# List of countries by secondary education attainment

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

| Country | Year | 3 to 5 Years above graduation age (%) | Year | 20–24 (%) | Year | 20–29 (%) | Year | 25–34 (%) |
| 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 |