Globally, upper-secondary completion rose from 53% in 2015 to 62% in 2025. In 2025, completion reached 88% at primary level and 78% at lower-secondary level.

That share rose from 37% in 2017. In 2025, internet access for teaching was available in 63% of lower-secondary schools and 71% of upper-secondary schools.

In 2025, nearly one in three young people of upper-secondary school age (31%) were out of school, compared with 10% of children of primary school age.