TOPIC MONITOR
Education
Learning and completion, with original survey definitions.
DK Denmark2021
Lower secondary completion rate
98.8%%
+0.1 pp year over year
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IQ Iraq2018
Lower secondary completion rate
46.4%%
+8.6 pp from 2011
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LV Latvia2021
Lower secondary completion rate
99.4%%
+0.4 pp year over year
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BR Brazil2024
Lower secondary completion rate
91.7%%
+0.6 pp year over year
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GM Gambia, The2023
Lower secondary completion rate
47%%
-1.7 pp from 2020
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GB United Kingdom2019
Lower secondary completion rate
99.6%%
0.0 pp year over year
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ZW Zimbabwe2015
Lower secondary completion rate
72.4%%
+2.7 pp year over year
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CD Congo, Dem. Rep.2023
Lower secondary completion rate
60.3%%
+5.9 pp from 2018
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PE Peru2024
Lower secondary completion rate
95.7%%
+0.7 pp year over year
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FR France2021
Lower secondary completion rate
98.3%%
+0.1 pp year over year
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BZ Belize2015
Lower secondary completion rate
61%%
+19.0 pp from 2011
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LT Lithuania2021
Lower secondary completion rate
99.1%%
+0.3 pp year over year
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PS West Bank and Gaza2019
Lower secondary completion rate
92.3%%
+1.5 pp from 2017
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NO Norway2021
Lower secondary completion rate
100%%
+0.8 pp year over year
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BO Bolivia2024
Lower secondary completion rate
96.5%%
+0.6 pp year over year
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SV El Salvador2023
Lower secondary completion rate
78.4%%
+2.2 pp year over year
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LU Luxembourg2021
Lower secondary completion rate
96.5%%
+4.2 pp year over year
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CH Switzerland2021
Lower secondary completion rate
98.7%%
+0.4 pp year over year
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MW Malawi2020
Lower secondary completion rate
23.1%%
+0.9 pp from 2015
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TH Thailand2022
Lower secondary completion rate
89.8%%
+2.4 pp from 2019
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SI Slovenia2021
Lower secondary completion rate
99.3%%
-0.0 pp year over year
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PT Portugal2021
Lower secondary completion rate
98.7%%
+2.2 pp year over year
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HU Hungary2021
Lower secondary completion rate
98.4%%
0.0 pp year over year
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BD Bangladesh2022
Lower secondary completion rate
71.1%%
+6.4 pp from 2019
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ML Mali2024
Lower secondary completion rate
26.8%%
-0.5 pp from 2018
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PA Panama2023
Lower secondary completion rate
90.3%%
+1.5 pp year over year
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BE Belgium2021
Lower secondary completion rate
95.4%%
+0.8 pp year over year
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GH Ghana2024
Lower secondary completion rate
71.2%%
+0.9 pp year over year
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MD Moldova2012
Lower secondary completion rate
96.5%%
+3.1 pp from 2005
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HT Haiti2017
Lower secondary completion rate
34.5%%
+3.0 pp from 2012
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RO Romania2021
Lower secondary completion rate
96.1%%
-0.3 pp year over year
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HN Honduras2024
Lower secondary completion rate
57.6%%
+1.5 pp year over year
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RU Russia2022
Lower secondary completion rate
100%%
0.0 pp year over year
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PY Paraguay2024
Lower secondary completion rate
88%%
+1.2 pp year over year
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CR Costa Rica2024
Lower secondary completion rate
90.3%%
+2.8 pp year over year
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ES Spain2021
Lower secondary completion rate
97.2%%
+0.4 pp year over year
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SR Suriname2022
Lower secondary completion rate
71.1%%
+20.6 pp from 2018
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GT Guatemala2024
Lower secondary completion rate
56.5%%
-0.7 pp from 2022
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BG Bulgaria2021
Lower secondary completion rate
98%%
+2.8 pp year over year
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CL Chile2022
Lower secondary completion rate
99.3%%
+2.0 pp from 2020
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CO Colombia2024
Lower secondary completion rate
85.4%%
+3.6 pp year over year
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TM Turkmenistan2019
Lower secondary completion rate
99.1%%
-0.4 pp from 2015
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PH Philippines2022
Lower secondary completion rate
84.2%%
+2.9 pp from 2017
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DO Dominican Republic2024
Lower secondary completion rate
84%%
-4.3 pp year over year
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GW Guinea-Bissau2022
Lower secondary completion rate
25.6%%
+8.5 pp from 2014
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ME Montenegro2018
Lower secondary completion rate
94.7%%
-4.3 pp from 2013
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IL Israel2018
Lower secondary completion rate
98.9%%
+0.2 pp year over year
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SL Sierra Leone2019
Lower secondary completion rate
47%%
+2.7 pp from 2017
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AT Austria2021
Lower secondary completion rate
98%%
+0.8 pp year over year
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SZ Eswatini2022
Lower secondary completion rate
57.8%%
+7.2 pp from 2014
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GR Greece2021
Lower secondary completion rate
98.1%%
-0.8 pp year over year
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NG Nigeria2024
Lower secondary completion rate
74.1%%
+6.3 pp from 2021
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FI Finland2021
Lower secondary completion rate
99.5%%
+0.5 pp year over year
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JO Jordan2023
Lower secondary completion rate
88.2%%
+1.2 pp from 2017
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DE Germany2021
Lower secondary completion rate
92.2%%
-1.4 pp year over year
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PL Poland2021
Lower secondary completion rate
94.2%%
-2.0 pp year over year
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UY Uruguay2024
Lower secondary completion rate
88.7%%
+4.7 pp year over year
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BY Belarus2019
Lower secondary completion rate
99.5%%
-0.4 pp from 2012
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HR Croatia2021
Lower secondary completion rate
99.6%%
+1.2 pp year over year
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LK Sri Lanka2023
Lower secondary completion rate
98.7%%
+1.1 pp year over year
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TJ Tajikistan2023
Lower secondary completion rate
97%%
+2.8 pp from 2017
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TR Türkiye2022
Lower secondary completion rate
95.4%%
+2.6 pp from 2018
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CU Cuba2019
Lower secondary completion rate
94.1%%
-3.4 pp from 2014
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IT Italy2021
Lower secondary completion rate
99.4%%
+0.1 pp year over year
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VE Venezuela, RB2014
Lower secondary completion rate
79.6%%
+0.6 pp year over year
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SE Sweden2021
Lower secondary completion rate
98.8%%
+1.5 pp year over year
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AF Afghanistan2022
Lower secondary completion rate
31.3%%
-5.3 pp from 2015
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TG Togo2022
Lower secondary completion rate
47.7%%
+0.2 pp from 2017
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BW Botswana2023
Lower secondary completion rate
92%%
+1.8 pp from 2020
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TZ Tanzania2022
Lower secondary completion rate
28%%
+2.6 pp from 2018
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MN Mongolia2024
Lower secondary completion rate
99.1%%
+0.7 pp year over year
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RS Serbia2019
Lower secondary completion rate
98.3%%
-0.0 pp from 2014
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EC Ecuador2024
Lower secondary completion rate
91.7%%
-1.9 pp year over year
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US United States2024
Lower secondary completion rate
98.7%%
-0.0 pp year over year
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ET Ethiopia2022
Lower secondary completion rate
30.4%%
+1.9 pp from 2019
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SD Sudan2014
Lower secondary completion rate
51.2%%
+10.8 pp from 2000
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KE Kenya2024
Lower secondary completion rate
86.6%%
+7.6 pp from 2022
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MG Madagascar2021
Lower secondary completion rate
23.5%%
-3.0 pp from 2018
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IN India2019
Lower secondary completion rate
85.8%%
+4.8 pp from 2016
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EG Egypt, Arab Rep.2022
Lower secondary completion rate
88.1%%
-0.5 pp year over year
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UG Uganda2024
Lower secondary completion rate
21.3%%
-4.9 pp from 2016
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SO Somalia, Fed. Rep.2023
Lower secondary completion rate
47.9%%
+26.7 pp from 2011
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MX Mexico2024
Lower secondary completion rate
90.9%%
+0.2 pp from 2022
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EE Estonia2021
Lower secondary completion rate
99.5%%
+1.0 pp year over year
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PR Puerto Rico (US)2024
Lower secondary completion rate
98.5%%
-0.3 pp year over year
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CM Cameroon2018
Lower secondary completion rate
47.2%%
+4.0 pp from 2014
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VN Vietnam2021
Lower secondary completion rate
87%%
+3.5 pp from 2014
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ZM Zambia2024
Lower secondary completion rate
53%%
+2.0 pp from 2018
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LR Liberia2019
Lower secondary completion rate
27.4%%
+16.1 pp from 2016
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SN Senegal2023
Lower secondary completion rate
31.1%%
+1.5 pp from 2019
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TT Trinidad and Tobago2022
Lower secondary completion rate
95.1%%
+8.2 pp from 2011
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NA Namibia2015
Lower secondary completion rate
75.6%%
+19.2 pp from 2013
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LS Lesotho2024
Lower secondary completion rate
56%%
+11.7 pp from 2018
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MA Morocco2010
Lower secondary completion rate
37.6%%
+4.4 pp from 2004
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AM Armenia2023
Lower secondary completion rate
100%%
+1.5 pp year over year
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KG Kyrgyzstan2023
Lower secondary completion rate
99.1%%
+3.2 pp from 2014
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VU Vanuatu2023
Lower secondary completion rate
49.5%%
+11.2 pp from 2007
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CF Central African Republic2019
Lower secondary completion rate
12.3%%
+1.3 pp from 2010
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MR Mauritania2015
Lower secondary completion rate
37.1%%
+7.2 pp from 2011
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CY Cyprus2021
Lower secondary completion rate
95.3%%
+0.4 pp year over year
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BI Burundi2017
Lower secondary completion rate
25.3%%
+13.4 pp from 2010
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GE Georgia2024
Lower secondary completion rate
99.5%%
-0.1 pp year over year
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ZA South Africa2024
Lower secondary completion rate
92.5%%
+0.9 pp year over year
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GA Gabon2017
Lower secondary completion rate
44.2%%
+11.7 pp from 2012
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SS South Sudan2010
Lower secondary completion rate
14.6%%
-20.5 pp from 2000
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MZ Mozambique2022
Lower secondary completion rate
27.9%%
+10.8 pp from 2015
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PK Pakistan2021
Lower secondary completion rate
53.8%%
+4.2 pp from 2018
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KH Cambodia2021
Lower secondary completion rate
56%%
+10.2 pp from 2019
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GY Guyana2019
Lower secondary completion rate
83%%
-1.0 pp from 2014
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JM Jamaica2022
Lower secondary completion rate
95.4%%
-2.8 pp year over year
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BF Burkina Faso2021
Lower secondary completion rate
34.4%%
+25.4 pp from 2010
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BJ Benin2022
Lower secondary completion rate
28.7%%
+3.3 pp year over year
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YE Yemen2023
Lower secondary completion rate
52.8%%
+6.3 pp from 2013
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BT Bhutan2022
Lower secondary completion rate
72.8%%
+34.0 pp from 2010
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AU Australia2018
Lower secondary completion rate
99.1%%
+1.2 pp from 2016
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MK North Macedonia2018
Lower secondary completion rate
94%%
-3.6 pp from 2011
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ID Indonesia2022
Lower secondary completion rate
89.5%%
+3.6 pp from 2017
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NE Niger2022
Lower secondary completion rate
12.4%%
+3.3 pp from 2018
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AO Angola2023
Lower secondary completion rate
38.2%%
+1.6 pp from 2015
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ST Sao Tome and Principe2019
Lower secondary completion rate
60%%
+26.2 pp from 2014
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CI Cote d'Ivoire2021
Lower secondary completion rate
35.2%%
+6.9 pp from 2016
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GN Guinea2018
Lower secondary completion rate
26.3%%
-6.6 pp from 2016
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NP Nepal2021
Lower secondary completion rate
77.7%%
+4.6 pp from 2019
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RW Rwanda2022
Lower secondary completion rate
32%%
+1.9 pp from 2020
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CN China2020
Lower secondary completion rate
95.7%%
+5.5 pp from 2018
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NI Nicaragua2014
Lower secondary completion rate
50.5%%
+10.3 pp from 2009
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KM Comoros2022
Lower secondary completion rate
60%%
+14.7 pp from 2012
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BA Bosnia and Herzegovina2012
Lower secondary completion rate
96.8%%
-1.9 pp from 2006
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DZ Algeria2019
Lower secondary completion rate
73.2%%
+16.7 pp from 2013
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UA Ukraine2013
Lower secondary completion rate
99.5%%
+0.7 pp from 2007
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KZ Kazakhstan2024
Lower secondary completion rate
98.8%%
+1.5 pp from 2019
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TN Tunisia2023
Lower secondary completion rate
75.6%%
+1.5 pp from 2021
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TD Chad2019
Lower secondary completion rate
13.1%%
-0.8 pp from 2014
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LB Lebanon2018
Lower secondary completion rate
83.5%%
No comparable prior period
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CG Congo, Rep.2015
Lower secondary completion rate
50.5%%
+15.9 pp from 2012
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AR Argentina2010
Lower secondary completion rate
75.4%%
No comparable prior period
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FJ Fiji2021
Lower secondary completion rate
89%%
+5.4 pp from 2007
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UZ Uzbekistan2022
Lower secondary completion rate
99.1%%
+1.9 pp from 2006
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TV Tuvalu2019
Lower secondary completion rate
85.2%%
No comparable prior period
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TL Timor-Leste2016
Lower secondary completion rate
66%%
+22.2 pp from 2009
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MM Myanmar2016
Lower secondary completion rate
44.8%%
+18.9 pp from 2000
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CA Canada2010
Lower secondary completion rate
99.5%%
No comparable prior period
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QA Qatar2012
Lower secondary completion rate
96%%
No comparable prior period
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AL Albania2017
Lower secondary completion rate
93.6%%
+29.0 pp from 2009
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MU Mauritius2020
Lower secondary completion rate
85.3%%
No comparable prior period
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KR South Korea2012
Lower secondary completion rate
100%%
No comparable prior period
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PG Papua New Guinea2022
Lower secondary completion rate
47.6%%
-2.6 pp from 2018
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LA Laos2023
Lower secondary completion rate
56.2%%
+2.6 pp from 2017
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BB Barbados2012
Lower secondary completion rate
98.2%%
No comparable prior period
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DJ Djibouti2017
Lower secondary completion rate
62.4%%
+15.8 pp from 2006
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MV Maldives2017
Lower secondary completion rate
90.7%%
+12.9 pp from 2008
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WS Samoa2019
Lower secondary completion rate
97%%
No comparable prior period
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KI Kiribati2018
Lower secondary completion rate
78.4%%
No comparable prior period
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TC Turks and Caicos Islands2019
Lower secondary completion rate
99.3%%
No comparable prior period
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AZ Azerbaijan2023
Lower secondary completion rate
96.4%%
+4.7 pp from 2006
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NC New Caledonia2019
Lower secondary completion rate
93.9%%
No comparable prior period
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SY Syria2006
Lower secondary completion rate
46%%
No comparable prior period
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NR Naoero2023
Lower secondary completion rate
73.2%%
No comparable prior period
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GQ Equatorial Guinea2000
Lower secondary completion rate
17.6%%
No comparable prior period
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LC St. Lucia2012
Lower secondary completion rate
93.6%%
No comparable prior period
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MH Marshall Islands2017
Lower secondary completion rate
95.6%%
No comparable prior period
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TO Tonga2019
Lower secondary completion rate
92.4%%
No comparable prior period
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