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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1996

Figures for 1996, 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, 1996 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.85; Mozambique is lowest, at 3.82. The middle country reads 60.81. Against 1995, 150 values changed (124 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1996

HighestSouth Korea

99.85

LowestMozambique

3.82

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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.8599.84099.8596
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.6599.69699.6057
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.5699.55099.5703
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.5399.54699.5158
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.4999.49199.4906
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.4399.46699.3963
7TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.0599.02099.0803
8BelarusBLREastern Europe99.0299.19198.8510
9SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe98.9598.91498.9843
10LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe98.8899.23298.5320
11IcelandISLNorthern Europe98.7698.75598.7649
12UkraineUKREastern Europe98.5098.72898.2775
13SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe98.4898.88898.0983
14ArmeniaARMWestern Asia98.4498.94697.9261
15SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe97.9797.87598.0653
16LatviaLVANorthern Europe97.9698.94896.9978
17MaltaMLTSouthern Europe97.9497.84798.0167
=18BarbadosBRBCaribbean97.8197.73997.8792
=18CanadaCANNorthern America97.8198.28397.3632
20KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia97.5997.66897.5076
21KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia97.5797.88797.2466
22RussiaRUSEastern Europe97.5597.95097.1600
23SwedenSWENorthern Europe97.4696.86198.0309
24GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia97.4597.33397.5729
25CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe97.2496.80497.6639

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

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

Lowest

  1. 160Mozambique3.82
  2. 159Burundi4.04
  3. 158South Sudan4.77
  4. 157Niger4.91
  5. 156Rwanda6.42

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 60.81. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 150values changed, of 160 in both
  • 124 · 26rose · fell
  • 10unchanged

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

  • 157 distinct values among 160

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 97.81. 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) (1996). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1996

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