Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary, population 25+, female (%) (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
2 Uzbekistan 99.88 2019
3 Czech Republic 99.84 2019
4 United Kingdom 99.80 2020
5 Iceland 99.77 2020
6 Latvia 99.39 2016
7 Kazakhstan 99.29 2018
8 Austria 99.14 2014
9 Norway 99.09 2019
10 Slovak Republic 98.86 2019
11 Hungary 97.61 2020
12 Slovenia 97.61 2019
13 Estonia 97.55 2020
14 Belarus 97.48 2019
15 Georgia 97.15 2019
16 Palau 96.89 2013
17 Switzerland 96.86 2019
18 Oman 96.64 2020
19 United States 96.55 2020
20 Cayman Islands 96.27 2015
21 Germany 96.12 2018
22 Moldova 96.11 2019
23 Liechtenstein 96.04 2000
24 Armenia 96.00 2020
25 Lithuania 95.53 2020
26 Denmark 95.07 2020
27 Bulgaria 94.88 2020
28 Bolivia 94.61 2019
29 Australia 94.58 2020
30 Kyrgyz Republic 94.52 2009
31 Azerbaijan 93.62 2019
32 Tajikistan 93.35 2017
33 Russia 92.48 2010
34 Sweden 91.81 2019
35 Netherlands 89.81 2020
36 The Bahamas 89.17 2010
37 Puerto Rico 88.88 2017
38 Romania 88.82 2019
39 Serbia 88.57 2019
40 Turkmenistan 88.14 1995
41 Fiji 87.93 2017
42 Israel 87.89 2015
43 Tonga 87.64 2011
44 Ireland 87.22 2017
45 Belgium 87.21 2019
46 Poland 86.52 2020
47 Ukraine 85.58 2001
48 Albania 85.22 2012
49 Croatia 85.16 2011
50 Montenegro 84.39 2011
51 France 83.54 2019
52 Canada 83.35 1991
53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 82.74 2020
54 Malta 82.18 2020
55 New Zealand 82.03 2020
56 United Arab Emirates 82.00 2019
57 San Marino 81.76 2018
58 Cyprus 81.14 2020
59 Korea 80.35 2015
60 Sri Lanka 80.17 2019
61 Bahrain 79.90 2020
62 Singapore 79.42 2019
63 Mongolia 79.26 2020
64 Cuba 79.15 2012
65 Barbados 78.69 2000
66 Italy 78.63 2020
67 Spain 78.53 2020
68 Chile 78.08 2017
69 Jordan 77.38 2020
70 Hong Kong SAR, China 77.10 2019
71 Luxembourg 77.08 2007
72 Brunei 76.62 2011
73 Venezuela 76.51 2016
74 Qatar 75.77 2017
75 Malaysia 75.04 2019
76 Egypt 73.51 2017
77 Philippines 73.35 2019
78 Andorra 71.48 2016
79 Macao SAR, China 71.37 2016
80 Saudi Arabia 71.27 2020
81 Panama 70.18 2019
82 Greece 69.86 2020
83 South Africa 68.90 2019
84 Seychelles 68.83 2002
85 Trinidad and Tobago 68.06 2011
86 Dominican Republic 67.81 2016
87 Iran 67.35 2016
88 Mexico 65.05 2020
89 Jamaica 64.63 2011
90 Japan 63.39 1990
91 North Macedonia 61.90 2020
92 Brazil 61.55 2018
93 Vietnam 61.29 2019
94 Suriname 60.72 2012
95 Kuwait 60.01 2018
96 Zimbabwe 59.79 2017
97 Portugal 59.75 2020
98 Uruguay 59.55 2019
99 Peru 58.96 2018
100 Colombia 58.86 2020
101 China 58.65 2010
102 Turkey 56.30 2019
103 Costa Rica 56.24 2020
104 Belize 54.49 2020
105 Monaco 54.41 1975
106 Lebanon 53.15 2007
107 Ecuador 53.02 2020
108 Paraguay 52.54 2020
109 Indonesia 51.01 2020
110 Bangladesh 50.61 2020
111 St. Lucia 49.85 2019
112 Mauritius 49.80 2011
113 Finland 48.58 1990
114 Thailand 47.63 2019
115 Argentina 46.10 2001
116 Ghana 45.20 2010
117 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 44.07 2017
118 Nigeria 43.30 2006
119 El Salvador 42.99 2019
120 Samoa 41.51 1981
121 Algeria 39.54 2008
122 Tunisia 39.33 2016
123 Myanmar 38.51 2019
124 Iraq 37.44 2013
125 Dem. Rep. Congo 36.73 2016
126 Honduras 35.85 2019
127 Guyana 33.24 2002
128 São Tomé and Principe 31.77 2012
129 St. Kitts and Nevis 31.45 1980
130 Dominica 29.94 2001
131 Guatemala 29.45 2019
132 Syrian Arab Republic 28.99 2009
133 Cabo Verde 28.18 2015
134 India 27.75 2011
135 Eswatini 27.62 1986
136 Namibia 27.23 2001
137 Madagascar 27.20 2018
138 Cameroon 26.37 2010
139 Kenya 25.50 2010
140 Bhutan 23.57 2017
141 Angola 22.16 2014
142 Pakistan 22.07 2019
143 Lesotho 21.87 2008
144 Côte d'Ivoire 20.02 2014
145 Tuvalu 18.81 1991
146 Nepal 17.23 2011
147 Vanuatu 17.00 1979
148 Uganda 16.93 2012
149 Zambia 13.08 1990
150 Congo 12.17 1984
151 Sierra Leone 11.64 2004
152 Libya 11.10 1984
153 Mauritania 11.08 2013
154 Rwanda 11.08 2018
155 Mozambique 10.62 2017
156 Senegal 10.26 2017
157 Burkina Faso 9.93 2018
158 Grenada 9.31 1981
159 Tanzania 8.57 2012
160 Benin 8.43 2002
161 Togo 8.21 2011
162 Mali 8.00 2020
163 Ethiopia 7.79 2011
164 Burundi 7.09 2017
165 Guinea 6.83 2018
166 Cambodia 6.78 2015
167 Kiribati 6.60 1978
168 Afghanistan 6.40 2021
169 Haiti 6.34 1982
170 Niger 5.11 2012
171 Malawi 4.37 1998
172 Chad 4.14 2009
173 Liberia 4.05 1974
174 Central African Republic 3.96 1988
175 The Gambia 2.14 1973
176 Morocco 2.10 1971
176 Sudan 2.10 1983
178 Botswana 2.06 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