Data for 2014

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2014

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2014
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, 2014 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 10.23. The middle country reads 82.40. Against 2013, 157 values changed (142 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2014

HighestSouth Korea

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

10.23

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

160countries
3measures per country
2014the 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.99	99.995	99.99
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.71	99.761	99.66
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.61	99.610	99.61
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.58	99.569	99.59
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.55	99.570	99.53
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.48	99.445	99.51
7	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.44	99.532	99.35
8	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.43	99.435	99.42
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.14	99.020	99.26
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.11	99.085	99.13
11	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.92	99.160	98.69
12	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.89	98.916	98.87
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.86	98.772	98.97
14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.81	98.862	98.76
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.79	99.142	98.46
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.76	99.041	98.49
17	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.72	99.086	98.36
18	United States`USA`Northern America	98.65	98.914	98.40
19	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.61	98.800	98.43
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.59	98.683	98.50
21	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	98.51	98.443	98.57
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	98.48	98.790	98.19
=23	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.42	98.715	98.13
=23	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.42	98.763	98.09
25	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	98.30	98.290	98.31
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.15	99.096	97.26
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	98.11	98.350	97.88
28	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	98.07	98.320	97.82
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.06	98.699	97.45
30	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	97.99	98.062	97.92
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	97.97	98.220	97.74
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	97.96	98.227	97.71
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.93	97.855	97.99
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	97.85	98.718	97.02
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	97.55	98.235	96.89
36	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.16	97.601	96.71
37	Chile`CHL`South America	97.01	97.919	96.14
38	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	96.74	97.334	96.17
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.53	97.821	95.29
40	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.34	98.528	94.27
41	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.15	96.718	95.59
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	96.08	96.532	95.65
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.89	95.962	95.82
44	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	95.73	95.855	95.62
45	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	95.45	96.033	94.83
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	95.33	96.449	94.30
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	95.25	95.596	94.92
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.24	96.307	94.21
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	95.00	96.356	93.81
50	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	93.77	92.259	95.28
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	93.45	93.105	93.78
52	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	93.22	97.085	89.50
53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	93.15	93.180	93.12
54	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	92.87	90.076	95.84
55	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.12	92.208	92.04
56	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	92.07	90.037	92.97
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	91.16	93.959	88.42
58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	91.07	92.634	89.59
59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	91.03	94.107	88.05
60	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	90.79	93.241	88.38
61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	90.08	88.463	91.62
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	89.90	90.209	89.60
63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	89.57	90.014	89.16
64	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	89.47	91.052	87.96
65	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	88.93	92.215	86.07
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	88.73	90.644	86.90
67	Guyana`GUY`South America	88.67	91.408	85.94
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	87.65	91.199	84.25
69	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	86.20	92.665	79.64
70	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	86.14	87.498	84.84
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	85.76	91.051	80.70
72	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	85.39	90.959	81.44
73	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	85.16	86.312	84.06
74	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	84.95	88.111	81.85
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	84.48	86.033	82.95
76	Peru`PER`South America	84.12	84.199	84.04
77	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	84.07	83.318	84.79
78	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	83.78	86.165	81.42
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	82.87	85.203	80.65
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	82.48	87.958	77.19
81	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	82.32	87.515	77.13
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	82.05	83.831	80.33
83	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	80.90	82.061	79.80
84	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	80.19	90.745	69.64
85	India`IND`Southern Asia	79.24	77.640	80.69
86	Brazil`BRA`South America	78.51	83.578	73.59
87	Argentina`ARG`South America	77.52	81.933	73.30
88	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	76.89	86.358	67.19
89	Colombia`COL`South America	76.83	80.508	73.26
90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	75.95	78.911	73.08
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	74.16	77.776	70.69
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	73.33	81.048	66.11
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	70.77	74.485	67.20
94	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	69.90	72.594	66.98
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	69.84	70.946	68.78
96	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.71	73.582	64.03
97	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	67.87	69.414	66.62
98	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	65.59	69.634	61.80
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	65.44	69.728	61.33
100	Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.81	73.915	56.12
101	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	61.13	64.860	57.41
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	61.00	58.988	62.96
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	60.92	57.084	64.61
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	60.83	69.843	52.49
105	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	58.22	63.217	53.16
106	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.78	60.278	53.35
107	Suriname`SUR`South America	56.64	64.268	49.33
108	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	55.19	59.464	51.03
109	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	54.34	55.553	53.15
110	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	54.28	46.823	61.63
111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	48.32	54.350	42.09
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	47.37	44.903	49.79
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	47.17	45.488	48.82
114	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	46.71	36.891	56.11
115	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.96	46.025	45.89
116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	45.65	48.958	42.57
117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	45.37	45.370	45.37
118	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.24	50.926	39.78
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	44.73	51.013	38.57
120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	44.62	48.032	41.20
121	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	44.60	42.428	46.77
122	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	44.04	40.667	47.20
123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42.75	44.326	41.24
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.40	38.531	44.13
125	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	41.34	37.270	45.38
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	39.01	37.883	40.13
127	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	38.85	39.609	38.05
128	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.60	39.665	37.58
129	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.11	39.185	37.06
130	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	38.05	41.359	34.82
131	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.72	35.604	37.83
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	36.56	37.113	36.02
133	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.47	31.192	39.77
134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	34.21	36.130	32.49
135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.06	41.581	24.43
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	32.96	26.153	39.63
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	32.85	28.817	37.22
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	30.21	33.686	26.76
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.61	20.764	36.30
140	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	27.98	20.106	35.28
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	26.59	18.948	34.01
142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.44	24.463	28.42
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26.39	20.236	32.61
144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	25.65	23.822	27.49
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.60	23.681	23.52
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	22.32	20.183	24.45
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	20.66	22.112	19.16
148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	20.40	21.612	19.22
149	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.34	15.126	25.41
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.24	11.489	28.76
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	19.80	19.545	20.07
152	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	19.54	19.295	19.78
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17.97	14.647	21.24
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	17.84	13.643	22.05
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14.11	8.414	19.67
156	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12.51	10.667	14.34
157	Niger`NER`Western Africa	12.28	7.611	16.76
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	10.74	8.190	13.33
159	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	10.72	7.910	13.54
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	10.23	6.329	14.05

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.99
2United Kingdom99.71
3Denmark99.61
4Norway99.58
5Finland99.55

Lowest

160South Sudan10.23
159Central African Republic10.72
158Mozambique10.74
157Niger12.28
156Guinea-Bissau12.51

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 82.40. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.995
LowestSouth Sudan6.329
Middle country: 85.618
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.99
LowestMozambique13.33
Middle country: 80.07

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

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

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe56.64 → 61.13+4.49
Republic of the Congo37.94 → 41.34+3.40
Ecuador78.98 → 82.05+3.07
Iraq36.06 → 38.60+2.54
Bhutan65.39 → 67.87+2.48

Fell most

Cuba97.10 → 96.74−0.36
Netherlands89.80 → 89.47−0.33
Sudan38.43 → 38.11−0.32
Argentina77.68 → 77.52−0.16
Cyprus95.45 → 95.33−0.12

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 98.42. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2014). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2014

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