List of countries by secondary education attainment

Summary

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 edit


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

References edit

  1. ^ World Inequality Database on Education Upper secondary completion rate Upper secondary graduation age http://www.education-inequalities.org/indicators/comp_upsec_v2#?sort=mean&dimension=all&group=all&age_group=comp_upsec_v2&countries=all
  2. ^ DataMarket Eurostat https://datamarket.com/is/data/set/27xd/at-least-upper-secondary-educational-attainment-age-group-20-24-by-sex#!ds=27xd!2qpp=3:2qpr=1.2.3.j.5.6.8.b.h.r.i.7.c.k.m.l.n.q.o.p.s.t.u.v.w.x.10.z.d.y.4.11.12&display=choropleth&map=europe&classifier=natural&numclasses=5
  3. ^ World Inequality Database on Education Upper secondary completion rate 20-29 http://www.education-inequalities.org/indicators/comp_upsec_v2#?sort=mean&dimension=all&group=all&age_group=comp_upsec_2029&countries=all
  4. ^ OECD Education at a Glance 2016 P.46 http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/education/education-at-a-glance-2016_eag-2016-en#page45