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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1997

Figures for 1997, 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, 1997 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.86; Mozambique is lowest, at 4.03. The middle country reads 61.69. Against 1996, 154 values changed (131 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1997

HighestSouth Korea

99.86

LowestMozambique

4.03

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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.8699.849599.8695
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.6599.695799.6057
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.5699.554499.5644
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.5399.545899.5158
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.4999.486199.4961
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.4399.460499.4005
7TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.0699.025399.0953
8BelarusBLREastern Europe99.0499.201898.8818
9SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe98.9698.929898.9898
10LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe98.8099.173598.4334
11IcelandISLNorthern Europe98.7798.749898.7898
12SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe98.5798.933198.2331
13UkraineUKREastern Europe98.4598.708698.1986
14ArmeniaARMWestern Asia98.3898.940697.8106
=15BarbadosBRBCaribbean97.9597.865598.0155
=15MaltaMLTSouthern Europe97.9597.882998.0029
17SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe97.9497.865698.0156
18LatviaLVANorthern Europe97.8998.889796.9197
19CanadaCANNorthern America97.8598.338797.3887
20RussiaRUSEastern Europe97.8098.301197.3111
21KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia97.7998.092297.4822
22KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia97.5197.601897.4118
23SwedenSWENorthern Europe97.4996.937398.0173
24GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia97.4097.282597.5225
25CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe97.3296.916697.7066

02In 1997

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Korea99.86
  2. 2United Kingdom99.65
  3. 3Denmark99.56
  4. 4Finland99.53
  5. 5Norway99.49

Lowest

  1. 160Mozambique4.03
  2. 159Burundi4.25
  3. 158Niger4.92
  4. 157South Sudan4.99
  5. 156Rwanda6.13

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.69. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 154values changed, of 160 in both
  • 131 · 23rose · fell
  • 6unchanged

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 160

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 97.95. 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) (1997). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1997

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