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Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

📅 2025📏 %11 entries
11leaders
  1. 🇮🇩 Indonesia99.66%
  2. 🇳🇵 Nepal98.25%
  3. 🇳🇷 Nauru97.95%
  4. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan97.57%
  5. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan97.45%
  6. 🇹🇭 Thailand95.75%
  7. 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan93.66%
  8. 🇮🇳 India87.99%
  9. 🇩🇿 Algeria79.03%
  10. 🇬🇲 Gambia61.30%
  11. 🇱🇦 Laos49.28%
Each wedge is one entry; longer wedges indicate higher values.
1
🇮🇩Indonesia
99.66%
2
🇳🇵Nepal
98.25%
3
🇳🇷Nauru
97.95%
4
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
97.57%
5
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
97.45%
6
🇹🇭Thailand
95.75%
7
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan
93.66%
8
🇮🇳India
87.99%
9
🇩🇿Algeria
79.03%
10
🇬🇲Gambia
61.30%
11
🇱🇦Laos
49.28%

Highlights

As of 2025, Indonesia ranks first with 99.66%, followed by Nepal (98.25%) and Nauru (97.95%).

Across 11 countries and territories, values run from 99.66% (Indonesia) to 49.28% (Laos), with a median of 95.75%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Asia, 2 from Africa and 1 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group), 2025. Unit: %.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026