Data for 1995

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1995

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1995
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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, 1995 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.85; Mozambique is lowest, at 3.60. The middle country reads 58.82. Against 1994, 154 values changed (124 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1995

HighestSouth Korea

99.85

LowestMozambique

3.60

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

160countries
3measures per country
1995the year it describes
157distinct values15 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.85	99.840	99.860
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.65	99.696	99.606
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.56	99.550	99.570
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.53	99.545	99.515
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.49	99.489	99.489
6	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.43	99.461	99.401
7	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.04	99.010	99.070
8	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.01	99.176	98.846
9	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	98.96	98.924	98.994
10	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.95	99.271	98.631
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.76	98.745	98.775
12	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.55	98.762	98.342
13	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.53	98.987	98.067
14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.38	98.825	97.955
15	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.06	99.034	97.114
16	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	97.98	97.860	98.100
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.94	97.857	98.017
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	97.80	98.242	97.382
=19	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	97.65	97.579	97.719
=19	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.65	97.709	97.589
21	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	97.47	97.323	97.623
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	97.46	96.825	98.065
23	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	97.32	97.646	96.986
24	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	97.29	97.584	97.004
25	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	97.19	96.719	97.649
26	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	96.87	97.277	96.477
27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.57	97.843	95.343
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	96.33	96.795	95.885
29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.99	96.061	95.921
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	95.83	95.650	96.000
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	95.75	95.082	96.422
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	95.56	96.163	94.983
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	95.49	95.480	95.500
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	95.27	95.373	95.173
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	95.26	96.150	94.410
36	United States`USA`Northern America	95.10	95.623	94.613
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	94.96	94.068	95.868
38	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	94.57	94.967	94.157
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	93.98	94.560	93.410
40	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	93.79	96.972	90.872
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	93.53	94.050	93.050
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	92.99	92.519	93.439
43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	92.26	96.119	88.549
44	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	92.24	93.128	91.318
45	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	92.04	91.308	92.738
46	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	91.38	90.336	92.376
47	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	90.89	93.286	88.626
48	Chile`CHL`South America	90.06	90.670	89.470
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	89.17	90.332	88.082
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	88.57	87.090	90.070
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	87.96	85.998	90.028
52	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	87.56	87.601	87.521
53	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	86.68	89.198	84.208
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	86.36	87.923	84.883
55	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	86.07	80.417	92.067
56	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	80.63	72.829	85.689
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	80.48	80.861	80.111
58	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	78.93	79.292	78.582
59	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	75.81	80.374	71.364
60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	74.14	76.555	71.985
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	73.88	76.010	71.690
62	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	72.56	75.935	69.365
63	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	71.41	78.460	64.360
64	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	69.17	72.086	66.246
65	Argentina`ARG`South America	69.01	72.065	66.065
66	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	68.73	70.185	67.325
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	65.87	70.026	61.816
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	65.40	65.816	64.966
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	65.12	72.504	57.954
70	Peru`PER`South America	64.64	61.554	67.664
71	Guyana`GUY`South America	64.31	68.110	60.400
72	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	64.01	59.532	69.992
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	63.78	67.689	60.019
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	62.88	57.103	68.333
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	62.10	67.449	57.009
76	Bolivia`BOL`South America	62.01	58.786	65.146
77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.61	65.332	58.042
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.25	63.733	56.883
79	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	59.73	53.676	65.386
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	59.26	53.509	64.699
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.39	63.631	53.271
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	58.02	60.675	55.525
83	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	57.32	57.903	56.753
84	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	57.12	65.302	48.772
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	54.82	51.500	58.060
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	54.74	60.593	49.043
87	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	53.77	54.205	52.935
88	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	53.65	52.973	54.303
89	Brazil`BRA`South America	53.29	58.335	48.315
90	Colombia`COL`South America	52.50	56.856	48.256
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.96	51.905	50.035
92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	50.02	50.748	49.318
93	India`IND`Southern Asia	48.13	38.138	57.338
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.50	41.093	49.983
95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.42	35.307	55.177
=96	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	45.13	40.618	49.568
=96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	45.13	43.787	46.447
98	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	42.76	42.857	42.667
99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	40.79	39.055	42.615
100	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	38.81	33.559	43.989
101	Suriname`SUR`South America	37.72	41.066	34.536
102	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.04	38.487	35.597
103	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	35.12	32.950	37.140
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	34.94	36.127	33.727
105	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	31.00	30.677	31.317
106	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	30.87	26.649	35.199
107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.66	27.311	32.011
108	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.62	20.181	38.551
109	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	29.13	25.875	31.925
110	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.94	23.018	34.728
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	28.69	31.657	25.717
112	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	28.46	21.606	35.296
113	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	28.07	10.516	44.956
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	27.85	22.640	32.880
115	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	27.43	22.638	32.118
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27.40	23.822	30.982
117	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	27.06	15.098	38.938
118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.96	23.540	30.280
119	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	26.79	25.708	27.838
120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	25.88	23.867	27.507
121	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	25.59	21.250	29.900
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	24.52	15.454	33.674
123	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23.16	20.144	26.194
124	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.84	14.235	31.015
125	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	22.54	14.824	29.994
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.33	18.513	26.133
127	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	21.92	12.771	31.001
128	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.81	22.487	21.157
129	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.79	18.686	22.686
130	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.41	14.653	26.263
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	20.34	13.080	27.540
132	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.28	22.741	17.861
133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	18.94	12.271	26.291
134	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	18.05	10.993	24.873
135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	18.04	21.313	14.623
136	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.69	15.796	17.576
137	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	15.31	7.042	23.432
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15.19	10.295	20.345
139	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	14.68	10.521	18.871
140	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	13.87	13.301	14.431
141	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13.39	6.957	19.997
142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	13.29	6.981	19.551
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	12.58	8.469	16.859
144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	10.67	7.775	13.605
145	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.51	7.406	11.626
146	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.21	6.144	10.134
147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8.15	3.105	13.105
148	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.11	5.120	11.070
149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.05	4.447	11.617
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7.62	3.889	11.379
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7.58	5.844	9.374
152	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	7.05	3.238	10.878
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.94	4.049	9.739
154	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.79	6.012	7.672
=155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.44	4.449	8.419
=155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.44	5.493	7.403
157	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.91	3.048	6.688
158	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.61	2.309	6.939
159	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.77	3.260	4.280
160	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.60	2.661	4.551

02In 1995

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.85
2United Kingdom99.65
3Denmark99.56
4Finland99.53
5Norway99.49

Lowest

160Mozambique3.60
159Burundi3.77
158South Sudan4.61
157Niger4.91
155Ethiopiashared6.44

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 58.82. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.840
LowestSouth Sudan2.309
Middle country: 59.159
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.860
LowestBurundi4.280
Middle country: 57.174

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

+0 / −0countries joined / left
154values changed, of 160 in both
124 · 30rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Thailand53.69 → 57.32+3.63
Maldives19.90 → 22.54+2.64
Portugal62.61 → 65.12+2.51
Saint Lucia61.42 → 63.78+2.36
Türkiye43.12 → 45.42+2.30

Fell most

Mongolia59.68 → 57.12−2.56
Tajikistan88.11 → 86.07−2.04
Uruguay66.53 → 65.87−0.66
Vietnam45.73 → 45.13−0.60
Qatar81.19 → 80.63−0.56

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

04Caveats

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157 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 97.65. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1995). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1995

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