Data for 1986

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1986

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1986
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, 1986 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.69; Burundi is lowest, at 1.92. The middle country reads 49.03. Against 1985, 162 values changed (146 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1986

HighestSouth Korea

99.69

LowestBurundi

1.92

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

164countries
3measures per country
1986the year it describes
161distinct values15 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.69	99.659	99.719
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.63	99.671	99.591
=3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.51	99.489	99.529
=3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.51	99.520	99.500
=5	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.43	99.461	99.401
=5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.43	99.410	99.450
7	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.23	99.295	99.165
8	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.18	99.279	99.079
9	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.11	99.244	98.984
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	98.94	98.889	98.989
11	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.89	99.182	98.592
12	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	98.88	98.685	99.075
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.71	98.669	98.749
14	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.11	99.119	97.169
15	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.89	97.775	98.005
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	97.69	98.344	97.054
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.62	97.568	97.658
18	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	97.42	96.854	97.994
19	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	97.09	96.837	97.347
20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	96.83	97.303	96.383
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.82	97.754	95.914
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96.78	95.770	97.740
23	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	96.64	97.063	96.233
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	96.60	96.716	96.486
25	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	96.58	96.410	96.730
26	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	96.57	95.839	97.289
27	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	95.98	96.370	95.590
28	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	95.74	95.867	95.617
29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.73	95.807	95.657
30	United States`USA`Northern America	94.93	95.094	94.774
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	94.88	92.959	96.789
32	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	94.83	93.330	96.270
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	94.62	93.953	95.253
34	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	94.51	94.778	94.248
35	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	94.08	94.771	93.421
36	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	94.01	94.704	93.344
37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	93.69	92.839	94.499
38	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	93.00	94.155	91.895
39	France`FRA`Western Europe	92.86	92.225	93.475
40	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	92.82	92.279	93.339
41	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	92.77	91.782	93.722
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	92.44	92.061	92.781
43	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	92.24	95.759	89.229
44	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	91.28	94.134	88.544
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	90.92	92.422	89.502
46	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	90.89	89.257	92.437
47	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.86	87.620	94.140
48	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	89.73	91.088	88.278
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	88.33	85.990	90.710
50	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	86.85	86.253	87.423
51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	85.16	80.321	89.761
52	Chile`CHL`South America	83.79	83.876	83.706
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	82.95	82.655	83.235
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	81.38	83.717	78.997
55	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	80.51	80.643	80.383
56	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	79.52	69.298	85.778
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	75.73	82.132	69.242
58	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	74.75	74.801	74.701
59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	71.99	70.798	73.178
60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	69.76	69.920	69.610
61	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	66.97	68.897	65.137
62	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.72	71.085	62.355
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	65.09	68.148	62.018
64	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	64.67	64.692	64.622
65	Argentina`ARG`South America	63.47	65.295	61.675
66	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.63	53.252	71.812
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.80	59.422	62.222
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	60.68	60.463	60.893
69	Uruguay`URY`South America	60.45	63.386	57.616
70	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	60.40	61.342	59.492
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.44	60.461	54.501
72	Peru`PER`South America	55.99	51.263	60.663
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	55.10	57.863	52.473
74	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	53.67	50.620	56.690
75	Guyana`GUY`South America	53.64	55.405	51.835
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.52	57.560	49.550
77	Venezuela`VEN`South America	51.15	54.131	48.231
78	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50.66	50.422	50.892
79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	50.03	48.652	51.302
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49.48	45.133	53.753
81	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	49.16	39.819	57.939
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.10	49.030	49.170
83	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	48.96	47.520	49.930
84	Brazil`BRA`South America	46.66	50.360	43.000
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	45.01	35.375	54.195
86	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.99	34.843	54.453
87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	44.78	50.873	38.843
88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.08	37.952	50.132
89	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	43.26	42.640	43.860
90	Paraguay`PRY`South America	42.39	41.601	43.161
91	Colombia`COL`South America	39.87	43.411	36.431
92	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	38.68	37.939	39.399
93	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	37.71	35.719	39.859
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	37.48	31.424	43.464
95	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37.06	32.755	41.375
96	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	37.05	30.384	43.584
97	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	36.98	33.677	40.147
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	36.04	24.248	47.028
99	Suriname`SUR`South America	35.35	36.979	33.799
100	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	33.53	23.378	43.128
101	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	32.23	24.129	39.709
=102	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	31.22	25.581	36.841
=102	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	31.22	27.717	34.717
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.19	24.499	37.759
105	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	30.96	30.370	31.610
106	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.33	19.695	40.945
107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	29.23	22.691	35.881
108	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.21	24.712	33.752
109	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.51	20.032	37.152
110	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	27.87	23.284	32.314
111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.41	24.702	30.222
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	27.36	21.299	33.239
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	26.52	28.549	24.479
114	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.73	20.118	30.758
115	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25.01	20.018	29.878
116	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.79	24.474	25.094
117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.35	11.627	34.407
118	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	21.59	19.304	23.624
119	Honduras`HND`Central America	21.45	22.641	20.231
120	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	20.91	15.988	25.548
121	Belize`BLZ`Central America	20.89	20.149	21.619
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.87	12.472	27.022
123	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19.81	13.402	26.192
124	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	19.74	11.431	27.431
125	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	19.41	9.294	30.044
126	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	19.30	9.955	28.935
127	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	19.27	7.577	30.977
128	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.13	16.076	22.236
129	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18.35	1.895	34.485
130	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	17.55	17.321	17.771
131	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	17.44	15.088	19.758
132	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	17.04	8.054	25.984
133	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	16.90	13.155	20.175
134	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	16.53	8.286	24.636
135	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.32	10.122	22.582
136	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15.14	18.041	12.131
137	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	15.01	6.765	23.625
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	14.64	8.847	20.677
139	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	14.46	4.838	23.588
140	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	14.24	9.062	19.482
141	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.36	6.983	13.793
142	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	9.40	5.540	13.360
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.03	4.380	13.720
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8.89	3.382	14.432
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8.84	6.914	10.764
146	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.75	3.189	14.699
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.87	4.339	11.669
148	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.57	4.300	10.920
149	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7.28	1.968	12.348
150	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.05	4.437	10.097
151	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.00	2.720	11.220
152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.62	5.143	8.103
153	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.59	1.030	12.140
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.97	3.403	8.553
155	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.69	0.000	11.323
156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.47	2.867	8.047
157	Niger`NER`Western Africa	5.40	2.939	7.759
158	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.21	3.206	7.266
159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.61	1.221	8.001
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.42	2.056	6.796
161	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.92	2.189	5.649
162	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3.31	1.375	5.225
163	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.86	1.583	4.043
164	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.92	1.460	2.380

02In 1986

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.69
2United Kingdom99.63
3Denmarkshared99.51
3Finlandshared99.51
5Austriashared99.43

Lowest

164Burundi1.92
163Mozambique2.86
162South Sudan3.31
161Burkina Faso3.92
160Chad4.42

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 49.03. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestUnited Kingdom99.671
LowestMaldives0.000
Middle country: 48.086
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.719
LowestBurundi2.380
Middle country: 50.031

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 164 in both
146 · 16rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia40.90 → 43.26+2.36
Indonesia41.78 → 44.08+2.30
Trinidad and Tobago70.05 → 71.99+1.94
Thailand35.17 → 36.98+1.81
Egypt47.37 → 49.16+1.79

Fell most

Costa Rica39.36 → 38.68−0.68
Mongolia76.37 → 75.73−0.64
São Tomé and Príncipe20.14 → 19.74−0.40
Vietnam54.05 → 53.67−0.38
Moldova90.07 → 89.73−0.34

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

04Caveats

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161 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 99.51. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1986). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1986

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