Data for 2001

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2001

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2001
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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, 2001 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.90; Burundi is lowest, at 4.42. The middle country reads 67.30. Against 2000, 152 values changed (148 up, 4 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2001

HighestSouth Korea

99.90

LowestBurundi

4.42

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

160countries
3measures per country
2001the year it describes
158distinct values14 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.90	99.900	99.900
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.65	99.696	99.606
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.56	99.544	99.574
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.53	99.546	99.516
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.48	99.476	99.486
6	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.45	99.466	99.436
7	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.13	99.253	99.013
8	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.07	98.994	99.144
9	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	98.98	98.954	99.004
10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.79	98.754	98.854
11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.77	99.037	98.517
12	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.67	99.069	98.289
13	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.56	98.876	98.266
14	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	98.55	98.774	98.324
15	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	98.42	99.076	97.776
16	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	98.39	98.240	98.520
17	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.33	98.917	97.697
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.14	98.603	97.703
19	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.97	97.908	98.028
20	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	97.90	97.920	97.880
21	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	97.88	98.844	96.954
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	97.73	97.510	97.940
23	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	97.53	97.191	97.851
24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	97.48	97.879	97.099
25	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.42	97.584	97.244
26	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	97.27	97.182	97.362
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	96.88	97.172	96.602
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	96.85	97.399	96.319
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	96.56	97.131	96.011
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	96.54	96.282	96.792
31	United States`USA`Northern America	96.52	97.012	96.062
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	96.43	97.158	95.738
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.20	97.675	94.815
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	96.06	96.325	95.805
35	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.96	96.032	95.892
36	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	95.34	94.774	95.924
37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	95.33	95.524	95.144
38	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	94.95	95.348	94.508
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	94.87	95.448	94.348
40	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	94.84	94.487	95.177
41	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	94.70	97.696	92.056
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	94.68	95.340	93.990
43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	93.86	97.543	90.313
44	Chile`CHL`South America	93.78	94.309	93.269
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	92.86	93.588	92.148
46	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	92.52	94.536	90.616
47	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.29	91.609	92.949
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	91.74	91.031	92.411
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	91.20	92.087	90.397
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	90.61	90.314	90.904
51	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	90.24	91.911	88.621
52	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	89.48	87.392	91.672
53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	88.26	88.757	87.787
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	87.15	88.796	85.606
55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	82.69	84.746	80.696
56	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	82.39	83.360	81.460
57	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	81.84	75.319	88.959
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	81.74	86.188	77.418
59	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	80.61	83.611	77.801
60	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	80.39	80.850	79.950
61	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	79.49	75.165	82.115
62	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	78.75	85.191	72.551
63	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	78.66	81.678	75.688
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	77.69	80.335	75.165
65	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	76.91	78.520	75.370
66	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	75.76	79.942	71.712
67	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	75.56	80.946	70.186
68	Argentina`ARG`South America	74.94	77.921	72.061
69	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	74.11	82.450	65.770
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	73.92	72.530	75.310
71	Guyana`GUY`South America	72.60	76.908	68.308
72	Bolivia`BOL`South America	72.09	69.684	74.394
73	Mexico`MEX`Central America	72.04	72.613	71.443
74	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	71.45	76.605	66.155
75	Peru`PER`South America	70.62	68.661	72.541
76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	70.19	67.412	72.792
77	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	69.51	73.130	66.110
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	67.64	73.077	62.337
79	Uruguay`URY`South America	67.46	71.659	63.399
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.33	64.801	70.181
81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	67.27	68.397	66.087
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	66.82	63.113	70.323
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	66.79	73.423	60.523
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.66	69.577	61.887
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	65.28	69.977	60.677
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	64.67	63.528	65.768
87	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	62.18	65.808	58.668
88	Colombia`COL`South America	62.08	66.786	57.496
89	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.91	67.936	51.876
90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	59.46	57.813	61.063
91	Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.56	65.495	51.825
92	Paraguay`PRY`South America	57.67	58.629	56.749
93	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	57.28	59.026	55.456
94	India`IND`Southern Asia	56.28	48.499	63.419
95	Ecuador`ECU`South America	55.56	56.513	54.633
96	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	54.65	45.452	63.492
97	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	53.81	48.799	58.709
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	50.95	47.139	54.969
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	48.46	51.041	45.961
100	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	46.04	43.104	48.804
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	44.65	42.311	46.941
102	Suriname`SUR`South America	40.42	45.049	36.159
103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.38	41.546	37.216
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.33	39.599	35.009
105	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	37.21	39.235	35.335
106	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37.07	35.071	39.051
107	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	36.62	25.527	47.627
108	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	36.10	35.079	37.029
109	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	35.58	19.258	51.218
110	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	34.47	34.651	34.291
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.97	38.340	29.500
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	33.63	29.128	37.978
113	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	32.96	26.552	39.032
114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	32.12	29.388	34.908
115	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	31.98	28.292	35.622
116	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	31.70	30.958	32.438
117	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	30.52	23.206	36.866
118	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	30.30	28.686	31.916
119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	30.22	27.352	33.062
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	30.19	22.756	37.596
121	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	29.85	31.463	28.283
122	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.13	22.166	35.846
123	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	28.89	27.195	30.465
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	28.47	25.360	31.530
125	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	26.76	21.568	31.938
126	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	26.57	27.130	26.030
127	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	25.74	21.834	29.514
128	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25.34	19.607	31.127
=129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	25.25	20.520	30.330
=129	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	25.25	23.593	26.863
131	Honduras`HND`Central America	24.99	28.318	21.758
132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	23.78	20.699	26.849
133	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	23.74	15.068	31.648
134	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	22.27	17.050	27.580
135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	22.26	17.076	27.396
136	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	22.22	22.350	22.090
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	20.64	24.304	16.784
138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	17.35	10.862	23.762
139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16.59	10.752	22.522
140	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	16.33	7.763	24.713
141	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15.17	12.763	17.723
142	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	14.71	11.618	17.808
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.13	11.406	16.896
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	13.34	12.765	13.905
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12.92	5.961	19.921
146	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	11.99	8.524	15.454
147	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11.63	6.329	16.909
148	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	9.90	7.994	11.804
149	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.26	5.316	13.076
150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.90	5.605	12.195
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	8.82	7.030	10.600
152	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.63	4.249	13.009
=153	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.60	5.902	11.252
=153	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	8.60	7.366	9.796
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.81	6.082	9.502
156	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.82	6.597	7.057
157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.99	3.310	8.730
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.26	3.964	6.584
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	5.20	3.261	7.041
160	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	4.42	3.726	5.116

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.90
2United Kingdom99.65
3Denmark99.56
4Finland99.53
5Norway99.48

Lowest

160Burundi4.42
159Niger5.20
158Mozambique5.26
157South Sudan5.99
156Rwanda6.82

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 67.30. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.900
LowestNiger3.261
Middle country: 69.119
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.900
LowestBurundi5.116
Middle country: 65.769

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

+0 / −0countries joined / left
152values changed, of 160 in both
148 · 4rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Botswana61.89 → 67.27+5.38
Maldives41.15 → 46.04+4.89
Vietnam56.13 → 59.46+3.33
Malaysia77.71 → 80.61+2.90
Türkiye52.26 → 54.65+2.39

Fell most

Republic of the Congo25.82 → 25.25−0.57
Spain87.35 → 87.15−0.20
Bulgaria91.86 → 91.74−0.12
DR Congo26.77 → 26.76−0.01

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

04Caveats

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 25.25. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2001). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2001

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