Data for 1982

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1982

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1982
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The lower secondary completion rate is the share of young people who have finished lower secondary school, measured a few years after the age they should have. It is the middle rung of the schooling ladder, between finishing primary and finishing upper secondary.

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1982 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.61; Burundi is lowest, at 1.38. The middle country reads 45.97. Against 1981, 164 values changed (159 up, 5 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1982

HighestSouth Korea

99.61

LowestBurundi

1.38

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

164countries
3measures per country
1982the year it describes
160distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1982, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1982: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.61	99.563	99.65
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.56	99.596	99.53
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.43	99.436	99.43
=4	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.42	99.445	99.40
=4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.42	99.384	99.45
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.34	99.294	99.38
7	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.24	99.266	99.22
8	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.11	99.205	99.02
9	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.00	99.123	98.88
10	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.86	99.109	98.61
11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	98.77	98.718	98.82
12	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	98.74	98.515	98.97
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.59	98.473	98.70
14	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	97.94	98.977	96.96
15	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.73	97.559	97.90
16	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.50	97.437	97.55
17	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	97.43	98.135	96.73
18	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	97.18	96.498	97.87
19	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	96.80	96.413	97.20
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.63	97.610	95.69
21	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	96.44	96.360	96.52
22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	96.39	96.984	95.82
23	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96.38	95.189	97.52
24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	96.34	96.630	96.06
25	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	96.23	95.423	97.02
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	96.09	95.943	96.22
27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.48	95.531	95.43
28	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	95.36	95.855	94.95
29	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	95.04	95.152	94.93
30	United States`USA`Northern America	94.74	94.882	94.60
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	94.52	93.429	95.55
32	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	94.37	92.477	96.26
=33	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	93.98	93.833	94.12
=33	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	93.98	91.337	96.63
35	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	93.29	93.987	92.62
36	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	93.23	93.901	92.58
37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	92.76	91.297	94.11
38	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	92.57	91.121	93.97
39	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	92.43	91.871	92.96
40	France`FRA`Western Europe	91.91	90.894	92.89
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	91.86	91.181	92.47
42	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	91.85	93.114	90.63
43	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	91.63	95.058	88.52
44	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	90.68	91.658	89.66
=45	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	90.55	88.738	92.26
=45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90.55	92.816	88.41
47	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	90.32	91.305	89.37
48	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	88.51	83.313	93.58
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	87.20	84.168	90.27
50	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	86.39	85.551	87.19
51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	82.81	76.584	88.68
52	Chile`CHL`South America	80.49	80.263	80.71
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	79.07	77.393	80.70
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	77.94	79.695	76.13
55	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	77.79	77.571	78.00
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	77.09	82.608	71.51
57	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	76.86	63.291	82.67
58	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	72.47	72.378	72.56
59	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	65.30	64.858	65.72
60	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	64.88	67.800	61.96
61	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	64.59	65.532	63.70
62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.41	62.283	64.48
63	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	62.86	61.312	64.32
64	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	60.82	50.509	71.10
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.05	63.123	56.99
66	Argentina`ARG`South America	59.60	61.504	57.73
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	59.07	61.791	56.40
68	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.79	60.872	54.78
69	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	56.71	57.544	55.89
70	Mexico`MEX`Central America	55.42	52.420	58.41
71	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	55.32	51.626	58.97
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.25	54.738	55.75
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	52.40	55.083	49.76
=74	Peru`PER`South America	51.42	45.704	57.08
=74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	51.42	53.692	49.26
76	Guyana`GUY`South America	48.93	50.298	47.54
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	48.40	46.111	50.54
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	48.37	50.499	46.29
79	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	48.05	38.517	57.15
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	46.56	45.800	47.31
81	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	46.55	44.567	48.39
82	Brazil`BRA`South America	46.05	48.758	43.37
83	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.89	43.449	48.30
84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	44.99	39.878	50.05
85	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.39	32.113	52.16
86	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	41.34	41.381	41.30
87	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.14	27.848	49.42
88	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	39.12	44.518	33.79
89	Paraguay`PRY`South America	38.83	37.523	40.12
90	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	36.02	29.345	42.62
91	Colombia`COL`South America	36.01	38.742	33.35
92	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	34.43	29.926	39.03
93	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.39	31.943	36.75
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.63	26.578	40.48
95	Suriname`SUR`South America	33.40	33.920	32.91
96	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.33	30.290	36.63
97	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	32.18	28.517	35.70
98	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.68	22.588	40.59
99	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.19	20.048	39.59
100	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.05	17.813	42.29
101	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	30.04	21.697	38.26
102	India`IND`Southern Asia	29.85	17.697	41.14
103	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	28.98	23.117	34.80
104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.55	27.624	29.63
105	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.34	22.759	34.01
106	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	27.80	18.291	36.77
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	27.67	20.586	34.90
108	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	27.10	18.314	35.93
109	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26.01	21.744	30.27
110	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.91	20.651	31.03
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	25.13	18.248	31.81
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25.04	26.457	23.62
113	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	24.97	21.626	28.44
114	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23.54	18.181	28.83
115	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.59	13.727	30.79
116	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	22.57	21.890	23.23
117	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.84	15.226	27.79
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	21.06	8.998	32.41
119	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.31	20.974	19.63
120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	19.78	17.271	22.17
121	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.99	17.706	20.26
122	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	18.33	8.931	27.98
123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	17.51	12.101	22.85
124	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	17.39	9.756	24.76
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17.06	14.140	20.05
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.93	10.682	23.18
127	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	16.85	14.208	19.46
128	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.13	6.262	26.82
129	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	16.00	11.883	19.38
130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.97	4.593	27.41
131	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.79	15.297	16.27
132	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	15.69	7.587	23.67
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	15.61	0.000	31.46
134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.29	6.241	24.32
135	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14.47	8.113	20.53
136	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	13.38	8.052	18.78
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	13.34	15.792	10.75
138	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	12.47	3.941	21.64
139	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.59	2.162	18.55
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.46	5.978	13.01
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.92	4.009	13.88
142	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.85	3.977	13.98
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.93	4.391	11.54
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.75	4.026	12.07
145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.74	2.379	13.49
146	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.54	3.792	11.50
147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.43	2.517	12.39
148	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6.77	4.590	8.96
149	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.47	3.206	9.61
150	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.13	3.513	9.05
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.62	2.884	8.45
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.39	1.473	9.27
153	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.24	0.481	9.89
154	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.03	2.489	7.56
155	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.40	3.134	5.66
156	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.39	2.431	6.40
157	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.32	0.274	8.15
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.61	1.700	5.53
159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.38	0.620	6.18
160	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.91	1.426	4.40
161	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.81	1.028	4.57
162	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.76	0.000	6.63
163	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.38	1.358	3.56
164	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.38	0.836	1.93

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1South Korea99.61
2United Kingdom99.56
3Finland99.43
4Austriashared99.42
4Denmarkshared99.42

Lowest

164Burundi1.38
163Mozambique2.38
162Maldives2.76
161South Sudan2.81
160Burkina Faso2.91

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 45.97. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestUnited Kingdom99.596
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 43.984
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.65
LowestBurundi1.93
Middle country: 47.92

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

+0 / −0countries joined / left
164values changed, of 164 in both
159 · 5rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Trinidad and Tobago61.19 → 63.41+2.22
Saint Lucia32.18 → 34.39+2.21
Indonesia34.51 → 36.02+1.51
Portugal37.63 → 39.12+1.49
Palestine28.56 → 30.04+1.48

Fell most

China49.01 → 48.05−0.96
São Tomé and Príncipe23.36 → 22.59−0.77
Niger6.66 → 6.47−0.19
Mongolia77.20 → 77.09−0.11
Vietnam55.42 → 55.32−0.10

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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160 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 99.42. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1982). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1982

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