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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2000

Figures for 2000, 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, 2000 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.89; Burundi is lowest, at 4.36. The middle country reads 66.33. Against 1999, 148 values changed (140 up, 8 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2000

HighestSouth Korea

99.89

LowestBurundi

4.36

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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.8999.884799.895
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.6599.696099.606
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.5699.551599.572
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.5399.545399.515
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.4899.478899.479
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.4499.465599.416
7BelarusBLREastern Europe99.1299.257798.988
8TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.0799.008999.129
9SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe98.9898.948999.009
10IcelandISLNorthern Europe98.7898.739198.819
11SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe98.7599.019698.490
12LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe98.6699.072898.263
13UkraineUKREastern Europe98.4998.789398.209
14KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia98.4198.648698.169
15RussiaRUSEastern Europe98.3498.979697.710
16BarbadosBRBCaribbean98.3198.170398.430
17ArmeniaARMWestern Asia98.3098.890097.670
18CanadaCANNorthern America98.0998.567897.638
19MaltaMLTSouthern Europe97.9597.873498.023
20SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe97.9097.870397.930
21LatviaLVANorthern Europe97.8398.831096.871
22SwedenSWENorthern Europe97.6997.377897.988
23CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe97.5097.152897.833
24KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia97.4197.563897.244
25SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe97.3997.794597.004

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Korea99.89
  2. 2United Kingdom99.65
  3. 3Denmark99.56
  4. 4Finland99.53
  5. 5Norway99.48

Lowest

  1. 160Burundi4.36
  2. 159Mozambique4.89
  3. 158Niger5.09
  4. 157South Sudan5.65
  5. 156Rwanda6.30

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 66.33. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 148values changed, of 160 in both
  • 140 · 8rose · fell
  • 12unchanged

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 8.69. 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) (2000). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2000

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