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Upper Secondary Completion by African country

68.5%Nigeria · highest shown · 2024

Nigeria has the highest reported upper secondary completion rate among the 14 countries shown, at 68.5% (2024).

Gross intake ratio to the last grade of upper secondary education. 14 of 54 countries are shown. Open a country to see its source details and available history.

Latest available year varies by country (2023–2024). Only observations within 2 years of the freshest result are included, and each row shows its period.

#1 vs #146.8×Nigeria vs Uganda
Median34.5%Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lowest10.1%Uganda

By region

unweighted mean of countries shown
Southern Africa46.5%
4 countries shown · highest value: South Africa
East Africa37.6%
2 countries shown · highest value: Kenya
North Africa35.6%
1 countries shown · highest value: Tunisia
West Africa34.6%
5 countries shown · highest value: Nigeria
Central Africa27.8%
2 countries shown · highest value: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Full ranking

14 of 54 countries
#CountryUpper Secondary CompletionPeriod
1Nigeria
68.5%2024
2Kenya
65%2024
3South Africa
62.2%2024
4Botswana
54.3%2023
5Ghana
45%2024
6Lesotho
40.2%2024
7Tunisia
35.6%2023
8Democratic Republic of the Congo
34.5%2023
9Gambia
31.2%2023
10Zambia
29.1%2024
11Angola
21.1%2023
12Senegal
15.8%2023
13Mali
12.6%2024
14Uganda
10.1%2024

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GET /v1/data

Request the latest available Upper Secondary Completion values for the selected countries as JSON. The response includes source metadata; check reporting periods before comparing values.

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?metric_key=upper_secondary_completion_pct&latest=true&country_codes=NG,KE,ZA,EG" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

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Which observations are included?

The table includes 14 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each row shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.

Does a higher value mean a better result?

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