Data for 2011

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2011

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2011
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, 2011 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.97; Niger is lowest, at 8.53. The middle country reads 79.28. Against 2010, 155 values changed (139 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2011

HighestSouth Korea

99.97

LowestNiger

8.53

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

160countries
3measures per country
2011the year it describes
157distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.97	99.981	99.961
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.66	99.706	99.616
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.59	99.590	99.590
=4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.54	99.556	99.526
=4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.54	99.550	99.530
6	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.36	99.424	99.294
7	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.35	99.274	99.424
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.31	99.519	99.109
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.01	98.843	99.143
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	98.97	98.934	99.004
11	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.96	99.042	98.882
12	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.94	99.166	98.726
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.86	98.805	98.925
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.82	98.871	98.771
15	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.69	99.002	98.392
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.68	99.059	98.319
=17	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.66	99.037	98.257
=17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.66	98.660	98.660
19	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.55	98.806	98.306
20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	98.42	98.241	98.591
21	United States`USA`Northern America	98.36	98.634	98.104
22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.28	98.539	98.019
23	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.23	98.588	97.888
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	98.20	98.613	97.813
25	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	98.08	98.145	98.015
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.05	98.991	97.151
27	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.01	97.881	98.121
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	97.98	98.192	97.772
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	97.93	98.498	97.388
30	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	97.77	97.785	97.755
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.76	97.979	97.539
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	97.75	97.915	97.595
33	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	97.69	97.967	97.427
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	97.46	98.277	96.677
35	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.31	97.840	96.810
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	97.08	97.749	96.439
37	Chile`CHL`South America	96.92	97.859	96.019
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	96.79	97.006	96.586
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.39	97.575	95.275
40	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	95.97	98.278	93.818
41	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	95.96	96.495	95.425
42	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.90	95.982	95.822
43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	95.84	96.311	95.391
44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	95.77	96.919	94.779
45	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	95.04	95.643	94.413
46	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	94.79	94.686	94.886
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	94.71	95.864	93.594
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	94.55	94.908	94.208
=49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	93.26	94.825	91.825
=49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	93.26	93.712	92.822
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	93.24	91.535	94.995
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	92.88	92.314	93.414
53	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.41	92.175	92.635
54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	90.75	93.139	88.429
55	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	90.43	95.165	85.985
56	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	90.11	91.480	88.800
57	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	89.96	85.709	94.509
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	88.83	91.967	85.777
59	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	88.79	89.342	88.262
60	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	88.56	86.985	89.315
61	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	88.53	90.344	86.824
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	87.57	87.525	87.615
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	87.53	91.722	83.432
64	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	86.81	89.621	84.061
65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	86.66	89.288	84.118
66	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	86.65	88.897	84.657
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	86.21	82.558	89.688
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	84.96	89.583	80.473
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	84.55	87.715	81.385
70	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	84.11	85.400	82.890
71	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	84.06	87.152	81.052
72	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	83.40	84.870	82.000
73	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	83.03	89.414	76.644
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	82.41	84.209	80.619
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	81.77	80.663	82.833
76	Peru`PER`South America	81.26	81.017	81.507
77	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	80.64	85.840	77.110
78	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	80.38	85.562	75.252
79	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	79.53	82.001	77.051
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	79.38	84.653	74.263
81	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	79.18	79.442	78.932
82	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	78.67	88.980	68.360
83	Argentina`ARG`South America	78.45	82.449	74.629
84	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	77.43	79.323	75.633
85	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	76.73	85.191	68.141
86	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	75.76	77.672	73.892
87	Colombia`COL`South America	75.20	79.591	70.931
88	Brazil`BRA`South America	74.99	80.450	69.680
89	India`IND`Southern Asia	74.02	71.044	76.734
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	73.02	74.352	71.732
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	72.49	75.857	69.247
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	70.89	78.346	63.886
93	Uruguay`URY`South America	69.36	73.754	65.154
94	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.87	69.358	66.268
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.94	70.171	63.830
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	66.45	66.460	66.440
97	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	63.61	67.065	60.225
98	Venezuela`VEN`South America	63.38	72.107	55.067
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	62.01	66.747	57.467
100	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	60.55	56.965	64.005
101	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	59.72	59.015	60.325
102	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	56.10	63.750	49.030
103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	54.75	58.512	50.972
104	Suriname`SUR`South America	54.09	61.133	47.463
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	54.07	50.646	57.476
106	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	52.23	52.574	51.894
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	51.35	53.988	48.768
108	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	50.68	53.721	47.711
109	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	50.41	41.907	58.787
110	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	47.81	51.076	44.636
111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.88	51.734	41.854
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	45.39	42.318	48.398
113	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.80	42.163	45.433
114	Honduras`HND`Central America	43.64	49.295	38.195
115	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	43.61	46.076	41.246
116	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	43.56	42.021	45.121
117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.90	48.577	37.267
118	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.89	41.353	44.393
119	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	42.78	31.633	53.463
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	40.79	36.825	44.505
121	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40.12	36.672	43.562
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	39.69	36.653	42.583
123	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.30	40.282	38.322
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	38.81	40.044	37.624
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	38.66	39.704	37.654
126	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	36.94	37.307	36.557
127	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.19	38.467	33.957
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	34.99	33.177	36.797
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	34.66	34.216	35.086
130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.62	34.164	33.134
131	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	33.51	28.579	38.469
132	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.16	33.185	33.135
133	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.93	30.692	33.162
134	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.08	27.948	34.188
135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	30.78	37.783	23.653
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	29.01	21.771	36.111
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	28.04	31.074	25.024
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27.37	23.041	31.971
139	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	26.93	18.899	34.189
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	24.46	16.112	32.692
141	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	24.30	22.545	26.075
142	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	24.29	16.087	32.287
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.76	17.725	29.945
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	23.48	19.908	27.098
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.12	20.302	21.922
146	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	20.17	18.738	21.718
147	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.46	10.725	27.965
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.13	13.418	24.698
149	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	18.84	17.481	20.201
150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	18.81	15.603	22.053
151	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.15	17.998	18.298
152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	17.74	18.102	17.362
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.30	10.111	16.431
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	12.86	7.020	18.590
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	12.54	8.934	16.164
156	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	11.88	9.656	14.086
157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	9.91	7.129	12.789
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	9.58	7.295	11.905
159	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	9.36	5.606	13.076
160	Niger`NER`Western Africa	8.53	5.343	11.583

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.97
2United Kingdom99.66
3Denmark99.59
4Finlandshared99.54
4Norwayshared99.54

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 79.28. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.981
LowestNiger5.343
Middle country: 82.225
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.961
LowestNiger11.583
Middle country: 76.139

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 160 in both
139 · 16rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe43.95 → 47.81+3.86
Bhutan56.46 → 59.72+3.26
Tanzania20.92 → 23.48+2.56
Sierra Leone28.69 → 31.08+2.39
Nepal51.72 → 54.07+2.35

Fell most

Uruguay70.10 → 69.36−0.74
Trinidad and Tobago91.06 → 90.75−0.31
Romania93.48 → 93.26−0.22
Germany92.59 → 92.41−0.18
Cyprus95.94 → 95.77−0.17

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

04Caveats

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157 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.54. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2011). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2011

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