Data for 2013

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2013

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2013
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, 2013 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.98; South Sudan is lowest, at 9.97. The middle country reads 81.42. Against 2012, 157 values changed (142 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2013

HighestSouth Korea

99.98

LowestSouth Sudan

9.97

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

160countries
3measures per country
2013the year it describes
155distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.98	99.985	99.98
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.68	99.731	99.63
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.60	99.600	99.60
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.57	99.569	99.57
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.55	99.565	99.54
=6	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.43	99.548	99.32
=6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.43	99.384	99.47
8	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.41	99.435	99.38
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.10	98.984	99.23
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.08	99.049	99.11
=11	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.91	98.951	98.87
=11	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.91	99.141	98.69
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.87	98.772	98.95
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.77	99.132	98.43
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.75	98.786	98.72
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.71	99.006	98.44
17	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.68	99.038	98.32
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.63	98.702	98.56
19	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.59	98.795	98.40
20	United States`USA`Northern America	98.55	98.829	98.29
21	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	98.51	98.408	98.61
22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.41	98.708	98.12
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	98.40	98.725	98.10
24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.37	98.718	98.04
25	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	98.24	98.255	98.23
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.09	99.032	97.19
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	98.08	98.325	97.84
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.00	98.620	97.41
=29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.97	98.208	97.73
=29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.97	97.876	98.06
31	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	97.92	97.961	97.88
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	97.91	98.123	97.71
33	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	97.87	98.137	97.62
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	97.73	98.597	96.90
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	97.38	98.074	96.71
36	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.10	97.600	96.62
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.05	97.445	96.67
38	Chile`CHL`South America	97.02	97.908	96.17
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.49	97.712	95.33
40	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.25	98.468	94.16
=41	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.10	96.656	95.55
=41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	96.10	96.566	95.66
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.89	95.957	95.83
44	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	95.46	95.511	95.41
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	95.45	96.621	94.38
46	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	95.33	95.885	94.75
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.11	96.218	94.04
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	95.10	95.430	94.78
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	94.54	95.954	93.28
50	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	93.62	92.038	95.22
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	93.30	92.905	93.67
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	93.12	93.302	92.94
53	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	92.39	96.532	88.44
54	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.16	92.155	92.16
55	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	92.11	88.866	95.57
56	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	90.95	89.052	91.87
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	90.70	93.619	87.87
58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	90.19	91.838	88.64
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	90.17	93.348	87.06
60	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	90.06	92.741	87.43
61	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	89.80	91.334	88.33
62	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	89.32	89.773	88.89
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	89.24	89.453	89.03
64	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	88.95	86.661	91.13
65	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	88.29	91.296	85.66
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	87.97	90.083	85.95
67	Guyana`GUY`South America	87.38	90.267	84.49
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	87.14	90.510	83.88
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	85.58	90.694	80.66
70	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	85.09	91.621	78.50
71	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	85.03	86.468	83.66
72	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	84.80	86.046	83.62
73	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	84.45	87.632	81.33
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	83.92	85.561	82.30
75	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	83.77	89.306	79.94
76	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	83.19	82.227	84.11
77	Peru`PER`South America	82.86	82.969	82.75
78	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	82.55	84.917	80.20
79	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	81.69	86.933	76.57
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	81.55	86.923	76.35
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	81.29	83.547	79.15
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	80.38	81.301	79.51
83	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	79.71	90.205	69.21
84	Ecuador`ECU`South America	78.98	80.771	77.25
85	Argentina`ARG`South America	77.68	81.909	73.64
86	India`IND`Southern Asia	77.61	75.576	79.46
87	Brazil`BRA`South America	77.20	82.449	72.10
88	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	76.78	85.953	67.39
89	Colombia`COL`South America	76.63	80.657	72.72
90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	75.68	78.343	73.09
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	73.65	77.097	70.34
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	72.27	80.148	64.90
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	69.46	72.925	66.12
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	69.04	69.773	68.33
95	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.99	71.304	66.47
96	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.80	73.539	64.25
97	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	65.39	66.202	64.73
98	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	65.11	69.076	61.53
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.42	73.364	55.88
100	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	64.04	68.557	59.71
101	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	60.81	57.060	64.42
102	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	59.50	68.086	51.56
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	58.83	56.299	61.30
104	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	57.26	61.991	52.48
105	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	56.64	60.468	52.87
106	Suriname`SUR`South America	56.24	63.667	49.17
107	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	54.92	58.261	51.64
108	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	53.87	57.666	50.17
109	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	53.63	54.565	52.71
110	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	53.12	45.492	60.64
111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.76	53.489	41.83
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	46.78	44.140	49.37
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	45.82	44.122	47.48
114	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.43	35.209	55.22
115	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.20	44.773	45.62
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.02	50.765	39.49
117	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	44.94	47.985	42.07
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	44.74	44.324	45.16
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	44.06	50.156	38.07
120	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	43.54	40.968	46.11
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	42.94	39.444	46.21
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.50	45.004	40.04
123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	41.35	42.732	40.02
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.86	37.897	43.69
125	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.43	39.474	37.40
126	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	38.16	38.813	37.47
127	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	37.94	35.081	40.78
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	37.70	36.418	38.98
129	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	37.13	40.175	34.15
130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	36.09	36.450	35.74
131	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	36.06	36.809	35.34
132	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	35.09	33.268	36.91
133	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34.73	30.223	39.26
134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	34.19	35.704	32.83
135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	32.36	40.486	24.12
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	31.63	24.632	38.49
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	30.96	26.759	35.53
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	29.24	32.626	25.88
139	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	27.62	19.711	34.93
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	27.26	19.184	35.19
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	26.27	18.324	33.99
142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.13	23.563	28.71
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	25.71	23.758	27.68
144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	25.57	19.514	31.75
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.75	22.573	22.92
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	21.34	18.714	23.97
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.21	14.781	25.49
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.89	11.148	28.40
149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	19.83	19.319	20.37
150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	19.61	20.402	18.84
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	19.47	20.520	18.38
152	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	19.32	18.780	19.86
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.08	12.767	19.34
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	16.02	11.924	20.13
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13.78	7.991	19.44
156	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12.32	10.251	14.37
157	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10.67	6.668	14.51
=158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.42	7.673	13.19
=158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	10.42	7.974	12.90
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	9.97	6.118	13.76

02In 2013

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 Kingdom99.68
3Denmark99.60
4Norway99.57
5Finland99.55

Lowest

160South Sudan9.97
158Mozambiqueshared10.42
158Central African Republicshared10.42
157Niger10.67
156Guinea-Bissau12.32

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 81.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.985
LowestSouth Sudan6.118
Middle country: 84.232
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.98
LowestMozambique12.90
Middle country: 78.82

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

+0 / −0countries joined / left
157values changed, of 160 in both
142 · 15rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe52.10 → 56.64+4.54
Republic of the Congo34.72 → 37.94+3.22
Ecuador75.82 → 78.98+3.16
Bhutan62.72 → 65.39+2.67
Nepal56.47 → 58.83+2.36

Fell most

Sudan38.89 → 38.43−0.46
Argentina78.10 → 77.68−0.42
Netherlands90.04 → 89.80−0.24
Cuba97.31 → 97.10−0.21
Malawi20.00 → 19.83−0.17

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

04Caveats

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155 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.43. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2013). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2013

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