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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1994

Figures for 1994, 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, 1994 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.84; Burundi is lowest, at 3.45. The middle country reads 58.03. Against 1993, 153 values changed (118 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1994

HighestSouth Korea

99.84

LowestBurundi

3.45

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, 1994, 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 160 countries · select a heading to sort

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1994: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.8499.82499.854
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.6599.69699.606
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.5699.55099.570
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.5399.54499.514
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.4899.47999.479
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.4399.46699.396
7BelarusBLREastern Europe99.0599.20298.902
=8LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.0299.30998.739
=8TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.0298.97699.066
10SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe98.9798.93499.004
11IcelandISLNorthern Europe98.7698.76098.760
12ArmeniaARMWestern Asia98.6399.03798.217
13UkraineUKREastern Europe98.6198.80698.416
14SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe98.2998.77997.819
15LatviaLVANorthern Europe98.1399.07297.222
16SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe97.9797.79798.147
17MaltaMLTSouthern Europe97.9197.83397.993
18CanadaCANNorthern America97.7598.17697.346
19KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia97.7097.73497.664
20BarbadosBRBCaribbean97.5197.43797.597
21GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia97.4797.30597.645
22SwedenSWENorthern Europe97.4496.75598.095
23CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe97.1296.61497.614
24KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia97.0897.40796.747
25RussiaRUSEastern Europe97.0297.23396.813

02In 1994

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Korea99.84
  2. 2United Kingdom99.65
  3. 3Denmark99.56
  4. 4Finland99.53
  5. 5Norway99.48

Lowest

  1. 160Burundi3.45
  2. 159Mozambique3.47
  3. 158South Sudan4.46
  4. 157Niger4.85
  5. 156Burkina Faso6.30

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 58.03. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 153values changed, of 160 in both
  • 118 · 35rose · fell
  • 7unchanged

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

  • 158 distinct values among 160

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 99.02. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1994). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1994

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