Global education progression indicator

Primary-to-Lower-Secondary Transition Rate by Country: Latest Data, Updated 2026

The transition rate measures new entrants to the first grade of secondary education as a share of pupils eligible to move on from the final primary grade. The source file was refreshed in 2026, while the latest non-null country observation in this indicator is from 2018 and most values refer to 2016 or 2017.

Indicator: SE.SEC.PROG.ZSUnit: percentCoverage: 191 countries and economiesLatest observation: 2018Source file update: July 2026Source: UNESCO UIS via World Bank WDI

Transition Statistics

Latest available observation for each reporting country or economy; values are not aligned to a single reference year.

Reporting coverage

191

Countries and economies with at least one total-rate observation.

Median latest rate

97.0%

Unweighted median of the latest country/economy values.

Latest observation year

2018

Only one reporting economy has its latest value in 2018.

Values dated 2016–2018

118

61.8% of the reporting coverage.

Matched female and male data

183

Same-year sex-disaggregated values matched to the latest total observation.

Lowest Reported Latest Transition Rates

The visual uses each country or economy’s latest available observation, so the years differ.

Fifteen Lowest Latest Observations

Percent progressing to secondary school; country year shown in parentheses.

The chart is a visual subset. The country table retains all reporting observations and their source years.

Chart analysis

The lowest latest observation is Bermuda at 50.8%, dated 2014.
Angola reports 52.5% in 2010, while the Syrian Arab Republic reports 57.3% in 2012.
Several values in the visual are old: Gabon is dated 1987 and Papua New Guinea is dated 1997.
Tanzania has the newest observation among the final three positions shown, at 71.0% in 2017.
The visual does not establish a current 2026 ordering because its observations span different years.

Country and Economy Transition Rate Table

Rank is based on the unrounded latest total rate. Every row retains the country or economy’s actual observation year.

Search table

Rank	Country/economy	Code	Rate	Year	Region	Income group
1	Japan	JPN	100.0%	2016	East Asia & Pacific	High income
2	United Kingdom	GBR	100.0%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Spain	ESP	100.0%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Slovenia	SVN	100.0%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Italy	ITA	100.0%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Czechia	CZE	99.9%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Denmark	DNK	99.9%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Russian Federation	RUS	99.9%	2015	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Hong Kong SAR, China	HKG	99.9%	2017	East Asia & Pacific	High income
10	United Arab Emirates	ARE	99.9%	2013	Middle East & North Africa	High income
11	Switzerland	CHE	99.9%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Finland	FIN	99.9%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	North Macedonia	MKD	99.9%	2014	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
14	Argentina	ARG	99.9%	2016	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
15	Montenegro	MNE	99.8%	2017	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
16	Estonia	EST	99.8%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Brunei Darussalam	BRN	99.8%	2017	East Asia & Pacific	High income
18	Viet Nam	VNM	99.8%	2015	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
19	Poland	POL	99.8%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Austria	AUT	99.8%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Kyrgyz Republic	KGZ	99.8%	2017	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
22	Cyprus	CYP	99.7%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Uzbekistan	UZB	99.7%	2017	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
24	Ukraine	UKR	99.7%	2017	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
25	Serbia	SRB	99.7%	2017	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
26	Georgia	GEO	99.7%	2017	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
27	Iceland	ISL	99.7%	2011	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Norway	NOR	99.7%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Turkiye	TUR	99.7%	2015	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
30	Korea, Rep.	KOR	99.6%	2016	East Asia & Pacific	High income
31	Ecuador	ECU	99.6%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
32	Israel	ISR	99.6%	2016	Middle East & North Africa	High income
33	Bhutan	BTN	99.6%	2016	South Asia	Lower middle income
34	Sweden	SWE	99.6%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Romania	ROU	99.5%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Kazakhstan	KAZ	99.5%	2018	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
37	Hungary	HUN	99.5%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Germany	DEU	99.5%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Tajikistan	TJK	99.5%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
40	Bahrain	BHR	99.5%	2017	Middle East & North Africa	High income
41	Sri Lanka	LKA	99.4%	2017	South Asia	Upper middle income
42	Mauritius	MUS	99.4%	2017	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
43	St. Kitts and Nevis	KNA	99.4%	2015	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
44	China	CHN	99.4%	2008	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
45	Bulgaria	BGR	99.3%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	99.3%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
47	Mongolia	MNG	99.3%	2017	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
48	United States	USA	99.2%	2016	North America	High income
49	Azerbaijan	AZE	99.2%	2017	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
50	Kenya	KEN	99.2%	2015	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Lithuania	LTU	99.2%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Algeria	DZA	99.2%	2017	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
53	Macao SAR, China	MAC	99.2%	2017	East Asia & Pacific	High income
54	Panama	PAN	99.2%	2016	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
55	Singapore	SGP	99.1%	2016	East Asia & Pacific	High income
56	Slovak Republic	SVK	99.1%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Bahamas, The	BHS	99.0%	2009	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
58	Barbados	BRB	99.0%	2008	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
59	Latvia	LVA	99.0%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Greece	GRC	98.9%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	San Marino	SMR	98.9%	2011	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Qatar	QAT	98.9%	2016	Middle East & North Africa	High income
63	Malta	MLT	98.9%	2016	Middle East & North Africa	High income
64	Maldives	MDV	98.9%	2016	South Asia	Upper middle income
65	Nicaragua	NIC	98.8%	1999	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
66	Aruba	ABW	98.6%	2008	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
67	Croatia	HRV	98.6%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Venezuela, RB	VEN	98.6%	2016	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
69	Albania	ALB	98.5%	2017	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
70	Thailand	THA	98.5%	2017	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
71	Cuba	CUB	98.5%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
72	Oman	OMN	98.3%	2017	Middle East & North Africa	High income
73	Colombia	COL	98.3%	2014	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
74	Armenia	ARM	98.3%	2017	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
75	Moldova	MDA	98.3%	2017	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
76	British Virgin Islands	VGB	98.2%	2015	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
77	St. Lucia	LCA	98.2%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
78	Belarus	BLR	98.2%	2017	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
79	Eswatini	SWZ	98.1%	2016	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
80	Puerto Rico (US)	PRI	98.0%	2014	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
81	Fiji	FJI	98.0%	2015	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
82	Saudi Arabia	SAU	98.0%	2017	Middle East & North Africa	High income
83	Jordan	JOR	98.0%	2017	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	97.9%	2017	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	Chile	CHL	97.9%	2016	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	Liechtenstein	LIE	97.8%	2016	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Kuwait	KWT	97.8%	2017	Middle East & North Africa	High income
88	France	FRA	97.7%	1991	Europe & Central Asia	High income
89	Grenada	GRD	97.7%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
90	Tunisia	TUN	97.7%	2016	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
91	Botswana	BWA	97.5%	2012	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
92	Seychelles	SYC	97.4%	2017	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
93	Belize	BLZ	97.4%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
94	Bolivia	BOL	97.3%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
95	Jamaica	JAM	97.1%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
96	New Caledonia	NCL	97.0%	1989	East Asia & Pacific	High income
97	Sao Tome and Principe	STP	97.0%	2016	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
98	West Bank and Gaza	PSE	97.0%	2017	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
99	Portugal	PRT	96.9%	1975	Europe & Central Asia	High income
100	Palau	PLW	96.8%	2013	East Asia & Pacific	High income
101	Philippines	PHL	96.6%	2016	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
102	Mexico	MEX	96.6%	2016	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
103	Egypt, Arab Rep.	EGY	96.6%	2017	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
104	Cayman Islands	CYM	96.6%	2012	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
105	Luxembourg	LUX	96.4%	1978	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Kiribati	KIR	96.3%	2015	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
107	Lebanon	LBN	96.2%	2017	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
108	Samoa	WSM	96.2%	2017	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
109	Dominica	DMA	96.2%	2014	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
110	Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	96.1%	2011	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
111	Namibia	NAM	96.0%	2012	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
112	South Africa	ZAF	95.8%	2015	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
113	Iran, Islamic Rep.	IRN	95.7%	2016	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
114	Peru	PER	95.4%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
115	Brazil	BRA	95.2%	2003	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
116	Guyana	GUY	95.2%	2009	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
117	El Salvador	SLV	95.2%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	VCT	95.1%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
119	Eritrea	ERI	94.7%	2017	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
120	Bangladesh	BGD	94.5%	2010	South Asia	Lower middle income
121	Paraguay	PRY	94.5%	2011	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
122	Gambia, The	GMB	94.4%	2013	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
123	Cabo Verde	CPV	94.4%	2017	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
124	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	94.2%	2009	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
125	Tonga	TON	93.9%	2005	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
126	Ghana	GHA	93.7%	2017	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
127	Tuvalu	TUV	93.7%	2015	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
128	Timor-Leste	TLS	93.2%	2017	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
129	Dominican Republic	DOM	93.2%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
130	Comoros	COM	92.6%	2013	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
131	Guinea-Bissau	GNB	92.3%	1983	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
132	Turks and Caicos Islands	TCA	92.3%	2004	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
133	Sudan	SDN	92.0%	2016	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
134	Cote d’Ivoire	CIV	91.9%	2016	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	Costa Rica	CRI	91.7%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
136	Indonesia	IDN	91.5%	2016	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
137	Ethiopia	ETH	91.4%	2014	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
138	India	IND	91.3%	2017	South Asia	Lower middle income
139	Malaysia	MYS	91.0%	2016	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
140	Marshall Islands	MHL	90.9%	2008	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
141	Afghanistan	AFG	90.8%	2017	Middle East & North Africa	Low income
142	Morocco	MAR	90.5%	2017	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
143	Sierra Leone	SLE	90.5%	2017	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
144	Yemen, Rep.	YEM	90.5%	2012	Middle East & North Africa	Low income
145	Guatemala	GTM	90.2%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
146	Cambodia	KHM	89.8%	2017	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
147	Belgium	BEL	89.7%	1976	Europe & Central Asia	High income
148	Vanuatu	VUT	89.4%	2009	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
149	Solomon Islands	SLB	88.2%	2017	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
150	Lesotho	LSO	87.5%	2015	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	Pakistan	PAK	87.5%	2017	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
152	Libya	LBY	87.2%	1980	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
153	Malawi	MWI	86.4%	2011	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
154	Djibouti	DJI	86.2%	2017	Middle East & North Africa	Lower middle income
155	Lao PDR	LAO	86.2%	2017	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
156	Benin	BEN	83.8%	2015	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
157	Nepal	NPL	82.4%	2016	South Asia	Lower middle income
158	Togo	TGO	82.0%	2017	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
159	Uruguay	URY	81.3%	2009	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
160	Burkina Faso	BFA	80.1%	2017	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
161	Liberia	LBR	79.6%	2016	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
162	Mali	MLI	78.3%	2016	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163	Zimbabwe	ZWE	77.9%	2012	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
164	Iraq	IRQ	77.3%	1999	Middle East & North Africa	Upper middle income
165	Congo, Rep.	COG	76.4%	2011	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
166	Burundi	BDI	76.3%	2017	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
167	Central African Republic	CAF	75.4%	2011	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
168	Chad	TCD	74.0%	2015	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Mozambique	MOZ	73.9%	2015	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
170	Haiti	HTI	73.4%	1986	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
171	Madagascar	MDG	73.2%	2015	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
172	Senegal	SEN	73.0%	2016	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
173	Myanmar	MMR	72.8%	2006	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
174	Netherlands	NLD	72.8%	1984	Europe & Central Asia	High income
175	Rwanda	RWA	72.7%	2017	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
176	Congo, Dem. Rep.	COD	72.3%	2012	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
177	Tanzania	TZA	71.0%	2017	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Honduras	HND	71.0%	2015	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
179	Guinea	GIN	68.8%	2013	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
180	Papua New Guinea	PNG	67.6%	1997	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
181	Cameroon	CMR	66.5%	2015	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
182	Suriname	SUR	66.4%	2017	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
183	Mauritania	MRT	65.6%	2017	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
184	Zambia	ZMB	63.9%	2012	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
185	Nigeria	NGA	60.4%	2009	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
186	Uganda	UGA	59.0%	2016	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
187	Niger	NER	58.3%	2015	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
188	Gabon	GAB	58.1%	1987	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
189	Syrian Arab Republic	SYR	57.3%	2012	Middle East & North Africa	Low income
190	Angola	AGO	52.5%	2010	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
191	Bermuda	BMU	50.8%	2014	North America	High income

Table analysis

Japan has the highest unrounded latest value at 99.9955% in 2016; one-decimal display rounds it to 100.0%.
The unweighted median across 191 latest observations is 97.0%.
118 latest values are dated 2016–2018, while 73 are dated 2015 or earlier.
The top-to-lowest spread is 49.2 percentage points, using mixed-year observations.
Near-100 values are tightly clustered. Ranks inside that cluster depend on source precision beyond the one-decimal display.
Older observations should not be read as current conditions. The year column is part of every country comparison.

Long-Run Transition Trend

World and low-income aggregates from the same WDI indicator series.

World and Low-Income Aggregate, 1985–2017

Selected reporting years from the official aggregate series.

The aggregate series ends in 2017. It is separate from the latest-country ranking, which includes one 2018 observation.

Search table

Aggregate	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2007	2010	2015	2017	1985–2017 change	2000–2017 change
World	77.8%	79.8%	86.2%	87.9%	90.4%	91.5%	91.4%	91.2%	91.3%	+13.5 pp	+3.4 pp
Low income	59.3%	63.0%	64.4%	69.6%	77.4%	80.3%	78.6%	77.5%	76.2%	+16.9 pp	+6.5 pp

Trend analysis

The world aggregate rose from 77.8% in 1985 to 91.3% in 2017, a gain of 13.5 percentage points.
From 2000 to 2017, the world series moved by only 3.4 percentage points.
The low-income aggregate rose from 59.3% in 1985 to a selected-year peak of 80.3% in 2007.
The low-income series was 76.2% in 2017, -4.1 percentage points from its 2007 level.
The aggregate values are weighted source series. They are not calculated from the country medians shown elsewhere.

Regional Distribution of Latest Observations

Regional medians are page-level calculations using each reporting country or economy’s latest value.

Median Latest Rate by World Bank Region

Regions with at least five reporting countries or economies.

North America is omitted from the chart because only two reporting economies are present; it remains in the table.

Search table

Region	Reporting count	Median rate	Median year	Lowest rate	Highest rate
Europe & Central Asia	48	99.6%	2016	72.8%	100.0%
Latin America & Caribbean	38	97.2%	2016	66.4%	99.9%
Middle East & North Africa	23	97.0%	2017	57.3%	99.9%
South Asia	6	96.7%	2016	82.4%	99.6%
East Asia & Pacific	28	96.5%	2016	67.6%	100.0%
Sub-Saharan Africa	46	81.1%	2015	52.5%	99.4%
North America	2	75.0%	2015	50.8%	99.2%

Data analysis

Europe & Central Asia has the highest page-level median at 99.6% across 48 reporting countries and economies.
Sub-Saharan Africa has a median of 81.1% across 46 observations.
Regional medians combine different country years and should be used as distribution summaries rather than same-year regional estimates.
North America has only two observations, producing a median that is highly sensitive to either value.
The regional range is widest where legacy observations and more recent values appear together.

Observation-Year Coverage

Distribution of the latest country or economy year used in the main table.

Search table

Latest observation year	Count	Share	Coverage note
2016–2018	118	61.8%	Most recent block in the discontinued series
2013–2015	29	15.2%	Middle of the final reporting period
2010–2012	17	8.9%	Older than a decade by 2026
2000–2009	14	7.3%	Long-standing observations
Before 2000	13	6.8%	Legacy observations requiring extra caution

Source-year analysis

118 observations (61.8%) fall in 2016–2018.
13 latest observations are dated before 2000.
No reporting country or economy has a non-null value after 2018 in the downloaded indicator file.
The 2026 label describes the data refresh and publication update, not a common 2026 reference year.

Female–Male Transition Gaps

Largest positive and negative female-minus-male differences among latest observations with matched years.

Search table

Country/economy	Direction	Female	Male	F−M gap	Year
Suriname	Female rate higher	72.4%	59.9%	+12.5 pp	2017
Uruguay	Female rate higher	87.0%	75.7%	+11.3 pp	2009
Netherlands	Female rate higher	77.5%	68.1%	+9.4 pp	1984
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Female rate higher	100.0%	90.6%	+9.4 pp	2017
Turks and Caicos Islands	Female rate higher	97.2%	88.2%	+9.0 pp	2004
Cayman Islands	Female rate higher	100.0%	93.0%	+7.0 pp	2012
Guinea-Bissau	Male rate higher	74.7%	98.2%	-23.6 pp	1983
Iraq	Male rate higher	66.8%	85.4%	-18.7 pp	1999
Comoros	Male rate higher	85.2%	100.0%	-14.8 pp	2013
Chad	Male rate higher	65.2%	79.7%	-14.5 pp	2015
Central African Republic	Male rate higher	67.6%	80.5%	-13.0 pp	2011
Guinea	Male rate higher	62.4%	73.8%	-11.4 pp	2013

Table analysis

Suriname has the largest positive latest matched gap shown: +12.5 percentage points in 2017.
Guinea-Bissau has the largest negative gap shown: -23.6 percentage points in 1983.
Several extreme gaps come from legacy observations, including Guinea-Bissau in 1983 and Iraq in 1999.
A positive difference means the female transition rate is higher; a negative difference means the male rate is higher.
The gap table describes reported differences and does not identify their causes.

Indicator Interpretation

The rate concerns movement into secondary education, not completion of the level.

Numerator

New entrants to the first grade of secondary education in year t.

Denominator

Pupils enrolled in the final primary grade in year t−1, minus repeaters in that primary grade in year t.

What a high rate records

A large share of pupils at the transition point entered the next education level.

What it does not record

Lower-secondary completion, learning achievement, school quality, or equal access across population groups.

Mixed-year ordering

Country ranks combine each country’s latest value. They are not a same-year international league table.

Rates near 100%

Small differences can reflect reporting precision, student-flow classification, and the treatment of repeaters or returning pupils.

Source and Methodology

Main data source World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.PROG.ZS, sourced from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Source file update 13 July 2026. The file contains year columns through 2025, but this indicator has no non-null country observation after 2018.

Coverage 191 countries and economies with a reported total transition rate. Regional aggregates and income aggregates are excluded from the country table.

Unit Percent of eligible final-primary pupils progressing as new entrants to the first grade of secondary education.

Latest-value rule The most recent non-null total observation was selected separately for each country or economy.

Sex comparison Female and male rates were retained only when both matched the year of the latest total observation.

Regional calculation Unweighted median of the latest country/economy observations assigned to each World Bank region. It is a page-level calculation, not an official regional aggregate.

Rounding Displayed rates use one decimal place. Rank order uses the full source precision.

Missing values Countries without a total observation are outside the ranking. “Not reported” in sex columns means a matching female or male value was unavailable for the selected year.

License The World Bank indicator page identifies the source data license as CC BY 4.0.

Official sources: World Bank indicator data, World Bank indicator metadata, UNESCO UIS Data Browser, and UNESCO 2026 GEM access and equity analysis.

Methodological Safety Note

The ordering is limited to the transition indicator and uses mixed-year latest observations. It does not rank overall education systems, does not measure lower-secondary completion, and does not support causal claims. Older source years, country-specific reporting practices, repeaters, late entrants, and returning pupils can affect comparability.

Primary-to-Lower-Secondary Transition Rate by Country: Latest Data, Updated 2026

Transition Statistics

Lowest Reported Latest Transition Rates

Fifteen Lowest Latest Observations

Country and Economy Transition Rate Table

Long-Run Transition Trend

World and Low-Income Aggregate, 1985–2017

Regional Distribution of Latest Observations

Median Latest Rate by World Bank Region

Observation-Year Coverage

Female–Male Transition Gaps

Indicator Interpretation

Numerator

Denominator

What a high rate records

What it does not record

Mixed-year ordering

Rates near 100%

Source and Methodology

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