Data for 2006

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2006

Figures for 2006, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

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. A higher value is the better result.

160countries
3measures per country
2006the year it describes
158distinct values14 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

The table

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 KoreaKOREastern Asia	99.93	99.935	99.925
2	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.66	99.711	99.611
3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.59	99.580	99.600
4	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.54	99.550	99.530
5	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.51	99.500	99.520
6	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	99.21	99.231	99.191
7	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	99.18	99.063	99.293
8	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	99.09	99.194	98.984
9	BelarusBLREastern Europe	99.03	99.153	98.913
10	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	98.97	98.944	98.994
=11	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.82	98.776	98.876
=11	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	98.82	99.134	98.514
13	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	98.75	99.023	98.493
14	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	98.72	98.538	98.918
15	UkraineUKREastern Europe	98.69	99.010	98.390
16	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	98.65	99.236	98.066
17	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	98.53	99.006	98.026
18	CanadaCANNorthern America	98.40	98.801	98.021
19	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	98.29	98.264	98.314
20	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	98.14	99.052	97.262
21	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	98.02	97.918	98.128
22	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	97.95	98.322	97.592
23	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	97.94	98.069	97.809
24	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	97.89	97.553	98.213
25	United StatesUSANorthern America	97.66	98.116	97.236
26	IsraelISRWestern Asia	97.59	98.014	97.184
27	ItalyITASouthern Europe	97.58	98.041	97.141
28	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	97.55	97.729	97.359
29	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	97.49	97.675	97.295
30	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	97.33	97.263	97.393
31	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	97.30	97.629	96.979
32	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	97.24	97.700	96.800
33	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	97.13	97.099	97.159
34	PolandPOLEastern Europe	96.67	98.828	94.588
35	FranceFRAWestern Europe	96.55	96.948	96.168
36	ChileCHLSouth America	96.25	97.082	95.452
37	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	96.19	97.580	94.890
38	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	96.02	95.786	96.256
39	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	95.98	96.052	95.912
40	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	95.70	96.636	94.906
41	CubaCUBCaribbean	95.65	96.882	94.482
42	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	95.54	96.047	95.047
43	SamoaWSMPolynesia	95.34	97.947	92.907
44	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	95.33	95.549	95.119
45	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	94.31	95.099	93.479
46	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	93.54	94.338	92.758
47	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	93.04	94.367	91.757
48	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	93.02	92.502	93.532
49	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	92.74	93.228	92.278
50	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	92.52	92.144	92.884
51	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	91.94	90.928	92.898
52	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	91.83	89.743	93.993
=53	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	89.87	90.513	89.253
=53	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	89.87	91.487	88.297
55	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	88.63	90.481	86.931
56	JordanJORWestern Asia	87.10	88.193	86.053
57	FijiFJIMelanesia	86.19	90.119	82.389
58	SpainESPSouthern Europe	86.16	87.591	84.811
59	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	83.83	89.353	78.413
60	QatarQATWestern Asia	83.55	82.636	84.136
61	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	82.87	76.024	90.274
62	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	82.78	86.531	79.131
63	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	82.18	83.535	80.885
64	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	81.84	84.837	78.917
65	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	81.78	87.868	75.958
66	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	81.45	82.533	80.413
67	BoliviaBOLSouth America	81.42	80.241	82.561
68	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	80.05	83.209	77.029
69	MexicoMEXCentral America	78.85	80.155	77.535
70	ArgentinaARGSouth America	78.48	81.817	75.287
71	GuyanaGUYSouth America	78.12	81.789	74.459
72	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	78.00	76.131	79.711
73	TongaTONPolynesia	77.99	82.872	73.212
74	IranIRNSouthern Asia	77.77	76.933	78.573
75	PeruPERSouth America	76.86	75.405	78.295
76	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	76.44	86.025	66.855
77	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	75.66	82.304	69.014
78	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	75.43	73.907	76.877
79	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	75.30	67.846	82.386
80	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	74.79	81.672	67.852
81	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	74.27	77.704	70.764
82	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	74.18	79.596	68.836
83	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	72.85	78.467	67.377
84	BrazilBRASouth America	71.53	76.735	66.445
85	UruguayURYSouth America	71.25	75.649	67.039
86	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	70.64	71.050	70.250
87	PanamaPANCentral America	69.21	73.387	65.197
88	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	69.11	68.934	69.284
89	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	68.76	70.724	67.024
90	ColombiaCOLSouth America	68.32	72.743	64.023
91	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	67.95	75.528	60.798
92	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	67.23	66.891	67.601
93	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	64.39	58.750	69.580
94	EcuadorECUSouth America	63.34	64.159	62.549
95	ParaguayPRYSouth America	61.98	63.851	60.181
96	VenezuelaVENSouth America	60.97	68.872	53.332
97	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	59.97	55.966	63.866
98	NauruNRUMicronesia	59.90	62.501	57.331
99	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	58.98	56.779	61.299
100	Costa RicaCRICentral America	54.98	58.390	51.710
101	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	48.77	47.950	49.570
102	SurinameSURSouth America	46.71	51.614	42.104
103	KenyaKENEastern Africa	45.81	48.344	43.274
104	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	44.90	49.302	40.792
105	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	44.05	33.795	54.145
106	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	43.41	44.215	42.645
107	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	43.21	38.134	47.464
108	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	43.02	44.709	41.379
109	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	41.48	44.664	38.184
110	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	41.32	37.172	45.342
111	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	40.72	35.129	46.309
112	NicaraguaNICCentral America	39.59	44.439	34.629
113	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	39.27	40.801	37.791
114	YemenYEMWestern Asia	39.13	25.154	52.574
115	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	38.24	33.388	43.088
116	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	37.40	38.014	36.774
117	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	37.19	34.575	39.845
118	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	36.93	33.306	40.436
119	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	36.35	31.143	41.233
120	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	35.52	33.347	37.637
121	HondurasHNDCentral America	35.38	39.682	31.222
122	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	35.10	33.886	36.286
123	GabonGABMiddle Africa	34.27	35.130	33.420
124	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	33.95	33.558	34.348
125	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	32.96	32.401	33.471
126	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	32.91	33.511	32.331
127	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	32.77	27.837	37.697
128	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	32.38	30.311	34.631
129	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	29.95	24.762	35.172
130	IraqIRQWestern Asia	29.86	27.482	32.162
131	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	29.57	26.884	32.244
132	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	28.79	25.461	32.041
133	HaitiHTICaribbean	25.48	27.028	23.938
134	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	25.38	16.758	32.798
135	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	25.04	30.465	19.465
136	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	24.51	23.988	25.028
137	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	24.44	19.952	28.972
138	TogoTGOWestern Africa	23.07	16.107	29.907
139	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	20.10	15.078	25.088
140	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	18.98	13.281	24.681
141	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	18.49	16.361	20.651
142	GuineaGINWestern Africa	18.36	10.292	26.422
143	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	18.16	9.481	26.561
144	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	17.93	15.326	20.886
145	BeninBENWestern Africa	17.80	10.189	25.329
146	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	16.82	14.076	19.566
147	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	16.66	15.341	17.951
148	MaliMLIWestern Africa	14.37	9.154	19.424
149	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	12.82	10.933	14.643
150	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	12.51	9.988	15.058
151	SenegalSENWestern Africa	11.90	8.347	15.487
152	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	11.44	11.166	11.726
153	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	10.61	5.218	15.958
154	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	10.36	8.267	12.447
155	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	9.38	7.012	11.682
156	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	8.81	5.989	11.599
157	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	7.48	4.245	10.755
158	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	7.37	5.614	9.134
159	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	7.07	5.150	9.030
160	NigerNERWestern 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

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+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. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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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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Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

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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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