Data for 2025

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2025

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2025
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2025 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.27; South Sudan is lowest, at 2.13. The middle country reads 64.87. Against 2024, 160 values changed (160 up, 0 down), 4 countries joined.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2025

HighestSouth Korea

99.27

LowestSouth Sudan

2.13

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

164countries
3measures per country
2025the year it describes
162distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Upper 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.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2025: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.27	99.021	99.501
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.98	99.123	98.843
3	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	98.20	98.519	97.899
4	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	97.86	97.707	98.007
5	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	97.25	98.288	96.248
6	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	95.87	94.705	96.915
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	95.71	98.442	93.002
8	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	95.38	96.668	94.188
9	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	95.22	96.873	93.713
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	95.09	96.043	94.173
11	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	94.55	95.289	93.849
12	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	94.42	96.693	92.153
13	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	94.25	100.000	88.696
14	United States`USA`Northern America	93.50	94.536	92.526
15	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	93.42	93.218	93.618
16	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.30	93.500	93.110
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	93.28	96.049	90.639
=18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	93.20	96.763	89.783
=18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	93.20	95.722	90.822
20	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	92.96	94.250	91.750
21	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	92.82	94.844	90.754
22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.53	93.697	91.437
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	92.31	94.716	89.986
24	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	92.12	86.711	94.941
25	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	92.00	94.158	89.918
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	91.82	94.066	89.676
27	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	91.40	93.030	89.830
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	90.39	91.309	89.509
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	90.29	92.100	88.570
30	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	90.28	93.967	86.847
31	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	89.82	99.328	81.718
32	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	89.75	91.088	88.478
33	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	89.14	92.125	86.305
34	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	89.13	90.845	87.525
35	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	88.97	91.899	86.149
36	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	88.90	91.592	86.432
37	Canada`CAN`Northern America	88.41	91.454	85.444
38	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	88.21	90.985	85.535
39	France`FRA`Western Europe	87.56	90.266	84.986
40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	87.53	92.267	83.037
41	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	87.50	90.033	85.113
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	87.21	87.690	86.760
43	Chile`CHL`South America	86.87	89.234	84.584
44	Peru`PER`South America	86.72	87.165	86.285
45	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	86.34	90.684	82.204
=46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	86.31	87.842	84.862
=46	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	86.31	87.870	84.780
48	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	86.21	92.554	79.244
49	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	86.14	89.188	83.238
50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	85.87	90.042	81.832
51	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	85.22	79.519	91.559
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	84.85	90.526	79.396
53	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	83.98	90.011	78.441
54	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	83.10	87.660	78.740
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	82.76	87.764	77.714
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	82.46	84.520	80.450
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	81.93	81.246	82.586
58	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	81.68	85.800	77.830
59	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.95	83.443	78.613
60	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	80.75	84.540	77.110
61	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	79.98	84.833	75.293
62	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	78.12	81.100	75.270
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	77.69	81.747	73.777
64	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	76.82	81.475	72.475
65	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	76.72	82.380	71.280
66	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	76.12	90.178	61.708
67	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	75.50	82.973	68.363
68	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	74.82	81.314	68.654
69	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	74.13	77.895	70.535
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	73.54	81.668	65.608
71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	72.75	76.430	69.250
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	72.72	80.689	65.089
73	Brazil`BRA`South America	72.18	76.706	67.786
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	70.70	79.852	61.882
75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	70.14	76.117	64.227
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	68.65	72.857	64.597
77	Argentina`ARG`South America	68.55	75.792	61.642
78	Colombia`COL`South America	67.13	69.751	64.591
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	66.46	72.964	60.474
80	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	66.44	75.163	57.933
81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	65.38	73.158	57.608
82	India`IND`Southern Asia	65.05	63.908	66.088
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	64.68	73.561	56.131
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.22	70.669	58.019
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	63.26	73.624	53.884
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	61.60	64.354	58.904
87	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	61.21	72.401	50.811
88	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.98	64.742	53.112
89	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	57.98	63.452	52.722
90	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	57.75	52.839	62.479
91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	57.42	67.585	47.255
92	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	57.15	49.308	64.648
93	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	56.72	62.176	51.396
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.96	59.363	52.573
95	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	55.09	60.754	49.234
96	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	54.12	59.872	48.522
97	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	51.98	57.859	46.139
98	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	50.71	67.015	35.065
99	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	49.35	53.252	45.692
100	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	48.52	61.452	36.232
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	48.10	53.697	42.747
102	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	47.22	44.845	49.565
103	Venezuela`VEN`South America	44.46	54.307	35.147
104	Uruguay`URY`South America	42.64	48.858	36.678
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	42.48	40.558	44.448
106	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	41.64	42.300	40.970
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.82	41.491	40.161
108	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	40.49	50.755	32.165
109	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.94	37.660	42.130
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.50	45.710	33.450
111	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.95	40.086	37.866
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	38.88	39.029	38.719
113	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	37.73	40.941	34.551
114	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.58	42.480	32.760
115	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	36.81	42.318	31.448
116	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	36.40	37.581	35.251
117	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	36.28	27.821	44.371
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	36.10	40.227	32.177
119	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	35.90	45.203	27.003
120	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35.12	39.786	30.496
121	Suriname`SUR`South America	34.48	43.591	25.561
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	34.02	36.127	31.937
123	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	33.58	33.842	33.322
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.98	29.280	34.660
125	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	28.44	33.967	22.907
126	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	28.03	28.447	27.607
127	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27.02	27.612	26.452
128	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	26.38	26.251	26.511
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	25.65	27.749	23.589
130	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	24.98	19.643	30.213
131	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24.40	23.686	25.116
132	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	24.38	29.015	19.935
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	22.95	21.476	24.476
134	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	22.78	28.142	17.452
135	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	22.71	24.193	21.183
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.69	23.350	22.030
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.09	15.691	28.321
138	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	21.42	27.708	15.228
139	Belize`BLZ`Central America	19.45	24.533	14.533
140	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	18.48	19.641	17.321
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.29	12.346	24.066
142	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.13	18.650	17.600
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	17.77	18.960	16.570
144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16.89	12.922	20.542
145	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.22	15.484	16.934
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.04	11.154	20.834
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.45	18.123	12.813
148	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14.61	14.771	14.451
149	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	14.25	13.832	14.662
150	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	14.24	13.526	14.886
151	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	13.33	10.236	16.386
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12.68	10.141	15.191
153	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.32	10.532	12.092
154	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	11.29	8.135	14.365
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.20	10.783	9.613
156	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	8.98	6.777	11.007
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	8.79	3.087	14.407
158	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.67	7.524	9.814
159	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8.65	6.741	10.581
160	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.15	6.353	9.993
161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.59	3.528	9.608
162	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.55	5.183	5.943
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.95	3.299	6.539
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.13	1.432	2.822

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1South Korea99.27
2Uzbekistan98.98
3Croatia98.20
4Kazakhstan97.86
5Ukraine97.25

Lowest

164South Sudan2.13
163Niger4.95
162Central African Republic5.55
161Chad6.59
160Zimbabwe8.15

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 64.87. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSaint Lucia100.000
LowestSouth Sudan1.432
Middle country: 72.629
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.501
LowestSouth Sudan2.822
Middle country: 59.689

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 160 in both
160 · 0rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Nepal39.53 → 42.48+2.95
Ghana45.03 → 47.22+2.19
Mauritius53.78 → 55.96+2.18
Iraq55.48 → 57.15+1.67
Fiji57.38 → 58.98+1.60

Fell most

None.

+ Afghanistan

+ Belize

+ Eswatini

+ Tunisia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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162 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 93.20. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2025). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2025

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