Data for 1998

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1998

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1998
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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, 1998 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.87; Mozambique is lowest, at 4.28. The middle country reads 63.25. Against 1997, 152 values changed (132 up, 20 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1998

HighestSouth Korea

99.87

LowestMozambique

4.28

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

160countries
3measures per country
1998the year it describes
156distinct values14 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.87	99.865	99.87
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.65	99.696	99.61
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.56	99.555	99.57
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.53	99.540	99.52
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.49	99.484	99.49
6	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.43	99.461	99.40
=7	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.06	99.218	98.91
=7	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.06	99.016	99.11
9	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	98.96	98.929	98.99
10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.78	98.772	98.80
11	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.73	99.130	98.34
12	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.64	98.970	98.33
13	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.41	98.680	98.15
14	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.34	98.932	97.73
15	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	98.08	97.984	98.17
16	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	98.05	98.616	97.50
17	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	98.01	98.298	97.72
=18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	97.93	98.424	97.46
=18	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.93	97.874	97.99
20	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	97.91	97.845	97.98
21	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	97.84	98.852	96.86
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	97.54	97.043	98.01
23	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.44	97.546	97.33
24	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	97.39	97.012	97.75
25	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	97.35	97.227	97.48
26	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	97.19	97.610	96.79
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	96.64	97.111	96.18
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	96.46	96.547	96.38
29	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.17	97.648	94.78
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	96.09	95.655	96.53
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	96.04	96.633	95.47
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.96	96.037	95.89
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	95.87	96.619	95.16
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	95.86	95.947	95.78
35	United States`USA`Northern America	95.81	96.390	95.27
36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	95.30	95.562	95.05
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	95.06	94.261	95.86
38	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	94.73	95.095	94.34
39	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	94.23	97.333	91.46
=40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	94.03	94.692	93.44
=40	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	94.03	94.654	93.38
42	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	93.14	96.903	89.51
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	92.81	93.572	92.06
44	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	92.26	91.630	92.86
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	92.24	91.623	92.82
46	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	91.86	91.041	92.65
47	Chile`CHL`South America	91.76	92.223	91.31
48	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	90.39	92.876	88.06
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	89.80	91.036	88.66
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	89.62	88.991	90.25
51	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	88.95	91.010	86.95
52	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	88.40	86.403	90.58
53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	87.96	88.267	87.67
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	86.77	88.312	85.31
55	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	81.93	74.600	89.79
56	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	80.71	81.990	79.47
57	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	79.96	80.287	79.65
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	79.46	84.196	74.87
59	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	79.32	72.895	83.63
60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	77.79	79.470	76.22
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	76.74	79.163	74.15
62	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	74.28	78.099	70.68
63	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	72.83	80.635	65.03
64	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	72.73	74.261	71.27
65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.49	79.089	66.08
66	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	70.52	74.713	66.57
67	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	70.50	74.562	66.38
68	Argentina`ARG`South America	70.40	73.303	67.60
69	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	70.25	75.226	65.45
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	69.95	71.648	68.33
71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	69.28	66.335	72.15
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	68.46	68.484	68.43
73	Guyana`GUY`South America	68.22	72.763	63.60
74	Peru`PER`South America	68.13	65.938	70.28
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.73	63.774	69.58
76	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.23	62.739	70.37
77	Uruguay`URY`South America	66.20	70.385	62.12
78	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	65.46	61.161	69.51
79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	64.85	70.923	59.09
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	63.57	69.221	58.06
81	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	62.94	58.521	67.10
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	62.74	66.152	59.54
83	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.37	66.177	58.70
84	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.74	64.477	55.08
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	59.00	56.384	61.53
86	Colombia`COL`South America	58.67	63.582	53.88
87	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	57.27	58.827	55.77
88	Venezuela`VEN`South America	56.59	62.789	50.57
89	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	55.93	64.410	47.37
90	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	55.43	56.807	54.17
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	54.27	55.054	53.51
92	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.99	54.225	51.78
93	India`IND`Southern Asia	51.93	43.011	60.11
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.91	40.249	59.23
95	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	49.88	48.570	51.26
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	49.13	47.170	51.04
97	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	48.50	43.578	53.33
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	47.82	43.466	52.33
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	45.67	46.602	44.76
100	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.60	37.770	45.35
101	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.58	40.994	36.17
102	Suriname`SUR`South America	38.56	42.396	34.90
103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.00	39.030	34.93
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	35.70	35.606	35.79
105	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	33.06	32.984	33.13
106	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	32.76	28.581	36.86
107	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	32.48	26.364	38.23
108	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.93	14.729	48.39
109	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	31.87	29.120	34.28
110	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.81	23.973	39.24
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.63	34.865	28.35
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	31.58	28.171	35.07
113	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.43	19.866	42.92
114	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30.29	28.507	32.07
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	30.12	25.148	34.92
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28.77	25.361	32.14
117	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	28.09	26.237	29.84
118	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	27.65	23.754	31.52
=119	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	27.49	22.030	32.92
=119	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	27.49	27.789	27.20
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	26.72	18.457	34.94
122	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.69	23.882	29.43
123	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	26.03	18.079	33.64
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	25.38	21.824	28.82
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.31	22.210	28.39
126	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.19	22.312	25.91
127	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.91	16.670	30.91
128	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	23.72	24.779	22.70
129	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22.84	14.043	31.28
130	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	22.67	16.917	28.48
131	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.33	19.225	25.43
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	21.86	15.750	28.58
133	Honduras`HND`Central America	21.68	24.344	19.08
134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21.39	15.123	27.57
135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	20.05	23.593	16.29
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	19.12	13.972	24.61
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	19.03	18.543	19.51
138	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	15.37	7.086	23.49
139	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	15.05	8.727	21.32
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15.01	8.755	21.42
141	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14.79	11.294	18.33
142	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	14.56	11.108	18.03
143	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.95	12.371	13.52
144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	12.22	9.458	15.02
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10.06	4.074	16.00
146	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.01	7.362	12.66
147	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.27	4.860	13.68
148	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.79	7.074	10.47
149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.51	5.191	11.82
150	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.41	5.658	11.11
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	8.25	6.467	10.04
152	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.05	3.899	12.22
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.88	4.423	11.23
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.07	5.224	8.89
155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.02	6.183	7.84
156	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.01	5.673	6.37
157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.18	2.752	7.67
158	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.94	3.099	6.69
159	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	4.35	3.795	4.90
160	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.28	3.191	5.39

02In 1998

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.87
2United Kingdom99.65
3Denmark99.56
4Finland99.53
5Norway99.49

Lowest

160Mozambique4.28
159Burundi4.35
158Niger4.94
157South Sudan5.18
156Rwanda6.01

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 63.25. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.865
LowestSouth Sudan2.752
Middle country: 64.443
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.87
LowestBurundi4.90
Middle country: 60.82

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

+0 / −0countries joined / left
152values changed, of 160 in both
132 · 20rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Botswana45.63 → 49.88+4.25
Thailand65.72 → 69.95+4.23
Maldives28.83 → 32.48+3.65
Malaysia67.06 → 70.52+3.46
Vietnam46.73 → 49.13+2.40

Fell most

Tajikistan82.74 → 81.93−0.81
DR Congo27.79 → 27.49−0.30
Qatar79.60 → 79.32−0.28
Iraq25.65 → 25.38−0.27
Republic of the Congo26.94 → 26.69−0.25

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

04Caveats

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156 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.06. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1998). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1998

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