Hällefors is at the top of the county list, where 85.5 percent of the nine passed the upper secondary school academic year 2018/2019. Ljusnarsberg has the lowest proportion of competent ninth graders, with 69.4 percent, while Örebro is in second place in the county with 81.3 percent.

77.8 percent of the county's ninth graders are eligible

Across the country, the proportion of eligible ninth graders is 84.3 percent, and in the county the figure is 77.8 percent.

The difference in eligibility varies widely between different student groups. Enrollment among students with highly educated parents is 17.1 percentage points higher than among students who have parents with shorter education. At the same time, the differences between boys and girls are decreasing, according to the National Agency for Education.

Several fate issues

- The results confirm our picture of what needs to be done in Swedish schools. The lack of teachers, school segregation and governance at the local level are fate issues that must be addressed in order for even more students to succeed in school, says the Swedish National Agency for Education's Director General Peter Fredriksson, in a press release.

Pupils born in Sweden are more qualified than pupils born abroad. The biggest difference is if the pupils have come to Sweden before regular school start compared to pupils who have come during school time.