Data for 2005

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2005

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2005
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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, 2005 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.92; Niger is lowest, at 6.06. The middle country reads 72.08. Against 2004, 155 values changed (147 up, 8 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2005

HighestSouth Korea

99.92

LowestNiger

6.06

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

160countries
3measures per country
2005the year it describes
159distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.92	99.920	99.920
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.65	99.695	99.605
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.58	99.570	99.590
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.54	99.550	99.530
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.50	99.495	99.505
6	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.21	99.221	99.201
7	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.13	99.019	99.239
8	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.09	99.208	98.978
9	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.01	99.124	98.894
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	98.97	98.950	98.990
11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.81	98.765	98.855
12	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.79	99.126	98.466
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.76	99.023	98.503
14	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.71	99.029	98.409
15	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	98.65	98.465	98.835
16	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	98.63	99.257	98.007
17	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.50	98.989	97.979
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.34	98.762	97.942
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.15	98.145	98.155
20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.08	98.998	97.198
21	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.00	97.918	98.078
22	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	97.91	98.044	97.774
23	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	97.86	98.237	97.497
24	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	97.80	97.479	98.109
25	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	97.46	97.596	97.316
26	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.45	97.648	97.238
27	United States`USA`Northern America	97.44	97.911	97.001
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	97.42	97.824	97.034
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	97.32	97.838	96.828
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	97.18	97.547	96.827
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	97.14	97.634	96.664
32	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	97.07	96.947	97.187
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	97.00	96.918	97.078
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	96.47	96.842	96.112
35	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.22	97.627	94.897
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	96.12	98.733	93.603
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.98	96.052	95.912
38	Chile`CHL`South America	95.97	96.715	95.255
39	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	95.89	95.597	96.187
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	95.59	96.453	94.833
41	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	95.42	95.922	94.922
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	95.30	95.433	95.173
43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	95.23	96.607	93.927
44	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	95.22	97.896	92.706
45	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	94.27	95.039	93.459
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	93.49	94.303	92.693
47	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	92.63	92.111	93.151
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	92.53	93.913	91.193
49	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.48	92.054	92.894
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	92.38	92.886	91.906
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	91.79	90.749	92.779
52	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	91.44	89.311	93.651
53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	89.58	90.213	88.973
54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	88.69	90.393	87.033
55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	87.48	89.476	85.646
56	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	86.72	87.715	85.765
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	86.24	87.697	84.867
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	85.16	89.287	81.167
59	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	82.67	81.513	83.553
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	82.31	75.366	89.826
61	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	82.21	87.912	76.632
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	82.03	85.448	78.688
63	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	81.33	82.795	79.945
64	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	81.19	82.121	80.301
65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	81.01	87.553	74.753
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	80.85	83.794	77.974
67	Bolivia`BOL`South America	80.05	78.645	81.405
68	Argentina`ARG`South America	78.54	81.784	75.434
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	77.68	81.109	74.429
70	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	77.51	82.247	72.857
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	77.29	78.566	75.996
72	Guyana`GUY`South America	77.00	80.875	73.145
73	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	76.96	75.910	77.980
74	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	76.32	73.893	78.553
75	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	75.95	85.310	66.590
76	Peru`PER`South America	75.52	73.781	77.231
77	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	74.08	80.699	67.389
78	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	73.95	77.368	70.438
79	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	73.76	71.675	75.745
80	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	72.22	79.177	65.237
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	71.93	63.558	79.908
82	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	71.58	76.639	66.609
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	71.57	77.226	66.056
84	Uruguay`URY`South America	71.06	75.328	66.968
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.50	75.658	65.458
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	69.55	69.714	69.394
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	68.17	72.404	64.104
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	67.66	75.162	60.582
89	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.20	66.413	68.073
90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	66.97	66.443	67.483
91	Colombia`COL`South America	66.56	71.043	62.203
92	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	65.17	66.312	64.112
93	India`IND`Southern Asia	62.54	56.381	68.201
94	Ecuador`ECU`South America	61.29	61.976	60.626
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	60.89	62.456	59.386
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	60.48	68.177	53.027
=97	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	59.35	61.676	56.826
=97	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	59.35	55.101	63.491
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	57.08	54.451	59.871
100	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	53.24	56.418	50.188
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	48.20	47.340	49.040
102	Suriname`SUR`South America	45.47	50.183	41.103
103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	44.06	46.599	41.519
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.86	46.784	39.194
105	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	42.81	32.323	53.143
106	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	42.14	42.589	41.719
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	41.69	43.018	40.398
108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	40.62	34.839	45.339
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	40.30	43.212	37.292
110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	40.04	35.665	44.275
111	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	38.62	24.070	52.620
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	38.54	43.289	33.659
113	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.01	32.207	43.797
114	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	37.59	39.221	36.011
115	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	36.65	37.142	36.152
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	36.31	30.836	41.776
117	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.17	32.462	39.792
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.71	33.216	38.246
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.57	30.105	40.705
120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	34.17	31.734	36.544
121	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.75	34.388	33.118
122	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	33.72	32.184	35.214
123	Honduras`HND`Central America	33.41	37.581	29.371
124	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	33.27	32.638	33.908
125	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.46	31.735	33.125
126	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	31.65	32.073	31.243
127	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	31.02	28.370	33.960
128	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.89	25.651	36.121
129	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	28.89	23.623	34.193
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28.44	25.593	31.273
131	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	28.40	25.685	31.025
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	27.18	23.267	30.977
133	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	25.20	26.348	24.058
134	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	25.11	16.315	32.645
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24.11	23.468	24.748
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	24.02	19.464	28.614
137	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	23.90	28.978	18.668
138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.15	15.123	29.053
139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	18.36	12.702	24.022
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	18.16	13.244	23.044
141	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	17.83	9.136	26.266
142	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	17.53	15.104	19.994
143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	17.22	9.306	25.136
144	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.07	14.598	19.858
145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.53	9.390	23.600
146	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	16.13	13.396	18.866
147	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	15.72	14.486	16.926
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13.33	8.330	18.170
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	11.79	9.867	13.647
150	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	11.46	9.205	13.735
151	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.96	7.450	14.490
152	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	10.13	4.964	15.264
153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10.12	9.822	10.432
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9.91	7.936	11.876
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	9.05	6.860	11.180
156	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.77	5.966	11.546
157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.22	4.122	10.362
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.69	4.850	8.570
159	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6.49	5.034	7.954
160	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.06	3.712	8.302

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.92
2United Kingdom99.65
3Denmark99.58
4Finland99.54
5Norway99.50

Lowest

160Niger6.06
159Burundi6.49
158Mozambique6.69
157South Sudan7.22
156Central African Republic8.77

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 72.08. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.920
LowestNiger3.712
Middle country: 75.347
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.920
LowestBurundi7.954
Middle country: 68.137

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 160 in both
147 · 8rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Türkiye67.72 → 71.93+4.21
Maldives60.97 → 65.17+4.20
Mongolia68.61 → 72.22+3.61
Palestine68.85 → 71.58+2.73
Bhutan38.06 → 40.62+2.56

Fell most

Zimbabwe67.26 → 67.20−0.06
Spain86.29 → 86.24−0.05
Austria99.25 → 99.21−0.04
Belarus99.13 → 99.09−0.04
Moldova94.31 → 94.27−0.04

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

04Caveats

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159 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 59.35. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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