Data for 1984

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1984

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1984
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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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, 1984 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.65; Burundi is lowest, at 1.65. The middle country reads 46.97. Against 1983, 163 values changed (152 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1984

HighestSouth Korea

99.65

LowestBurundi

1.65

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

164countries
3measures per country
1984the year it describes
160distinct values15 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1984, 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, 1984: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.65	99.608	99.688
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.60	99.641	99.561
=3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.47	99.434	99.504
=3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.47	99.476	99.466
5	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.43	99.466	99.396
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.39	99.350	99.430
7	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.24	99.286	99.196
8	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.13	99.225	99.035
9	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.05	99.178	98.928
10	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.90	99.170	98.620
11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	98.88	98.829	98.929
12	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	98.81	98.600	99.020
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.65	98.579	98.719
14	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.03	99.057	97.067
15	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.83	97.695	97.965
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	97.57	98.243	96.913
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.55	97.476	97.596
18	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	97.30	96.688	97.918
19	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	96.94	96.638	97.258
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.76	97.728	95.828
=21	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	96.58	96.580	96.580
=21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96.58	95.490	97.620
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	96.56	97.145	96.005
24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	96.47	96.822	96.132
25	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	96.39	95.630	97.140
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	96.33	96.163	96.493
27	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	95.67	96.098	95.258
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.60	95.661	95.541
29	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	95.39	95.496	95.286
30	United States`USA`Northern America	94.81	94.989	94.639
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	94.71	93.852	95.522
32	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	94.60	92.906	96.266
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	94.49	92.245	96.735
34	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	94.24	94.316	94.166
35	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	93.68	94.371	93.011
36	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	93.61	94.314	92.934
37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	93.28	92.150	94.320
38	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	92.72	91.483	93.913
39	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	92.61	92.022	93.162
40	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	92.46	93.694	91.274
41	France`FRA`Western Europe	92.42	91.597	93.217
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	92.12	91.602	92.592
43	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	91.95	95.440	88.850
44	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	91.07	93.684	88.574
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	90.88	92.044	89.774
46	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	90.69	88.981	92.301
47	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	90.36	91.484	89.164
48	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	89.71	85.570	93.740
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	87.90	85.293	90.583
50	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	86.57	85.836	87.276
51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	84.07	78.612	89.242
52	Chile`CHL`South America	82.08	81.989	82.169
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	80.99	79.833	82.103
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	79.72	81.902	77.482
55	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	79.27	79.229	79.309
56	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	77.90	66.347	83.967
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	76.74	82.568	70.788
58	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	73.56	73.514	73.604
59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	68.05	67.027	69.077
60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	67.44	67.076	67.786
61	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	65.86	69.580	62.140
62	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	65.84	67.339	64.399
63	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	63.74	63.027	64.397
64	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62.55	65.594	59.494
=65	Argentina`ARG`South America	61.70	63.416	60.016
=65	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	61.70	51.805	71.295
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	59.78	62.550	57.080
68	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	58.42	59.288	57.558
69	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58.12	55.649	60.629
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57.84	57.519	58.159
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.79	61.126	54.536
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	54.54	50.778	58.258
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	53.83	56.369	51.419
74	Peru`PER`South America	53.66	48.385	58.875
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.23	56.685	49.835
76	Guyana`GUY`South America	51.11	52.675	49.515
77	Venezuela`VEN`South America	49.90	52.872	46.992
78	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	49.03	47.483	50.473
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48.70	47.491	49.881
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.84	47.432	48.242
81	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	47.52	46.079	48.929
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	47.35	42.506	52.126
83	Brazil`BRA`South America	46.59	49.766	43.446
84	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.54	35.730	54.820
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	45.44	35.536	54.886
86	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.01	31.205	51.925
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	41.95	47.756	36.246
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	40.76	39.701	41.801
89	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	40.32	40.102	40.532
90	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.52	33.080	45.890
91	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	38.70	37.203	40.123
92	Colombia`COL`South America	37.79	41.016	34.656
93	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	35.84	31.430	40.300
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	35.54	28.945	42.015
95	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	35.28	32.713	38.063
96	Suriname`SUR`South America	34.55	35.692	33.472
97	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	33.80	30.381	37.081
98	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	33.50	25.834	41.034
99	India`IND`Southern Asia	32.73	20.786	43.846
100	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.77	21.850	41.050
101	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.51	23.718	39.168
102	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.50	18.982	42.012
103	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30.11	24.520	35.710
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	29.97	21.113	38.213
105	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	29.80	29.035	30.685
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.71	23.637	33.847
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	28.69	21.719	35.779
108	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.39	24.403	32.373
109	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	27.76	19.080	36.590
110	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	26.95	21.947	31.807
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	26.36	19.696	32.826
112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	26.17	23.040	29.420
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25.80	27.358	24.238
114	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	24.36	19.058	29.548
115	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	23.83	17.672	29.362
116	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	23.67	23.236	24.086
117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	22.21	10.290	33.440
118	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.93	22.047	19.787
119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.76	12.143	28.753
120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	20.75	18.278	23.018
121	Belize`BLZ`Central America	19.91	18.867	20.937
122	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	19.20	14.013	24.163
123	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	18.79	9.417	28.437
124	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	18.67	11.051	25.981
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18.26	15.354	21.244
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.18	11.791	24.551
127	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	17.71	7.764	28.444
128	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	17.65	6.120	29.230
129	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	17.26	14.672	19.812
130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.89	0.589	32.939
131	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.70	16.318	17.068
132	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	16.58	12.550	20.010
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	16.14	7.105	25.145
134	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	16.07	7.889	24.119
135	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15.37	9.050	21.590
136	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	14.26	17.014	11.344
137	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13.77	5.376	22.606
138	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	13.75	8.449	19.119
139	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12.54	3.354	21.234
140	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11.52	6.146	17.146
141	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.04	6.556	13.586
142	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.32	4.421	14.261
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.58	4.907	12.347
144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.35	2.876	14.236
145	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8.22	3.025	13.455
146	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.85	4.141	11.821
147	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.81	4.310	11.690
148	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7.68	5.622	9.742
149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.60	3.993	9.593
150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.16	2.068	10.208
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	5.95	3.077	8.707
152	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.86	0.709	10.949
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.82	3.107	8.557
154	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.66	0.981	10.111
155	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.46	4.101	6.821
156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.34	2.731	7.931
157	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.82	2.794	6.894
158	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.98	0.000	8.750
=159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.96	1.848	6.088
=159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.96	0.902	7.042
161	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.37	1.735	5.005
162	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3.08	1.224	4.914
163	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.63	1.449	3.819
164	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.65	1.131	2.171

02In 1984

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.65
2United Kingdom99.60
3Denmarkshared99.47
3Finlandshared99.47
5Austria99.43

Lowest

164Burundi1.65
163Mozambique2.63
162South Sudan3.08
161Burkina Faso3.37
159Chadshared3.96

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 46.97. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestUnited Kingdom99.641
LowestMaldives0.000
Middle country: 46.756
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.688
LowestBurundi2.171
Middle country: 49.222

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 164 in both
152 · 11rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia36.44 → 38.70+2.26
Trinidad and Tobago65.79 → 68.05+2.26
Indonesia37.66 → 39.52+1.86
Palestine31.73 → 33.50+1.77
Egypt43.84 → 45.54+1.70

Fell most

China46.64 → 45.44−1.20
São Tomé and Príncipe21.65 → 20.76−0.89
Costa Rica41.04 → 40.32−0.72
Vietnam55.01 → 54.54−0.47
Mongolia77.01 → 76.74−0.27

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 99.47. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1984). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1984

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