Data for 2008

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2008

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2008
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, 2008 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.94; Niger is lowest, at 7.06. The middle country reads 76.77. Against 2007, 151 values changed (144 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2008

HighestSouth Korea

99.94

LowestNiger

7.06

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

160countries
3measures per country
2008the 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.94	99.945	99.9354
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.65	99.696	99.6059
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.59	99.590	99.5900
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.54	99.556	99.5258
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.52	99.519	99.5195
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.24	99.133	99.3431
7	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.22	99.324	99.1144
8	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.20	99.241	99.1607
9	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.00	99.108	98.8979
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	98.96	98.929	98.9889
11	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	98.90	99.304	98.5035
12	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.89	99.155	98.6346
13	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	98.86	98.679	99.0587
14	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.84	98.779	98.8986
15	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.73	99.011	98.4612
16	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.63	98.939	98.3387
17	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.60	99.046	98.1259
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.53	98.464	98.5938
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.50	98.894	98.1236
20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.14	99.039	97.2790
21	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	98.12	97.823	98.4031
22	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.09	98.453	97.7428
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.06	97.917	98.1970
24	United States`USA`Northern America	98.05	98.438	97.6880
25	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	97.97	98.070	97.8697
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	97.89	98.363	97.4426
27	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	97.84	98.051	97.6214
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	97.77	98.241	97.3206
29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.62	97.824	97.4139
30	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	97.56	97.524	97.5942
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	97.51	97.764	97.2542
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	97.45	97.810	97.1099
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	97.41	97.476	97.3462
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	97.12	98.524	95.7643
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	96.62	97.105	96.1552
36	Chile`CHL`South America	96.60	97.566	95.6756
37	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	96.47	97.419	95.5693
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	96.34	96.265	96.4149
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.20	97.507	94.9769
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	95.97	96.923	95.1729
41	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.96	96.021	95.9011
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	95.71	96.229	95.2091
43	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	95.61	98.054	93.3240
44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	95.50	95.863	95.1530
45	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	94.57	95.329	93.7786
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	93.85	95.055	92.6850
47	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	93.73	93.342	94.1121
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	93.68	94.366	93.0157
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	93.43	93.809	93.0694
50	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.59	92.289	92.8787
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	92.52	90.559	94.5493
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	92.24	91.387	93.0472
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	91.10	92.853	89.3929
54	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	90.77	92.392	89.2723
55	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	90.05	90.877	89.2573
56	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	87.64	88.717	86.6067
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	87.62	91.107	84.2473
58	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	86.82	92.116	81.7060
59	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	86.51	88.216	84.9063
60	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	85.29	84.356	85.7764
61	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	85.19	79.135	91.7248
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	84.44	87.039	81.9086
63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	83.88	88.438	79.5085
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	83.82	83.044	84.5740
65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	83.58	87.840	79.4701
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	83.54	86.640	80.5205
67	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	83.22	84.489	82.0191
68	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	82.16	83.386	80.9858
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	81.69	81.637	81.7375
70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	81.33	87.152	75.5716
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	80.80	82.307	79.2868
72	Guyana`GUY`South America	80.35	83.754	76.9438
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	80.33	74.491	85.8711
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	79.29	78.808	79.7478
75	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	78.90	84.042	73.9117
76	Peru`PER`South America	78.78	77.723	79.8325
77	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	78.70	84.727	72.7166
78	Argentina`ARG`South America	78.11	81.633	74.7434
79	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	77.65	76.957	78.3068
80	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	77.41	87.385	67.4350
81	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	76.12	83.605	68.6350
82	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	75.37	78.267	72.4371
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	75.04	80.478	69.7478
84	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	74.62	78.317	71.7966
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	73.10	73.806	72.3862
86	Brazil`BRA`South America	73.01	78.473	67.6825
87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	72.64	73.517	71.8067
88	Colombia`COL`South America	71.52	75.949	67.2190
89	Uruguay`URY`South America	71.27	75.845	66.8954
90	Panama`PAN`Central America	71.10	74.938	67.4082
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	68.88	76.425	61.7552
92	India`IND`Southern Asia	68.33	63.744	72.5442
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	67.42	68.295	66.5747
94	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.29	67.703	66.8433
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.88	66.475	61.3849
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	62.14	61.064	63.2345
97	Venezuela`VEN`South America	61.91	70.224	53.9235
98	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	61.26	64.378	58.2882
99	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	60.13	56.368	63.7776
100	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	59.05	63.279	54.9987
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	49.69	48.825	50.5346
102	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	49.40	51.969	46.8285
103	Suriname`SUR`South America	49.38	55.022	44.0521
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	49.32	54.992	44.0518
105	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	49.15	45.662	52.2417
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	46.62	41.907	51.3470
107	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	46.59	36.853	56.1828
108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	46.27	48.303	44.2929
109	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	45.96	47.620	44.3595
110	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	44.05	47.778	40.1875
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	43.22	39.622	46.7219
112	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	41.44	43.204	39.7343
113	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	41.28	37.492	45.0625
114	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.99	46.158	35.7683
115	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	40.31	37.742	42.9120
116	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.95	27.132	52.2525
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.12	43.917	34.4969
118	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.82	39.650	37.9703
119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	38.43	38.514	38.3340
120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.39	36.720	40.0204
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	38.19	33.287	42.7971
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	38.05	34.598	41.3383
123	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.46	31.122	39.7922
124	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.14	36.576	33.7257
125	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	35.10	35.108	35.0875
126	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	34.99	36.137	33.8868
127	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	34.87	33.929	35.8289
128	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.18	32.786	33.5357
129	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	32.14	30.784	33.4537
130	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	32.01	26.851	37.2014
131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	31.63	29.233	33.9525
132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.50	29.050	33.9400
133	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	27.59	33.418	21.6284
134	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	26.55	28.749	24.3594
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.48	26.219	26.7393
136	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	26.02	17.624	33.3437
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	25.26	18.285	32.1053
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	24.90	20.585	29.2846
139	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24.12	19.503	28.7026
140	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20.82	19.237	22.4267
=141	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20.68	14.871	26.5114
=141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	20.68	12.382	28.9219
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	20.04	11.883	28.0534
144	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	19.78	17.128	22.7780
145	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.67	10.016	27.0658
146	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	18.65	17.392	19.8821
147	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	17.61	15.047	20.1765
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	16.56	11.018	21.9484
149	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	15.81	12.612	19.0420
150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.28	13.694	16.8135
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.54	14.452	14.6321
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14.43	10.827	18.0868
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	11.47	5.784	17.0841
154	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	10.91	8.729	13.0791
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	10.61	7.805	13.3454
156	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	9.20	6.339	12.0188
157	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.00	6.539	11.4690
158	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	8.12	4.592	11.6522
159	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.88	5.805	9.9950
160	Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.06	4.418	9.5878

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.94
2United Kingdom99.65
3Denmark99.59
4Finland99.54
5Norway99.52

Lowest

160Niger7.06
159Mozambique7.88
158South Sudan8.12
157Burundi9.00
156Central African Republic9.20

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 76.77. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.945
LowestNiger4.418
Middle country: 78.395
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.9354
LowestNiger9.5878
Middle country: 72.4906

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

+0 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 160 in both
144 · 7rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan46.01 → 49.15+3.14
Nepal43.68 → 46.62+2.94
Maldives71.94 → 74.62+2.68
Mongolia78.74 → 81.33+2.59
Türkiye78.02 → 80.33+2.31

Fell most

Argentina78.30 → 78.11−0.19
Uruguay71.32 → 71.27−0.05
Papua New Guinea33.22 → 33.18−0.04
Austria99.23 → 99.20−0.03
Ukraine98.66 → 98.63−0.03

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 20.68. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2008). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2008

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