Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative) - Country Ranking

Definition: The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Greenland 100.00 2019
1 Austria 100.00 2014
3 Uzbekistan 99.96 2019
4 Oman 99.91 2020
5 United Kingdom 99.80 2020
6 Czech Republic 99.78 2019
7 Iceland 99.66 2020
8 Kazakhstan 99.65 2018
9 Norway 99.28 2019
10 Slovak Republic 99.18 2019
11 Latvia 99.06 2016
12 Belarus 99.03 2019
13 Hungary 98.83 2020
14 Slovenia 98.74 2019
15 Georgia 98.29 2019
16 Estonia 98.14 2020
17 Moldova 97.96 2019
18 Lithuania 97.91 2020
19 Azerbaijan 97.56 2019
20 Switzerland 97.53 2019
21 Palau 97.33 2013
22 Liechtenstein 97.33 2000
23 Armenia 97.05 2020
24 Kyrgyz Republic 96.93 2009
25 Germany 96.55 2018
26 Bulgaria 96.54 2020
27 United States 96.37 2020
28 Bolivia 96.09 2019
29 Tajikistan 95.74 2017
30 Russia 95.57 2010
31 Serbia 95.30 2019
32 Denmark 95.24 2020
33 Montenegro 94.84 2011
34 Australia 94.43 2020
35 Cayman Islands 94.21 2015
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 94.02 2020
37 Croatia 93.77 2011
38 Romania 93.70 2019
39 Turkmenistan 93.62 1995
40 Netherlands 92.67 2020
41 Ukraine 92.29 2001
42 Sweden 92.22 2019
43 Korea 91.30 2015
44 Poland 90.73 2020
45 Israel 90.57 2015
46 Belgium 89.71 2019
47 Albania 89.43 2012
48 The Bahamas 89.10 2010
49 Tonga 88.39 2011
50 Malta 88.09 2020
51 Puerto Rico 87.93 2017
52 France 87.89 2019
53 South Africa 87.67 2019
54 Fiji 86.69 2017
55 Italy 86.09 2020
56 United Arab Emirates 85.60 2019
57 Singapore 85.20 2019
58 Ireland 85.04 2017
59 Cyprus 84.82 2020
60 San Marino 84.28 2018
61 Jordan 84.21 2020
62 Canada 83.91 1991
63 Hong Kong SAR, China 83.37 2019
64 Cuba 83.22 2012
65 Spain 83.16 2020
66 Bahrain 83.08 2020
67 Sri Lanka 82.06 2019
68 New Zealand 81.80 2020
69 Chile 81.42 2017
70 Saudi Arabia 80.93 2020
71 Brunei 80.84 2011
72 Luxembourg 78.66 2007
73 Malaysia 78.43 2019
74 Greece 77.79 2020
75 Barbados 77.46 2000
76 Turkey 75.94 2019
77 Macao SAR, China 75.51 2016
78 North Macedonia 75.13 2020
79 Andorra 73.16 2016
80 Mongolia 73.05 2020
81 Egypt 72.54 2017
82 Venezuela 72.27 2016
83 Iran 72.05 2016
84 China 71.86 2010
85 Zimbabwe 70.78 2017
86 Seychelles 70.46 2002
87 Vietnam 69.64 2019
88 Peru 69.39 2018
89 Philippines 69.09 2019
90 Panama 68.69 2019
91 Japan 68.06 1990
92 Trinidad and Tobago 66.92 2011
93 Mexico 66.72 2020
94 Dominican Republic 66.46 2016
95 Qatar 66.18 2017
96 Dem. Rep. Congo 65.81 2016
97 Ghana 64.66 2010
98 Suriname 62.98 2012
99 Portugal 61.92 2020
100 Monaco 60.17 1975
101 Mauritius 58.95 2011
102 Bangladesh 58.55 2020
103 Brazil 58.26 2018
104 Indonesia 58.21 2020
105 Jamaica 56.55 2011
106 Colombia 56.54 2020
107 Lebanon 55.54 2007
108 Uruguay 55.46 2019
109 Nigeria 55.37 2006
110 Algeria 55.00 2008
111 Costa Rica 54.53 2020
112 Paraguay 53.98 2020
113 Kuwait 53.89 2018
114 Finland 52.90 1990
115 Ecuador 52.01 2020
116 Thailand 51.67 2019
117 El Salvador 50.92 2019
118 Tunisia 50.07 2016
119 Belize 49.84 2020
120 Iraq 49.53 2013
121 Myanmar 47.80 2019
122 India 47.13 2011
123 Cameroon 46.87 2010
124 São Tomé and Principe 46.25 2012
125 Argentina 45.66 2001
126 Honduras 44.84 2019
127 St. Lucia 43.82 2019
128 Samoa 40.39 1981
129 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 39.62 2017
130 Syrian Arab Republic 38.89 2009
131 Nepal 37.64 2011
132 Angola 36.49 2014
133 Guatemala 35.83 2019
134 Kenya 32.34 2010
135 Bhutan 32.31 2017
136 Uganda 32.19 2012
137 St. Kitts and Nevis 31.82 1980
138 Tuvalu 31.45 1991
139 Togo 31.44 2011
140 Zambia 30.71 1990
141 Cabo Verde 30.64 2015
142 Namibia 30.01 2001
143 Madagascar 29.92 2018
144 Côte d'Ivoire 29.16 2014
145 Guyana 29.04 2002
146 Pakistan 28.67 2019
147 Congo 28.36 1984
148 Sierra Leone 27.42 2004
149 Vanuatu 26.22 1979
150 Senegal 26.10 2017
151 Dominica 23.22 2001
152 Libya 21.92 1984
153 Benin 21.22 2002
154 Mozambique 19.91 2017
155 Lesotho 19.76 2008
156 Cambodia 19.63 2015
157 Mauritania 19.45 2013
158 Guinea 19.29 2018
159 Eswatini 19.25 1986
160 Ethiopia 18.24 2011
161 Chad 16.26 2009
162 Rwanda 16.13 2018
163 Burkina Faso 15.74 2018
164 Mali 15.49 2020
165 Central African Republic 15.40 1988
166 Afghanistan 14.87 2021
167 Kiribati 14.77 1978
168 Liberia 13.84 1974
169 Tanzania 13.74 2012
170 Malawi 12.92 1998
171 Niger 12.70 2012
172 Burundi 11.73 2017
173 Grenada 10.84 1981
174 Haiti 9.39 1982
175 Sudan 7.47 1983
176 Morocco 6.83 1971
177 The Gambia 5.35 1973
178 Botswana 4.42 1971

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Development Relevance: A relative high concentration of the adult population in a given level of education reflects the capacity of the educational system in the corresponding level of education. Educational attainment is closely related to the skills and competencies of a country's population, and could be seen as a proxy of both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the stock of human capital.

Limitations and Exceptions: Caution is required when using this indicator for cross-country comparison, since the countries do not always classify degrees and qualifications at the same International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) levels, even if they are received at roughly the same age or after a similar number of years of schooling. Also, certain educational programmes and study courses cannot be easily classified according to ISCED. This indicator only measures educational attainment in terms of level of education attained, i.e. years of schooling, and do not necessarily reveal the quality of the education (learning achievement and other impacts).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: It is calculated by dividing the number of population ages 25 and older who attained or completed lower secondary education by the total population of the same age group and multiplying by 100. The number 0 means zero or small enough that the number would round to zero. Data are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics mainly from national population census, household survey, and labour force survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011.

Periodicity: Annual