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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2003

Figures for 2003, 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, 2003 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.91; Burundi is lowest, at 5.05. The middle country reads 69.58. Against 2002, 149 values changed (142 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2003

HighestSouth Korea

99.91

LowestBurundi

5.05

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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.9199.91099.9100
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.6599.69699.6059
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.5799.56099.5798
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.5399.54599.5148
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.4899.47999.4794
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.3499.34099.3397
7BelarusBLREastern Europe99.1499.25299.0325
8TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.0798.96399.1731
9SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe98.9898.95499.0041
10KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia98.8098.97498.6238
11IcelandISLNorthern Europe98.7998.74798.8171
12SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe98.7799.03798.5166
13LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe98.7399.10198.3714
14UkraineUKREastern Europe98.6898.99498.3839
15RussiaRUSEastern Europe98.5899.23897.9380
16BarbadosBRBCaribbean98.5398.34398.6833
17ArmeniaARMWestern Asia98.4398.96497.8538
18CanadaCANNorthern America98.2498.67897.8279
19LatviaLVANorthern Europe98.0098.90097.1298
20MaltaMLTSouthern Europe97.9797.90898.0481
21SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe97.9097.97997.8195
22SwedenSWENorthern Europe97.8897.82397.9335
23SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe97.6798.04397.3126
24CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe97.6397.31597.9349
25KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia97.4097.58997.1988

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Korea99.91
  2. 2United Kingdom99.65
  3. 3Denmark99.57
  4. 4Finland99.53
  5. 5Norway99.48

Lowest

  1. 160Burundi5.05
  2. 159Niger5.49
  3. 158Mozambique5.95
  4. 157South Sudan6.61
  5. 156Rwanda8.26

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 69.58. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 149values changed, of 160 in both
  • 142 · 7rose · fell
  • 11unchanged

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2003). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2003

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