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Education > Progression to secondary school: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
=1 Costa Rica 100% 2004
=1 Liechtenstein 100% 2003
=1 Ireland 100% 2002
4 Colombia 99.98% 2004
5 Denmark 99.95% 2001
=6 Switzerland 99.9% 2003
=6 Croatia 99.9% 2002
8 Hong Kong 99.89% 2004
9 Finland 99.88% 2003
10 Australia 99.86% 2002
11 Kazakhstan 99.85% 2004
12 Norway 99.8% 2003
13 Cyprus 99.79% 2003
=14 Albania 99.75% 2003
=14 Seychelles 99.75% 2002
=16 Iceland 99.65% 2003
=16 Italy 99.65% 2003
18 Uzbekistan 99.63% 2002
19 Belarus 99.58% 2004
20 Barbados 99.45% 2004
21 Ukraine 99.41% 2001
22 Slovenia 99.38% 2002
23 Czech Republic 99.21% 2003
24 Nicaragua 99.15% 1999
=25 Kyrgyzstan 99.04% 2004
=25 Malaysia 99.04% 1999
27 Azerbaijan 99.01% 2004
28 Lithuania 98.99% 2003
29 Dominica 98.88% 2004
30 France 98.87% 2000
31 Venezuela 98.72% 2004
32 Germany 98.71% 2003
33 South Korea 98.69% 2004
34 Fiji 98.64% 2004
35 Moldova 98.63% 2004
36 Hungary 98.57% 2003
=37 Oman 98.53% 2004
=37 Cuba 98.53% 2004
39 Poland 98.49% 2003
40 Aruba 98.43% 2004
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 98.4% 2002
41 Georgia 98.33% 2002
42 Slovakia 98.24% 2003
43 Romania 98.18% 2003
44 Bermuda 98.17% 2004
45 Netherlands 98.12% 2003
46 The Bahamas 97.98% 2004
47 Latvia 97.97% 2003
48 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.83% 2003
49 Tajikistan 97.6% 2004
50 United Arab Emirates 97.47% 2004
51 Mongolia 97.41% 2004
52 Botswana 97.37% 2004
53 Bahrain 97.1% 2004
54 Jamaica 97.05% 2002
55 Jordan 97.04% 2003
56 Malta 97.02% 2003
57 Sri Lanka 97.01% 2002
58 Philippines 96.62% 2003
59 Chile 96.5% 2003
60 Estonia 96.3% 2003
61 Samoa 96.29% 2003
62 Guatemala 96.14% 2003
63 Trinidad and Tobago 95.71% 2004
64 Bulgaria 95.67% 2003
65 Andorra 95.52% 2003
66 Saudi Arabia 95.34% 2004
67 Peru 94.93% 2003
68 Qatar 94.7% 2004
69 Vietnam 94.6% 2001
70 Syria 94.55% 2004
71 Kuwait 94.54% 2004
72 Mexico 93.59% 2003
73 Armenia 93.37% 2004
74 El Salvador 92.89% 2004
75 Argentina 92.76% 2002
76 Namibia 91.34% 2004
77 Turkey 91.09% 2003
78 Cayman Islands 90.81% 2001
79 Paraguay 90.78% 2002
80 Iran 90.26% 2004
81 Bolivia 90.15% 2003
82 Brunei 89.83% 2004
83 South Africa 89.72% 2003
84 Swaziland 89.63% 2003
85 Sudan 89.51% 2004
86 Yemen 89.01% 2000
87 Palau 88.76% 2004
88 Eritrea 88.6% 2004
89 Macau 87.99% 2004
90 Tunisia 87.95% 2003
91 Dominican Republic 87.59% 2004
92 Ghana 86.83% 2002
93 Egypt 86.08% 2003
94 Bangladesh 85.96% 2004
95 Lebanon 85.64% 2004
96 India 85.08% 2003
97 Belize 84.41% 2004
98 Ethiopia 84.19% 2004
99 Brazil 84.04% 2002
100 Indonesia 83.52% 2003
101 Bhutan 82.48% 2000
102 The Gambia 82.35% 1999
103 Cambodia 82.18% 2004
104 Uruguay 81.55% 2002
105 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 81.15% 2004
106 Tonga 80.89% 2004
107 Algeria 79.49% 2004
108 Maldives 78.24% 2004
109 Morocco 78.22% 2004
110 Laos 77.96% 2004
111 Papua New Guinea 76.82% 2002
112 Nepal 76.72% 2003
113 Malawi 74.31% 2004
114 Israel 74.12% 2003
115 Ecuador 73.45% 2004
116 Cape Verde 72.78% 2004
117 Burma 71.67% 2004
118 Djibouti 71.41% 2004
119 Saint Lucia 70.54% 2004
120 Iraq 70.21% 2004
121 Solomon Islands 69.8% 2002
122 Zimbabwe 69.72% 2002
123 Pakistan 68.95% 2004
124 Guyana 67.61% 1999
125 Togo 66.6% 2004
126 Lesotho 65.88% 2004
127 Panama 64.58% 2004
128 Mauritius 64.17% 2004
129 Guinea 64.01% 2004
130 Guinea-Bissau 63.22% 2000
131 Comoros 63.18% 2004
132 Senegal 60.78% 2004
133 Niger 58.71% 2004
Former French colonies average (profile) 58.07% 2000
134 Congo, Republic of the 58.06% 2004
135 Sao Tome and Principe 55.91% 2004
136 Zambia 55.32% 2004
137 Madagascar 54.3% 2004
138 Mozambique 53.18% 2004
139 Vanuatu 52.51% 2004
140 Chad 51.29% 2004
141 Mali 51.25% 2004
142 Benin 51.08% 2002
143 Netherlands Antilles 48.29% 1999
144 Burkina Faso 45.98% 2004
145 Mauritania 45.94% 2004
146 Cameroon 44.66% 2004
147 Cote d'Ivoire 39.72% 2001
148 Uganda 36.19% 2003
149 Tanzania 33.62% 2004
150 Burundi 32.78% 2004
151 Suriname 12.47% 2002

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COUNTRIES COVERED
Female 148
Male 148

Interesting observations about Education > Progression to secondary school

  • Costa Rica ranked first for progression to secondary school amongst Hot countries in 2004.
  • Kazakhstan ranked first for progression to secondary school amongst Muslim countries in 2004.
  • Australia ranked first for progression to secondary school amongst Former British colonies in 2002.
  • All of the top 6 countries by progression to secondary school are Christian.
  • All of the top 2 countries by progression to secondary school are Catholic.
  • Vietnam ranked first for progression to secondary school amongst Former French colonies in 2001.
  • Ireland ranked first for progression to secondary school globally in 2002.
  • Oman ranked first for progression to secondary school amongst Middle Eastern and North Africa in 2004.
  • Seychelles ranked first for progression to secondary school amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2002.
  • Iraq ranked last for progression to secondary school amongst OPEC countries in 2004.
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