Data for 2012

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2012

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2012
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, 2012 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.98; Niger is lowest, at 9.42. The middle country reads 80.15. Against 2011, 155 values changed (141 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2012

HighestSouth Korea

99.98

LowestNiger

9.42

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

160countries
3measures per country
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.98	99.991	99.9708
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.66	99.711	99.6113
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.60	99.600	99.5995
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.55	99.554	99.5442
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.54	99.555	99.5253
6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.40	99.553	99.2531
=7	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.39	99.435	99.3450
=7	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.39	99.329	99.4491
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.06	98.912	99.1721
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.02	98.995	99.0449
11	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.94	99.007	98.8768
12	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.93	99.150	98.7200
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.87	98.788	98.9482
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.72	99.085	98.3755
=15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.71	98.756	98.6655
=15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.71	98.731	98.6906
17	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.70	99.009	98.4094
18	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.67	99.030	98.2996
19	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.57	98.795	98.3554
20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	98.48	98.342	98.6122
21	United States`USA`Northern America	98.44	98.719	98.1794
22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.37	98.660	98.0800
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	98.31	98.672	97.9716
24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.30	98.653	97.9625
25	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	98.16	98.210	98.1101
=26	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	98.05	98.284	97.8244
=26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.05	99.012	97.1320
28	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.98	97.860	98.0801
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	97.96	98.544	97.4037
30	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.87	98.099	97.6387
31	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	97.85	97.881	97.8208
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	97.84	98.036	97.6564
33	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	97.78	98.041	97.5313
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	97.59	98.431	96.7815
35	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.31	97.781	96.8615
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	97.23	97.914	96.5737
37	Chile`CHL`South America	97.00	97.903	96.1331
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	96.93	97.257	96.6067
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.44	97.617	95.3373
40	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.10	98.365	93.9750
41	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.02	96.548	95.4878
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	96.00	96.476	95.5459
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.90	95.972	95.8324
44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	95.59	96.776	94.5262
45	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	95.19	95.766	94.5864
46	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	95.14	95.117	95.1572
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	94.92	96.055	93.8247
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	94.87	95.221	94.5312
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	93.95	95.439	92.6086
50	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	93.44	91.782	95.1318
51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	93.13	93.475	92.7945
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	93.10	92.621	93.5515
53	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.26	92.122	92.3918
54	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	91.50	95.942	87.3018
55	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	91.18	87.477	95.1371
56	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	90.58	93.270	87.9701
57	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	90.04	91.533	88.6126
58	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	89.81	88.046	90.6764
59	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	89.39	92.322	86.5219
60	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	89.37	91.122	87.7223
61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	89.10	89.559	88.6594
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	88.99	92.619	85.4387
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	88.48	88.561	88.4013
64	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	87.69	84.724	90.5143
65	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	87.55	90.229	85.1890
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	87.34	89.664	85.1037
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	86.91	90.002	83.8916
68	Guyana`GUY`South America	86.00	89.041	82.9610
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	85.33	90.201	80.6211
70	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	84.46	85.734	83.2336
71	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	84.14	87.244	81.1136
72	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	84.10	85.582	82.6919
73	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	84.07	90.581	77.5314
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	83.18	84.878	81.4976
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	82.37	81.266	83.4258
76	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	82.26	87.720	78.5598
77	Peru`PER`South America	81.93	81.910	81.9502
78	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	81.18	83.581	78.7811
79	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	81.00	86.206	75.8962
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	80.52	85.833	75.3735
81	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	79.79	80.392	79.2222
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	79.51	81.629	77.4990
83	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	79.19	89.625	68.7550
84	Argentina`ARG`South America	78.10	82.211	74.1713
85	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	76.80	85.617	67.7972
86	Colombia`COL`South America	76.06	80.365	71.8750
87	Brazil`BRA`South America	75.98	81.370	70.7402
88	India`IND`Southern Asia	75.88	73.382	78.1516
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	75.82	77.417	74.2773
90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	75.61	77.855	73.4248
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	73.13	76.412	69.9718
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	71.62	79.337	64.3866
93	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.93	73.464	64.5837
94	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.27	70.152	66.2319
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	68.16	71.508	64.9379
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	67.82	68.197	67.4566
97	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	64.30	67.825	60.7154
98	Venezuela`VEN`South America	63.93	72.770	55.5000
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	62.98	67.645	58.5052
100	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	62.72	62.775	62.6745
101	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	60.76	57.112	64.2724
102	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	57.92	66.041	50.4109
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	56.47	53.473	59.4129
104	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	56.10	60.390	51.7797
105	Suriname`SUR`South America	55.39	62.635	48.5347
106	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	53.17	56.185	50.2147
107	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	52.97	53.647	52.3073
108	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	52.32	55.813	48.9033
109	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	52.10	55.851	48.4311
110	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	51.80	43.710	59.7703
111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.32	52.616	41.8360
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	46.09	43.257	48.8665
113	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.47	43.457	45.4771
114	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.44	50.213	38.8830
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.34	42.727	45.9172
116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	44.29	47.064	41.6435
117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	44.10	43.113	45.1029
118	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.09	33.457	54.2768
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	43.53	49.382	37.7517
120	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	41.99	39.042	44.9324
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	41.85	38.199	45.2691
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	40.49	42.211	38.8309
123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.26	37.241	43.1413
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	39.84	41.053	38.6734
125	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.89	39.911	37.8809
126	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	37.53	38.054	36.9843
127	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.48	39.139	33.8788
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	36.37	34.832	37.9023
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	35.51	35.556	35.4657
130	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34.72	32.825	36.6049
131	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.23	34.648	33.8277
132	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34.05	29.333	38.7934
133	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	34.00	35.040	33.0696
134	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	33.23	30.669	35.7791
135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	31.67	39.318	23.8981
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	30.25	23.101	37.2609
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29.09	24.818	33.7076
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	28.48	31.750	25.2301
139	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	27.27	19.311	34.5614
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	25.81	17.590	33.8995
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	25.49	17.388	33.3776
142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	25.25	22.105	28.4255
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	25.21	23.265	27.1747
144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	24.72	18.678	30.9176
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	21.89	21.385	22.3850
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	20.22	17.286	23.1758
147	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	20.00	19.066	20.9962
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.77	14.172	25.2220
149	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.64	10.847	28.1970
150	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	19.09	18.186	19.9958
151	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.93	19.275	18.5952
152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	18.48	19.126	17.8061
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.53	11.272	17.7318
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	14.16	10.243	18.0935
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13.37	7.544	19.0744
156	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12.10	9.886	14.2961
157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.14	7.375	12.9647
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	10.07	7.709	12.4692
159	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	9.63	5.820	13.3903
160	Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.42	5.922	12.7721

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.98
2United Kingdom99.66
3Denmark99.60
4Norway99.55
5Finland99.54

Lowest

160Niger9.42
159South Sudan9.63
158Mozambique10.07
157Central African Republic10.14
156Guinea-Bissau12.10

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 80.15. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.991
LowestSouth Sudan5.820
Middle country: 82.896
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.9708
LowestMozambique12.4692
Middle country: 77.5152

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 160 in both
141 · 14rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe47.81 → 52.10+4.29
Bhutan59.72 → 62.72+3.00
Ecuador73.02 → 75.82+2.80
Republic of the Congo31.93 → 34.72+2.79
Nepal54.07 → 56.47+2.40

Fell most

Uruguay69.36 → 68.93−0.43
Sudan39.30 → 38.89−0.41
Argentina78.45 → 78.10−0.35
Cyprus95.77 → 95.59−0.18
Malawi20.17 → 20.00−0.17

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 99.39. 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) (2012). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2012

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