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Lower secondary completion2023

Gross lower-secondary completion rate under the source definition.

World Bank
Comparable ranking year2024Latest published year: 2025
Economies with data135 / 217No observation: 82
First-ranked country or territoryMarshall Islands141.53 %

Top 10

% · 2023
02Poland
127.69
06Gibraltar
103.83
07Nepal
103.47
08Cyprus
102.94
09Bahrain
102.54
10Moldova
101.99

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Lower secondary completion · 2023 · %
RankCountry / territoryValue (%)Year
01Marshall Islands141.532023
02Poland127.692023
03St. Kitts & Nevis119.752023
04St. Vincent & Grenadines106.352023
05United Arab Emirates104.22023
06Gibraltar103.832023
07Nepal103.472023
08Cyprus102.942023
09Bahrain102.542023
10Moldova101.992023
11Chile101.662023
12Singapore101.582023
13Kenya101.232023
14Israel100.562023
15Portugal100.562023
16Maldives100.372023
17Andorra100.372023
18Kiribati100.152023
19South Korea100.122023
20Croatia100.12023
21France100.072023
22Finland99.852023
23Sweden99.72023
24Palau99.592023
25Brunei99.472023
26Norway99.192023
27Denmark98.872023
28United Kingdom98.032023
29Iceland97.792023
30Cayman Islands97.762023
31Luxembourg97.72023
32Indonesia97.652023
33Austria97.382023
34Malta97.342023
35Lithuania97.272023
36Montenegro97.022023
37Mongolia96.882023
38Thailand96.432023
39Italy96.332023
40Estonia96.112023
41Belarus96.032023
42Fiji95.882023
43Switzerland95.622023
44Uzbekistan95.572023
45Czechia95.072023
46Latvia95.032023
47Argentina94.992023
48Greece93.92023
49Kazakhstan93.842023
50Bosnia & Herzegovina93.792023
51Hungary93.662023
52San Marino93.662023
53Georgia93.652023
54Samoa93.62023
55Slovenia93.522023
56Bulgaria93.492023
57Jordan93.382023
58Tuvalu93.332023
59Seychelles93.162023
60Vietnam92.982023
61North Macedonia92.982023
62Macao SAR China92.932023
63Kyrgyzstan92.522023
64Belgium92.432023
65Philippines92.272023
66Tonga92.222023
67Qatar92.022023
68Barbados91.982023
69Sri Lanka91.922023
70Türkiye91.772023
71Albania91.722023
72Armenia91.682023
73Spain91.42023
74Palestinian Territories91.212023
75Ecuador90.472023
76Dominica90.432023
77Cuba89.32023
78Mexico88.892023
79Bolivia88.422023
80South Africa88.312023
81Azerbaijan87.572023
82India85.482023
83Iran85.242023
84Ukraine85.12023
85St. Lucia84.752023
86Slovakia84.722023
87Egypt83.932023
88Jamaica83.92023
89Algeria82.12023
90Malaysia81.822023
91Puerto Rico80.32023
92Nauru802023
93Romania77.982023
94Uruguay77.872023
95Micronesia77.682023
96Trinidad & Tobago77.532023
97Panama77.082023
98Côte d’Ivoire76.622023
99Dominican Republic76.392023
100Namibia74.082023
101Paraguay73.642023
102Morocco72.172023
103Bangladesh71.362023
104El Salvador68.432023
105Belize67.932023
106Eswatini67.572023
107Zimbabwe67.042023
108Bhutan66.322023
109Germany64.122023
110British Virgin Islands64.082023
111Vanuatu63.562023
112Costa Rica62.282023
113Afghanistan62.052023
114Cambodia58.542023
115Gambia58.032023
116Solomon Islands57.752023
117Togo56.692023
118Laos54.662023
119Lebanon52.922023
120Guatemala49.52023
121Pakistan47.082023
122Syria43.232023
123Angola42.122023
124Papua New Guinea41.882023
125Lesotho40.612023
126Senegal37.972023
127Honduras36.112023
128Tanzania35.952023
129Cameroon34.982023
130Rwanda32.332023
131Madagascar31.032023
132Mali28.072023
133Burkina Faso27.552023
134Ethiopia21.442023
135Niger14.092023

How this ranking works

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No observation (82)

American Samoa · Antigua & Barbuda · Aruba · Australia · Bahamas · Benin · Bermuda · Botswana · Brazil · Burundi · Canada · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Channel Islands · China · Colombia · Comoros · Congo - Brazzaville · Congo - Kinshasa · Curaçao · Djibouti · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Faroe Islands · French Polynesia · Gabon · Ghana · Greenland · Grenada · Guam · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Guyana · Haiti · Hong Kong SAR China · Iraq · Ireland · Isle of Man · Japan · Kosovo · Kuwait · Liberia · Libya · Liechtenstein · Malawi · Mauritania · Mauritius · Monaco · Mozambique · Myanmar (Burma) · Netherlands · New Caledonia · New Zealand · Nicaragua · Nigeria · North Korea · Northern Mariana Islands · Oman · Peru · Russia · Saudi Arabia · Serbia · Sierra Leone · Sint Maarten · Somalia · South Sudan · St. Martin · Sudan · Suriname · São Tomé & Príncipe · Tajikistan · Timor-Leste · Tunisia · Turkmenistan · Turks & Caicos Islands · U.S. Virgin Islands · Uganda · United States · Venezuela · Yemen · Zambia

Source & definition

Indicator definition
Gross lower-secondary completion rate under the source definition.
Unit
%
Source & definition
World Bank · SE.SEC.CMPT.LO.ZS
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Original metadata
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

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  "name": "Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)",
  "unit": "",
  "source": {
    "id": "2",
    "value": "World Development Indicators"
  },
  "sourceNote": "Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.",
  "sourceOrganization": "Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API.  Detailed documentation is available at: https://api.uis.unesco.org/api/public/documentation/, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), date accessed: 2026-03-19, date published: 2026-02",
  "topics": [
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      "id": "4",
      "value": "Education "
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