Data for 2006

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2006

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2006
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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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, 2006 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.93; Niger is lowest, at 6.37. The middle country reads 74.53. Against 2005, 156 values changed (150 up, 6 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2006

HighestSouth Korea

99.93

LowestNiger

6.37

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

160countries
3measures per country
2006the year it describes
158distinct 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.93	99.935	99.925
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.66	99.711	99.611
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.59	99.580	99.600
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.54	99.550	99.530
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.51	99.500	99.520
6	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.21	99.231	99.191
7	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.18	99.063	99.293
8	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.09	99.194	98.984
9	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.03	99.153	98.913
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	98.97	98.944	98.994
=11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.82	98.776	98.876
=11	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.82	99.134	98.514
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.75	99.023	98.493
14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	98.72	98.538	98.918
15	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.69	99.010	98.390
16	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	98.65	99.236	98.066
17	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.53	99.006	98.026
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.40	98.801	98.021
19	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.29	98.264	98.314
20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.14	99.052	97.262
21	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.02	97.918	98.128
22	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	97.95	98.322	97.592
23	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	97.94	98.069	97.809
24	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	97.89	97.553	98.213
25	United States`USA`Northern America	97.66	98.116	97.236
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	97.59	98.014	97.184
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	97.58	98.041	97.141
28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	97.55	97.729	97.359
29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.49	97.675	97.295
30	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	97.33	97.263	97.393
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	97.30	97.629	96.979
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	97.24	97.700	96.800
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	97.13	97.099	97.159
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	96.67	98.828	94.588
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	96.55	96.948	96.168
36	Chile`CHL`South America	96.25	97.082	95.452
37	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.19	97.580	94.890
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	96.02	95.786	96.256
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.98	96.052	95.912
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	95.70	96.636	94.906
41	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	95.65	96.882	94.482
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	95.54	96.047	95.047
43	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	95.34	97.947	92.907
44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	95.33	95.549	95.119
45	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	94.31	95.099	93.479
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	93.54	94.338	92.758
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	93.04	94.367	91.757
48	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	93.02	92.502	93.532
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	92.74	93.228	92.278
50	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.52	92.144	92.884
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	91.94	90.928	92.898
52	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	91.83	89.743	93.993
=53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	89.87	90.513	89.253
=53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	89.87	91.487	88.297
55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	88.63	90.481	86.931
56	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	87.10	88.193	86.053
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	86.19	90.119	82.389
58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	86.16	87.591	84.811
59	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	83.83	89.353	78.413
60	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	83.55	82.636	84.136
61	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	82.87	76.024	90.274
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	82.78	86.531	79.131
63	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	82.18	83.535	80.885
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	81.84	84.837	78.917
65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	81.78	87.868	75.958
66	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	81.45	82.533	80.413
67	Bolivia`BOL`South America	81.42	80.241	82.561
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	80.05	83.209	77.029
69	Mexico`MEX`Central America	78.85	80.155	77.535
70	Argentina`ARG`South America	78.48	81.817	75.287
71	Guyana`GUY`South America	78.12	81.789	74.459
72	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	78.00	76.131	79.711
73	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	77.99	82.872	73.212
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	77.77	76.933	78.573
75	Peru`PER`South America	76.86	75.405	78.295
76	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	76.44	86.025	66.855
77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	75.66	82.304	69.014
78	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	75.43	73.907	76.877
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	75.30	67.846	82.386
80	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	74.79	81.672	67.852
81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	74.27	77.704	70.764
82	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	74.18	79.596	68.836
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	72.85	78.467	67.377
84	Brazil`BRA`South America	71.53	76.735	66.445
85	Uruguay`URY`South America	71.25	75.649	67.039
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	70.64	71.050	70.250
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	69.21	73.387	65.197
88	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	69.11	68.934	69.284
89	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	68.76	70.724	67.024
90	Colombia`COL`South America	68.32	72.743	64.023
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	67.95	75.528	60.798
92	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.23	66.891	67.601
93	India`IND`Southern Asia	64.39	58.750	69.580
94	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.34	64.159	62.549
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	61.98	63.851	60.181
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	60.97	68.872	53.332
97	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	59.97	55.966	63.866
98	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	59.90	62.501	57.331
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	58.98	56.779	61.299
100	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	54.98	58.390	51.710
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	48.77	47.950	49.570
102	Suriname`SUR`South America	46.71	51.614	42.104
103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	45.81	48.344	43.274
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	44.90	49.302	40.792
105	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	44.05	33.795	54.145
106	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	43.41	44.215	42.645
107	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	43.21	38.134	47.464
108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	43.02	44.709	41.379
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.48	44.664	38.184
110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	41.32	37.172	45.342
111	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.72	35.129	46.309
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.59	44.439	34.629
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.27	40.801	37.791
114	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.13	25.154	52.574
115	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.24	33.388	43.088
116	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	37.40	38.014	36.774
117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	37.19	34.575	39.845
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.93	33.306	40.436
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.35	31.143	41.233
120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.52	33.347	37.637
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	35.38	39.682	31.222
122	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	35.10	33.886	36.286
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	34.27	35.130	33.420
124	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	33.95	33.558	34.348
125	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.96	32.401	33.471
126	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	32.91	33.511	32.331
127	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	32.77	27.837	37.697
128	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	32.38	30.311	34.631
129	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	29.95	24.762	35.172
130	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	29.86	27.482	32.162
131	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	29.57	26.884	32.244
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	28.79	25.461	32.041
133	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	25.48	27.028	23.938
134	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	25.38	16.758	32.798
135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	25.04	30.465	19.465
136	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24.51	23.988	25.028
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	24.44	19.952	28.972
138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.07	16.107	29.907
139	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	20.10	15.078	25.088
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	18.98	13.281	24.681
141	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	18.49	16.361	20.651
142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	18.36	10.292	26.422
143	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.16	9.481	26.561
144	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.93	15.326	20.886
145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.80	10.189	25.329
146	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	16.82	14.076	19.566
147	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	16.66	15.341	17.951
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	14.37	9.154	19.424
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	12.82	10.933	14.643
150	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.51	9.988	15.058
151	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.90	8.347	15.487
152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.44	11.166	11.726
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	10.61	5.218	15.958
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	10.36	8.267	12.447
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	9.38	7.012	11.682
156	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.81	5.989	11.599
157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.48	4.245	10.755
158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.37	5.614	9.134
159	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.07	5.150	9.030
160	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.37	3.936	8.696

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.93
2United Kingdom99.66
3Denmark99.59
4Finland99.54
5Norway99.51

Lowest

160Niger6.37
159Mozambique7.07
158Burundi7.37
157South Sudan7.48
156Central African Republic8.81

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 74.53. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.935
LowestNiger3.936
Middle country: 76.077
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.925
LowestNiger8.696
Middle country: 69.432

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

+0 / −0countries joined / left
156values changed, of 160 in both
150 · 6rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Maldives65.17 → 68.76+3.59
Mongolia72.22 → 75.66+3.44
Türkiye71.93 → 75.30+3.37
Nepal38.01 → 40.72+2.71
Palestine71.58 → 74.18+2.60

Fell most

Spain86.24 → 86.16−0.08
Argentina78.54 → 78.48−0.06
Belarus99.09 → 99.03−0.06
Estonia96.22 → 96.19−0.03
Ukraine98.71 → 98.69−0.02

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

04Caveats

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158 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 98.82. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2006). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2006

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