Completion of Upper Secondary Education by Country
The Completion of Upper Secondary Education by Country ranking compares countries based on their year-over-year percentage change in the share of the population aged 25+ who have completed upper secondary education. Countries with the largest increases rank higher, reflecting progress in expanding access to education and improving human capital development.
Myanmar ranks #1 in 2020, showing a positive change from 22.76 to 61.79. Guinea takes #2 with a positive change from 7.39 to 32.50, and Tunisia is #3, showing a positive change from 19.44 to 43.94.
Meanwhile, Kyrgyzstan, Timor-Leste, and Kiribati are at the bottom of the ranking. Kyrgyzstan shows a negative change from 91.52 to 65.32, Timor-Leste sees a negative change from 41.45 to 14.93, and Kiribati has a negative change from 74.02 to 45.88.
Rank | Country | Most Recent Year | Previous Year | Change |
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1 | Myanmar | 61.79% (2020) | 22.76% (2019) | +39.03 pp |
2 | Guinea | 32.50% (2019) | 7.39% (2018) | +25.11 pp |
3 | Tunisia | 43.94% (2023) | 19.44% (2022) | +24.50 pp |
4 | Nigeria | 65.67% (2022) | 43.93% (2021) | +21.74 pp |
5 | Oman | 63.50% (2022) | 49.06% (2021) | +14.45 pp |
6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.40% (2022) | 54.06% (2021) | +9.34 pp |
7 | Peru | 64.49% (2023) | 56.45% (2022) | +8.04 pp |
8 | Brazil | 60.11% (2023) | 54.01% (2022) | +6.10 pp |
9 | Belize | 43.29% (2020) | 37.47% (2019) | +5.83 pp |
10 | Guyana | 35.23% (2019) | 30.83% (2018) | +4.40 pp |
11 | Benin | 10.69% (2022) | 6.47% (2021) | +4.23 pp |
12 | United States | 95.29% (2023) | 91.19% (2022) | +4.10 pp |
13 | Comoros | 22.79% (2022) | 18.92% (2021) | +3.87 pp |
14 | Norway | 79.07% (2022) | 75.26% (2021) | +3.81 pp |
15 | Mongolia | 82.91% (2023) | 79.15% (2022) | +3.76 pp |
16 | France | 78.04% (2023) | 74.41% (2022) | +3.63 pp |
17 | Honduras | 19.20% (2023) | 15.78% (2022) | +3.42 pp |
18 | Paraguay | 45.61% (2022) | 42.47% (2021) | +3.14 pp |
19 | Afghanistan | 12.60% (2022) | 9.46% (2021) | +3.14 pp |
20 | Mexico | 40.86% (2023) | 37.90% (2022) | +2.96 pp |
21 | Egypt | 54.31% (2022) | 51.79% (2021) | +2.53 pp |
22 | Qatar | 51.43% (2022) | 49.13% (2021) | +2.30 pp |
23 | Zambia | 38.45% (2022) | 36.32% (2021) | +2.13 pp |
24 | Grenada | 49.80% (2020) | 47.68% (2019) | +2.12 pp |
25 | India | 33.70% (2023) | 31.61% (2022) | +2.09 pp |
26 | Malta | 55.24% (2022) | 53.19% (2021) | +2.05 pp |
27 | Philippines | 34.46% (2022) | 32.43% (2021) | +2.03 pp |
28 | Cambodia | 11.53% (2021) | 9.61% (2020) | +1.92 pp |
29 | Zimbabwe | 65.94% (2022) | 64.13% (2021) | +1.81 pp |
30 | Türkiye | 41.06% (2023) | 39.26% (2022) | +1.80 pp |
31 | Chile | 68.43% (2023) | 66.63% (2022) | +1.80 pp |
32 | Greece | 68.63% (2022) | 67.12% (2021) | +1.52 pp |
33 | South Africa | 44.17% (2023) | 42.66% (2022) | +1.51 pp |
34 | North Macedonia | 71.95% (2023) | 70.52% (2022) | +1.44 pp |
35 | Albania | 53.27% (2022) | 51.84% (2021) | +1.43 pp |
36 | Bolivia | 52.12% (2023) | 50.71% (2022) | +1.42 pp |
37 | Hungary | 82.64% (2022) | 81.41% (2021) | +1.23 pp |
38 | Cyprus | 77.66% (2022) | 76.44% (2021) | +1.21 pp |
39 | Rwanda | 14.63% (2023) | 13.46% (2022) | +1.17 pp |
40 | Serbia | 76.10% (2023) | 74.94% (2022) | +1.16 pp |
41 | New Zealand | 75.11% (2020) | 73.99% (2019) | +1.12 pp |
42 | South Korea | 80.86% (2023) | 79.77% (2022) | +1.09 pp |
43 | United Kingdom | 79.41% (2023) | 78.34% (2022) | +1.07 pp |
44 | Botswana | 45.96% (2023) | 44.88% (2022) | +1.07 pp |
45 | Colombia | 57.02% (2023) | 56.08% (2022) | +0.94 pp |
46 | Ukraine | 72.48% (2021) | 71.54% (2020) | +0.94 pp |
47 | United Arab Emirates | 74.39% (2022) | 73.48% (2021) | +0.91 pp |
48 | Bulgaria | 79.32% (2022) | 78.43% (2021) | +0.89 pp |
49 | Lithuania | 92.00% (2022) | 91.11% (2021) | +0.88 pp |
50 | Croatia | 79.99% (2022) | 79.11% (2021) | +0.88 pp |
51 | Belgium | 75.13% (2022) | 74.25% (2021) | +0.88 pp |
52 | Sweden | 83.98% (2022) | 83.11% (2021) | +0.87 pp |
53 | Romania | 73.03% (2022) | 72.17% (2021) | +0.86 pp |
54 | Armenia | 95.57% (2022) | 94.72% (2021) | +0.85 pp |
55 | Uzbekistan | 96.84% (2022) | 96.04% (2021) | +0.80 pp |
56 | Russia | 92.70% (2023) | 92.00% (2022) | +0.70 pp |
57 | Moldova | 75.43% (2023) | 74.75% (2022) | +0.67 pp |
58 | Saint Lucia | 20.39% (2022) | 19.75% (2021) | +0.65 pp |
59 | Estonia | 86.47% (2022) | 85.84% (2021) | +0.63 pp |
60 | Iran | 44.96% (2022) | 44.34% (2021) | +0.62 pp |
61 | Vanuatu | 19.18% (2020) | 18.56% (2019) | +0.61 pp |
62 | Finland | 81.34% (2022) | 80.74% (2021) | +0.61 pp |
63 | Kuwait | 31.20% (2018) | 30.60% (2017) | +0.60 pp |
64 | Luxembourg | 77.41% (2022) | 76.92% (2021) | +0.49 pp |
65 | Austria | 82.56% (2023) | 82.09% (2022) | +0.47 pp |
66 | North Korea | 79.77% (2022) | 79.34% (2021) | +0.43 pp |
67 | Ireland | 79.52% (2022) | 79.09% (2021) | +0.43 pp |
68 | Canada | 89.57% (2023) | 89.17% (2022) | +0.40 pp |
69 | Sri Lanka | 64.07% (2022) | 63.68% (2021) | +0.39 pp |
70 | Slovakia | 90.18% (2022) | 89.81% (2021) | +0.37 pp |
71 | Switzerland | 84.28% (2023) | 83.92% (2022) | +0.36 pp |
72 | Italy | 52.80% (2022) | 52.44% (2021) | +0.36 pp |
73 | Mauritius | 50.67% (2022) | 50.31% (2021) | +0.35 pp |
74 | Georgia | 93.20% (2023) | 92.86% (2022) | +0.34 pp |
75 | Netherlands | 74.05% (2022) | 73.85% (2021) | +0.20 pp |
76 | Israel | 85.32% (2022) | 85.19% (2021) | +0.13 pp |
77 | Saudi Arabia | 64.77% (2023) | 64.66% (2022) | +0.12 pp |
78 | Thailand | 39.44% (2023) | 39.33% (2022) | +0.11 pp |
79 | Slovenia | 86.00% (2022) | 86.00% (2021) | 0.00 pp |
80 | Belarus | 97.89% (2023) | 97.90% (2022) | 0.00 pp |
81 | Ecuador | 45.38% (2022) | 45.43% (2021) | -0.05 pp |
82 | Burkina Faso | 5.26% (2023) | 5.33% (2022) | -0.07 pp |
83 | Spain | 55.25% (2023) | 55.35% (2022) | -0.10 pp |
84 | Germany | 80.80% (2022) | 80.94% (2021) | -0.14 pp |
85 | Panama | 51.13% (2023) | 51.29% (2022) | -0.16 pp |
86 | Bahrain | 66.73% (2023) | 66.95% (2022) | -0.22 pp |
87 | Czech Republic | 91.17% (2022) | 91.43% (2021) | -0.27 pp |
88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 72.05% (2023) | 72.32% (2022) | -0.27 pp |
89 | Denmark | 76.80% (2022) | 77.08% (2021) | -0.27 pp |
90 | Indonesia | 39.11% (2023) | 39.57% (2022) | -0.46 pp |
91 | Guatemala | 17.56% (2023) | 18.08% (2022) | -0.51 pp |
92 | Iceland | 79.15% (2022) | 79.73% (2021) | -0.58 pp |
93 | Seychelles | 84.31% (2020) | 84.91% (2019) | -0.60 pp |
94 | Portugal | 47.41% (2023) | 48.12% (2022) | -0.71 pp |
95 | Costa Rica | 39.91% (2023) | 40.98% (2022) | -1.07 pp |
96 | Uruguay | 33.72% (2023) | 34.79% (2022) | -1.07 pp |
97 | Azerbaijan | 91.81% (2023) | 92.90% (2022) | -1.09 pp |
98 | Barbados | 32.02% (2019) | 33.29% (2018) | -1.27 pp |
99 | Tajikistan | 80.67% (2017) | 82.34% (2016) | -1.67 pp |
100 | Brunei | 68.77% (2022) | 70.84% (2021) | -2.07 pp |
101 | El Salvador | 33.81% (2023) | 35.95% (2022) | -2.14 pp |
102 | Australia | 78.96% (2023) | 81.67% (2022) | -2.71 pp |
103 | Côte d'Ivoire | 14.08% (2022) | 16.81% (2021) | -2.73 pp |
104 | Sierra Leone | 12.09% (2019) | 14.83% (2018) | -2.74 pp |
105 | Vietnam | 39.10% (2023) | 41.92% (2022) | -2.83 pp |
106 | Chad | 4.56% (2019) | 7.48% (2018) | -2.93 pp |
107 | Kazakhstan | 94.32% (2019) | 97.40% (2018) | -3.09 pp |
108 | Venezuela | 58.07% (2017) | 61.92% (2016) | -3.85 pp |
109 | Bangladesh | 29.31% (2022) | 33.66% (2021) | -4.35 pp |
110 | Kenya | 37.58% (2022) | 43.91% (2021) | -6.33 pp |
111 | Malaysia | 69.80% (2022) | 76.29% (2021) | -6.49 pp |
112 | Jamaica | 56.37% (2022) | 63.89% (2021) | -7.53 pp |
113 | Dominican Republic | 36.03% (2023) | 43.78% (2022) | -7.75 pp |
114 | Lebanon | 42.44% (2019) | 52.70% (2018) | -10.26 pp |
115 | Lesotho | 6.47% (2019) | 20.47% (2018) | -13.99 pp |
116 | Singapore | 63.37% (2023) | 79.04% (2022) | -15.67 pp |
117 | Eswatini | 19.38% (2023) | 35.81% (2022) | -16.43 pp |
118 | Latvia | 69.23% (2023) | 88.77% (2022) | -19.54 pp |
119 | Poland | 67.00% (2023) | 88.20% (2022) | -21.20 pp |
120 | Montenegro | 59.26% (2021) | 81.92% (2020) | -22.66 pp |
121 | Kyrgyzstan | 65.32% (2018) | 91.52% (2017) | -26.20 pp |
122 | Timor-Leste | 14.93% (2022) | 41.45% (2021) | -26.52 pp |
123 | Kiribati | 45.88% (2020) | 74.02% (2019) | -28.14 pp |
Source: World Bank. Only countries with consecutive data in the past 10 years are shown.