List of countries by secondary education attainment

This is a list of countries by the proportion of the population that has attained at least a secondary education. The list is composed of the percent of the population of the relevant age groups that have completed an upper secondary education in the listed countries. The lists are compiled from several sources.

List of countries by percent secondary education attainment for selected age groups


Country

Year
3 to 5 Years above
graduation age
(%)[1]
Year 20–24
(%)[2]
Year 20–29
(%) [3]
Year 25–29
(%)
Year 25–34
(%)[4]
South Korea 2014 99 2015 98
Georgia 2013 96 2013 95
Japan 2016 95
Croatia 2013 95 2015 95.7 2013 95
Ukraine 2012 95 2012 94
Sweden 2013 92 2015 87.3 2012 94 2015 82
Ireland 2015 92.7 2015 91
Armenia 2010 93 2010 92
United Kingdom 2013 94 2015 85.7 2013 92 2015 85
Kazakhstan 2010 93 2010 92
Poland 2013 83 2015 90.8 2013 92 2015 94
United States 2010 92 2013 91 2015 90
Canada 2010 86 2010 91 2015 93
Greece 2013 92 2015 89.6 2013 91 2015 84
Slovakia 2013 93 2015 91.3 2013 90 2015 93
Cyprus 2013 93 2015 94.3 2013 90
Slovenia 2013 89 2015 90.9 2013 90 2015 94
Israel 2012 88 2012 89 2015 91
Russian Federation 2013 87 2013 88 2013 95
Czech Republic 2013 90 2015 90.4 2013 88 2015 94
Lithuania 2013 91 2015 90.9 2013 88 2015 90
France 2013 83 2015 87.2 2013 88 2014 87
Belarus 2012 83 2012 88
Austria 2013 84 2015 88.7 2013 88 2015 90
Finland 2013 85 2015 86.8 2013 87 2015 90
Australia 2010 85 2010 85 2015 88
Hungary 2013 85 2015 84.2 2013 85 2015 86
 Switzerland 2013 72 2015 86 2013 84 2015 92
Belgium 2013 82 2015 84.4 2013 84 2015 83
Bulgaria 2013 84 2015 85.1 2013 84
Kyrgyzstan 2014 81 2014 83
Netherlands 2013 73 2015 80 2013 83 2015 86
Italy 2013 83 2015 80.1 2013 82 2015 74
Estonia 2013 79 2015 83.3 2013 82 2015 89
Germany 2013 78 2015 77.1 2013 81 2015 87
Latvia 2013 82 2015 86.1 2013 80 2015 85
New Zealand 2015 81
Chile 2013 80
Montenegro 2013 85 2013 79
Romania 2013 82 2015 79.7 2013 77
Denmark 2013 73 2015 74.1 2013 73 2015 84
Peru 2012 74 2012 73
Macedonia 2011 75 2011 72
Norway 2013 68 2015 79.3 2013 71 2015 81
Philippines 2013 72 2013 71
Argentina 2012 66 2012 70
Saudi Arabia 2014 69
Egypt 2014 71 2014 69
Serbia 2014 75 2014 68
Spain 2013 67 2015 68.5 2013 66 2015 66
Portugal 2013 60 2015 77 2013 64 2015 67
Azerbaijan 2006 71 2006 64
Ecuador 2013 66 2013 63
Colombia 2010 63 2010 62 2015 67
Brazil 2014 62
Bosnia 2011 69 2011 62
Panama 2013 62 2013 60
Moldova 2012 66 2012 59
Jordan 2012 59 2012 58
Thailand 2005 64 2005 57
Uzbekistan 2006 61
Tajikistan 2012 60 2012 57
Dominican Republic 2013 60 2013 57
Bolivia 2008 60 2008 54
Turkey 2015 53.8 2015 52
Vietnam 2013 55 2013 51
Mongolia 2010 65 2010 51
Mexico 2012 53 2012 50
Indonesia 2012 51 2012 48
Tunisia 2011 49 2011 44
South Africa 2013 45 2013 44 2014 49
Nigeria 2013 44 2013 44
  Nepal 2014 52 2013 42
Kenya 2014 44 2013 41
Ghana 2014 39 2014 37
Namibia 2013 35 2013 33
Swaziland 2010 33
Honduras 2011 31 2011 31
India 2011 35 2011 30
Yemen 2013 30 2010 29
Gambia 2013 29 2013 26
Syria 2006 29 2006 26
Zambia 2013 27 2013 25
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2013 30 2013 25
Laos 2011 27 2011 24
Liberia 2013 23 2013 23
Guatemala 2011 22
Pakistan 2012 20 2012 20
Iraq 2011 19 2011 19
Sudan 2010 21 2010 18
Cambodia 2014 19 2014 18
Bangladesh 2014 23 2014 17
Republic of Congo 2011 15 2011 17
Sierra Leone 2013 20 2013 15
Côte d'Ivoire 2011 16 2011 15
Mauritania 2011 17 2011 15
Morocco 2009 16 2009 15
Uganda 2011 16 2011 14
Malawi 2013 11 2013 14
Haiti 2012 15 2012 13
Cameroon 2011 13 2011 13
Guinea 2012 16 2009 13
Benin 2011 13 2011 12
Afghanistan 2010 14 2011 11
Guinea Bissau 2006 13 2006 11
Zimbabwe 2014 9 2014 11
Ethiopia 2011 13 2011 11
Mali 2012 14 2012 10
Rwanda 2010 9 2010 8
Senegal 2014 9 2014 7
Bhutan 2010 5 2010 7
Chad 2010 7 2010 7
Madagascar 2008 5 2008 6
Central African Republic 2010 6 2010 6
Venezuela 2010 7 2010 6
Mozambique 2011 5 2011 6
Burundi 2010 4 2010 4
Burkina Faso 2010 3 2010 3
Tanzania 2010 3 2010 3
Somalia 2006 2 2006 2
Niger 2012 2 2012 2

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