | Greece | 96.0% | 2018 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 68 | Liechtenstein | 96.0% | 2018 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 69 | Luxembourg | 95.7% | 2018 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 70 | Slovakia | 95.3% | 2018 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 71 | Germany | 95.3% | 2018 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 72 | Mauritius | 95.3% | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 73 | Iran | 95.3% | 2017 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 95.2% | 2018 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 75 | Namibia | 95.1% | 2007 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 76 | Tonga | 95.1% | 2015 | up 17.1% | flat |
| 77 | Barbados | 95.0% | 2019 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 78 | Qatar | 94.9% | 2019 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 79 | Chile | 94.7% | 2018 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 94.4% | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 94.2% | 2011 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 82 | Colombia | 94.1% | 2018 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 83 | Turkey | 93.8% | 2018 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 84 | Kuwait | 93.7% | 2015 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 85 | Aruba | 92.6% | 2009 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 86 | Montenegro | 92.3% | 2019 | — | falling |
| 87 | Mexico | 92.2% | 2018 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 88 | Maldives | 91.4% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 89 | Romania | 91.1% | 2018 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 90 | Morocco | 90.6% | 2019 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 91 | Sao Tome and Principe | 90.4% | 2015 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 92 | Saint Lucia | 90.3% | 2019 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 93 | Paraguay | 90.0% | 2012 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 94 | Belize | 90.0% | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 95 | East Timor | 89.8% | 2019 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 96 | Cuba | 89.8% | 2019 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 97 | Armenia | 89.7% | 2019 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 98 | Ghana | 89.4% | 2019 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 99 | Philippines | 89.3% | 2018 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 100 | Mongolia | 89.1% | 2008 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 101 | Bhutan | 88.0% | 2018 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 102 | Libya | 87.9% | 1983 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 103 | Panama | 87.8% | 2017 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 87.7% | 2010 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 105 | Bulgaria | 87.1% | 2018 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 106 | Malaysia | 86.9% | 2017 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 107 | Cambodia | 86.7% | 2015 | up 202.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 86.6% | 2012 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 86.5% | 2018 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 110 | Bolivia | 86.5% | 2018 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 111 | Venezuela | 85.9% | 2017 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 113 | Suriname | 85.0% | 2015 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 114 | Moldova | 84.5% | 2019 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 115 | Indonesia | 83.7% | 2018 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 116 | El Salvador | 83.0% | 2018 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 117 | Lesotho | 82.6% | 2016 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 118 | Jamaica | 82.1% | 2019 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 119 | Malawi | 81.4% | 2019 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 120 | Puerto Rico | 80.4% | 2018 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 121 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 80.4% | 2018 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 122 | Cayman Islands | 80.4% | 2018 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 123 | Myanmar | 79.0% | 2018 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 124 | Togo | 78.6% | 2017 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 125 | Laos | 72.4% | 2019 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 126 | Iraq | 71.9% | 2007 | up 45.0% | flat |
| 127 | Mauritania | 71.8% | 2019 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 128 | Yemen | 71.6% | 2016 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 129 | Bahamas | 70.5% | 2018 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 130 | Tuvalu | 70.5% | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 131 | Jordan | 70.5% | 2019 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 132 | Tunisia | 69.4% | 1985 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 133 | British Virgin Islands | 68.7% | 2018 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 134 | Guatemala | 67.2% | 2018 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 135 | Burundi | 66.3% | 2019 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Pakistan | 65.1% | 2016 | up 69.5% | rising |
| 137 | Eritrea | 63.9% | 2018 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 138 | Cameroon | 63.3% | 2016 | — | rising |
| 139 | Honduras | 62.4% | 2019 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 140 | Syria | 61.9% | 2013 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 141 | Mozambique | 56.9% | 2015 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 142 | Cote d'Ivoire | 55.6% | 2019 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 143 | Burkina Faso | 53.9% | 2019 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 144 | Ethiopia | 53.0% | 2015 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 145 | Djibouti | 52.3% | 2015 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 146 | Guinea | 48.8% | 2014 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 147 | Mali | 47.2% | 2018 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 149 | Chad | 37.8% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 150 | Niger | 35.1% | 2017 | up 62.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 99.1%
- Euro area 97.6%
- Post-demographic dividend 97.6%
- European Union 97.5%
- High income 97.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 97.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 97.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 96.9%
- OECD members 96.5%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 95.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 94.7%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 93.4%
About this data
Total number of students of the official age group for lower secondary education who are enrolled in any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population. Divide the total number of students in the official school age range for lower secondary education who are enrolled in any level of education by the population of the same age group and multiply the result by 100. The difference between the total NER and the adjusted NER provides a measure of the proportion of children in the official relevant school age group who are enrolled in levels of education below the one intended for their age. The difference between the total NER and the adjusted NER for lower secondary education is due to enrolment in pre-primary or primary education. The total NER should be based on total enrolment of the official relevant school age group in any level of education for all types of schools and education institutions, including public, private and all other institutions that provide organized educational programmes.