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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1985

Figures for 1985, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

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, 1985 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.67; Burundi is lowest, at 1.80. The middle country reads 47.90. Against 1984, 163 values changed (148 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1985

HighestSouth Korea

99.67

LowestBurundi

1.80

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1985, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 164 countries · select a heading to sort

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1985: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.6799.63499.7036
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.6199.65199.5709
=3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.4999.45999.5188
=3FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.4999.49699.4855
5AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.4399.46199.4006
6NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.4199.38599.4353
7UkraineUKREastern Europe99.2399.28699.1757
8BelarusBLREastern Europe99.1599.24999.0492
9LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.0799.20498.9436
10ArmeniaARMWestern Asia98.9199.19198.6208
11SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe98.9098.85498.9442
12TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia98.8598.65099.0499
13IcelandISLNorthern Europe98.6998.63498.7442
14LatviaLVANorthern Europe98.0599.06997.0995
15KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia97.8697.73097.9899
16SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe97.6398.29296.9920
17MaltaMLTSouthern Europe97.5897.54197.6305
18SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe97.3796.77497.9738
19GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia97.0096.72697.2865
20EstoniaESTNorthern Europe96.7997.72895.8780
21SwedenSWENorthern Europe96.6995.64697.6855
22CanadaCANNorthern America96.6897.21996.1687
23RomaniaROUEastern Europe96.5996.65096.5303
24SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe96.5796.95996.1993
=25BarbadosBRBCaribbean96.4796.30696.6163

02In 1985

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Korea99.67
  2. 2United Kingdom99.61
  3. 3Denmarkshared99.49
  4. 3Finlandshared99.49
  5. 5Austria99.43

Lowest

  1. 164Burundi1.80
  2. 163Mozambique2.76
  3. 162South Sudan3.19
  4. 161Burkina Faso3.63
  5. 160Chad4.18

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 47.90. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 163values changed, of 164 in both
  • 148 · 15rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 159 distinct values among 164

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 99.49. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1985). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1985

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