Data for 2025
Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2025
Figures for 2025, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
The lower secondary completion rate is the share of young people who have finished lower secondary school, measured a few years after the age they should have. It is the middle rung of the schooling ladder, between finishing primary and finishing upper secondary.
Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2025 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 13.73. The middle country reads 89.21. Against 2024, 159 values changed (159 up, 0 down), 4 countries joined.
Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2025
Highest2 countries share it
100.00LowestSouth Sudan
13.73Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2025, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 164 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | QATWestern Asia | 100.00 | 100.000 | 99.9623 |
| =1 | KOREastern Asia | 100.00 | 100.000 | 100.0000 |
| 3 | GBRNorthern Europe | 99.90 | 99.961 | 99.8415 |
| 4 | NORNorthern Europe | 99.80 | 99.815 | 99.7853 |
| 5 | DNKNorthern Europe | 99.74 | 99.761 | 99.7209 |
| 6 | TKMCentral Asia | 99.72 | 99.736 | 99.7060 |
| 7 | FINNorthern Europe | 99.70 | 99.731 | 99.6712 |
| 8 | RUSEastern Europe | 99.65 | 99.691 | 99.6108 |
| 9 | KAZCentral Asia | 99.59 | 99.559 | 99.6194 |
| 10 | BRBCaribbean | 99.55 | 99.445 | 99.6151 |
| 11 | SWENorthern Europe | 99.38 | 99.576 | 99.1961 |
| 12 | SVNSouthern Europe | 99.35 | 99.401 | 99.3011 |
| 13 | ITASouthern Europe | 99.31 | 99.505 | 99.1254 |
| 14 | LTUNorthern Europe | 99.20 | 99.399 | 99.0088 |
| 15 | CANNorthern America | 99.19 | 99.479 | 98.9088 |
| 16 | ISLNorthern Europe | 99.07 | 98.926 | 99.2063 |
| 17 | SVKEastern Europe | 99.04 | 99.029 | 99.0491 |
| 18 | USANorthern America | 99.03 | 99.169 | 98.8990 |
| 19 | ARMWestern Asia | 99.01 | 99.452 | 98.5823 |
| 20 | BLREastern Europe | 99.00 | 99.072 | 98.9323 |
| =21 | CHEWestern Europe | 98.89 | 99.245 | 98.5547 |
| =21 | UKREastern Europe | 98.89 | 99.104 | 98.6845 |
| 23 | SRBSouthern Europe | 98.86 | 98.860 | 98.8600 |
| 24 | IRLNorthern Europe | 98.85 | 99.049 | 98.6590 |
| 25 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 98.84 | 99.066 | 98.6262 |
| 26 | POLEastern Europe | 98.83 | 99.414 | 98.2743 |
| 27 | HRVSouthern Europe | 98.80 | 98.959 | 98.6492 |
| =28 | GEOWestern Asia | 98.71 | 99.116 | 98.3261 |
| =28 | ISRWestern Asia | 98.71 | 99.518 | 97.9384 |
| 30 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 98.70 | 99.364 | 98.0842 |
| 31 | KGZCentral Asia | 98.69 | 99.108 | 98.2977 |
| 32 | BIHSouthern Europe | 98.65 | 99.153 | 98.1825 |
| 33 | UZBCentral Asia | 98.64 | 99.040 | 98.2602 |
| 34 | FRAWestern Europe | 98.57 | 99.246 | 97.9263 |
| 35 | LVANorthern Europe | 98.53 | 99.372 | 97.7315 |
| 36 | AUTWestern Europe | 98.45 | 98.646 | 98.2657 |
| 37 | LCACaribbean | 98.29 | 99.860 | 96.8001 |
| 38 | MNGEastern Asia | 98.23 | 98.922 | 97.5819 |
| =39 | CHLSouth America | 98.07 | 98.937 | 97.2366 |
| =39 | MLTSouthern Europe | 98.07 | 98.054 | 98.0843 |
| 41 | MNESouthern Europe | 97.94 | 98.638 | 97.2784 |
| 42 | MDVSouthern Asia | 97.89 | 100.000 | 95.7015 |
| 43 | MKDSouthern Europe | 97.75 | 98.328 | 97.1878 |
| 44 | TURWestern Asia | 97.59 | 98.074 | 97.1244 |
| 45 | JAMCaribbean | 97.34 | 98.266 | 96.4464 |
| 46 | WSMPolynesia | 97.29 | 99.049 | 95.6290 |
| 47 | TJKCentral Asia | 97.27 | 96.749 | 97.8187 |
| 48 | ESTNorthern Europe | 97.05 | 98.417 | 95.7767 |
| 49 | ALBSouthern Europe | 96.90 | 97.569 | 96.2894 |
| 50 | MDAEastern Europe | 96.88 | 97.305 | 96.4446 |
| 51 | ECUSouth America | 96.45 | 96.124 | 96.7638 |
| 52 | GRCSouthern Europe | 96.42 | 97.091 | 95.7911 |
| 53 | GUYSouth America | 96.23 | 97.874 | 94.6543 |
| 54 | AZEWestern Asia | 96.12 | 95.614 | 96.5737 |
| 55 | CZEEastern Europe | 96.00 | 96.087 | 95.9172 |
| 56 | CUBCaribbean | 95.97 | 97.082 | 94.9124 |
| 57 | HUNEastern Europe | 95.88 | 96.731 | 95.0713 |
| 58 | FJIMelanesia | 95.74 | 97.061 | 94.3906 |
| 59 | BOLSouth America | 95.52 | 96.190 | 94.8700 |
| 60 | ESPSouthern Europe | 95.50 | 97.087 | 93.9967 |
| 61 | TTOCaribbean | 95.20 | 97.919 | 92.5889 |
| 62 | PSEWestern Asia | 94.85 | 99.690 | 89.9299 |
| 63 | CHNEastern Asia | 94.70 | 98.588 | 91.3875 |
| 64 | CYPWestern Asia | 94.65 | 96.182 | 93.2021 |
| 65 | PRTSouthern Europe | 94.44 | 95.734 | 93.1943 |
| 66 | BGREastern Europe | 94.23 | 93.870 | 94.5696 |
| 67 | MUSEastern Africa | 93.47 | 96.636 | 90.1956 |
| 68 | JORWestern Asia | 93.39 | 93.981 | 92.8013 |
| 69 | BWASouthern Africa | 93.37 | 95.684 | 91.0741 |
| 70 | ROUEastern Europe | 93.22 | 93.327 | 93.1173 |
| 71 | PERSouth America | 93.07 | 93.689 | 92.4686 |
| 72 | DEUWestern Europe | 92.73 | 93.085 | 92.3951 |
| 73 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 92.34 | 95.164 | 89.6538 |
| 74 | IRNSouthern Asia | 92.10 | 93.126 | 91.1261 |
| 75 | BELWestern Europe | 91.69 | 92.749 | 90.6790 |
| 76 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 91.36 | 93.242 | 89.5719 |
| 77 | INDSouthern Asia | 90.51 | 91.390 | 89.7099 |
| 78 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 90.36 | 93.179 | 87.5795 |
| 79 | LUXWestern Europe | 89.75 | 90.845 | 88.7047 |
| 80 | STPMiddle Africa | 89.62 | 90.153 | 89.0828 |
| 81 | MEXCentral America | 89.46 | 90.698 | 88.2578 |
| 82 | NLDWestern Europe | 89.22 | 91.306 | 87.2163 |
| 83 | BRASouth America | 89.20 | 92.482 | 86.0324 |
| 84 | DOMCaribbean | 89.05 | 94.178 | 84.1282 |
| 85 | EGYNorthern Africa | 88.73 | 91.668 | 85.9177 |
| 86 | BTNSouthern Asia | 88.34 | 92.661 | 84.3213 |
| 87 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 87.46 | 90.818 | 84.1683 |
| 88 | TONPolynesia | 87.45 | 92.410 | 82.2502 |
| 89 | TUVPolynesia | 84.82 | 95.115 | 74.5250 |
| 90 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 83.12 | 90.358 | 76.0680 |
| 91 | NPLSouthern Asia | 82.63 | 84.235 | 81.0751 |
| 92 | PRYSouth America | 82.06 | 87.025 | 77.2948 |
| 93 | COLSouth America | 81.15 | 83.865 | 78.5354 |
| 94 | KIRMicronesia | 81.08 | 91.536 | 70.2959 |
| 95 | TUNNorthern Africa | 80.01 | 89.175 | 71.4350 |
| 96 | ARGSouth America | 79.90 | 85.183 | 74.9026 |
| 97 | PANCentral America | 78.76 | 82.644 | 75.0343 |
| 98 | SLVCentral America | 77.73 | 81.360 | 74.3102 |
| 99 | ZWEEastern Africa | 76.43 | 81.513 | 71.3534 |
| 100 | BGDSouthern Asia | 75.34 | 83.545 | 67.5350 |
| 101 | CRICentral America | 74.30 | 78.791 | 69.9911 |
| 102 | DZANorthern Africa | 73.69 | 85.088 | 62.7879 |
| 103 | URYSouth America | 71.08 | 75.655 | 66.7052 |
| 104 | NRUMicronesia | 70.75 | 77.241 | 64.8914 |
| 105 | VENSouth America | 70.04 | 80.589 | 59.9995 |
| 106 | DJIEastern Africa | 68.22 | 65.281 | 71.1208 |
| 107 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 67.26 | 75.368 | 59.3283 |
| 108 | NGAWestern Africa | 66.83 | 63.747 | 69.7968 |
| 109 | GHAWestern Africa | 65.20 | 68.172 | 62.2723 |
| 110 | COMEastern Africa | 63.77 | 74.258 | 53.7981 |
| 111 | COGMiddle Africa | 63.47 | 51.658 | 75.1683 |
| 112 | SURSouth America | 61.34 | 70.551 | 52.3706 |
| 113 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 60.77 | 66.167 | 55.5670 |
| 114 | KENEastern Africa | 60.34 | 66.017 | 54.6870 |
| 115 | SWZSouthern Africa | 59.37 | 63.617 | 55.1366 |
| 116 | YEMWestern Asia | 58.84 | 55.024 | 62.4936 |
| 117 | GTMCentral America | 58.36 | 57.890 | 58.8203 |
| 118 | HNDCentral America | 57.46 | 63.411 | 51.7810 |
| 119 | GMBWestern Africa | 57.04 | 61.704 | 52.4439 |
| 120 | NAMSouthern Africa | 56.15 | 65.671 | 46.8615 |
| 121 | PAKSouthern Asia | 55.89 | 56.382 | 55.4219 |
| 122 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 55.07 | 54.664 | 55.4641 |
| 123 | CODMiddle Africa | 54.61 | 56.909 | 52.2991 |
| 124 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 53.69 | 57.267 | 50.2674 |
| 125 | SYRWestern Asia | 52.90 | 58.709 | 47.3089 |
| 126 | IRQWestern Asia | 52.32 | 55.257 | 49.5172 |
| 127 | NICCentral America | 51.28 | 59.321 | 43.4514 |
| 128 | ZMBEastern Africa | 50.15 | 52.742 | 47.5322 |
| 129 | CMRMiddle Africa | 49.85 | 51.337 | 48.3669 |
| 130 | TGOWestern Africa | 48.78 | 45.428 | 52.0480 |
| 131 | MARNorthern Africa | 47.72 | 46.830 | 48.5697 |
| 132 | SLEWestern Africa | 46.93 | 47.011 | 46.8507 |
| 133 | GABMiddle Africa | 46.53 | 51.737 | 41.3470 |
| 134 | VUTMelanesia | 45.69 | 47.997 | 43.4974 |
| 135 | BLZCentral America | 45.67 | 53.789 | 37.8488 |
| 136 | LSOSouthern Africa | 44.08 | 54.830 | 33.3499 |
| 137 | BFAWestern Africa | 43.89 | 41.384 | 46.3343 |
| 138 | AFGSouthern Asia | 42.75 | 33.224 | 51.8239 |
| 139 | GINWestern Africa | 42.61 | 38.473 | 46.6534 |
| 140 | AGOMiddle Africa | 42.38 | 40.634 | 44.1240 |
| 141 | CIVWestern Africa | 41.94 | 37.223 | 46.4232 |
| 142 | MRTWestern Africa | 41.64 | 40.684 | 42.6035 |
| 143 | SDNNorthern Africa | 40.80 | 42.343 | 39.2833 |
| 144 | HTICaribbean | 40.60 | 47.351 | 33.9112 |
| 145 | SENWestern Africa | 38.63 | 42.784 | 34.7243 |
| 146 | BENWestern Africa | 38.34 | 30.347 | 46.0975 |
| 147 | NERWestern Africa | 38.25 | 20.850 | 55.0198 |
| 148 | PNGMelanesia | 36.85 | 42.016 | 32.1763 |
| 149 | RWAEastern Africa | 35.53 | 38.153 | 32.8834 |
| 150 | TZAEastern Africa | 34.21 | 36.363 | 32.0627 |
| 151 | BDIEastern Africa | 33.69 | 28.641 | 38.7511 |
| 152 | GNQMiddle Africa | 32.32 | 25.586 | 38.7660 |
| 153 | MWIEastern Africa | 29.76 | 32.712 | 26.7522 |
| 154 | ETHEastern Africa | 29.52 | 35.246 | 23.9063 |
| 155 | UGAEastern Africa | 29.32 | 29.754 | 28.8838 |
| 156 | MDGEastern Africa | 28.46 | 29.221 | 27.7115 |
| 157 | MLIWestern Africa | 26.87 | 24.561 | 29.1206 |
| 158 | SOMEastern Africa | 22.86 | 13.753 | 31.7329 |
| 159 | LBRWestern Africa | 22.66 | 24.348 | 21.0075 |
| 160 | TCDMiddle Africa | 19.97 | 14.226 | 25.5858 |
| 161 | MOZEastern Africa | 19.39 | 14.873 | 23.9334 |
| 162 | GNBWestern Africa | 16.46 | 16.873 | 16.0532 |
| 163 | CAFMiddle Africa | 14.01 | 11.309 | 16.7495 |
| 164 | SSDEastern Africa | 13.73 | 9.267 | 18.1267 |
02In 2025
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
South Koreashared100.00
- 1
Qatarshared100.00
- 3
United Kingdom99.90
- 4
Norway99.80
- 5
Denmark99.74
Lowest
- 164
South Sudan13.73
- 163
Central African Republic14.01
- 162
Guinea-Bissau16.46
- 161
Mozambique19.39
- 160
Chad19.97
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 89.21. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest3 share it
Lowest
South Sudan9.267
Middle country: 92.039
Male
Highest
South Korea100.0000
Lowest
Guinea-Bissau16.0532
Middle country: 86.6243
032024 → 2025
Since 2024
- +4 / −0countries joined / left
- 159values changed, of 160 in both
- 159 · 0rose · fell
- 1unchanged
Rose most
Niger36.32 → 38.25+1.93
Burkina Faso42.13 → 43.89+1.76
Cambodia59.03 → 60.77+1.74
Senegal37.07 → 38.63+1.56
Burundi32.29 → 33.69+1.40
Fell most
- None.
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.
04Caveats
Read before you use
160 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 100.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2025). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2025
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