Data for 2015

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2015

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2015
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, 2015 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 10.52. The middle country reads 83.81. Against 2014, 157 values changed (138 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2015

HighestSouth Korea

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

10.52

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

160countries
3measures per country
2015the year it describes
158distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.00	100.0000	99.995
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.73	99.7864	99.676
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.61	99.6147	99.605
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.60	99.5907	99.611
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.55	99.5648	99.535
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.52	99.4945	99.544
7	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.45	99.4402	99.460
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.44	99.5167	99.367
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.19	99.0791	99.299
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.10	99.0794	99.119
11	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.93	99.1655	98.705
12	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.88	98.8951	98.865
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.86	98.9270	98.797
14	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.85	98.7421	98.952
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.84	99.1917	98.512
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.80	99.0528	98.563
17	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.75	99.1423	98.372
18	United States`USA`Northern America	98.70	98.9482	98.468
19	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.64	98.8244	98.464
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	98.56	98.8546	98.285
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.53	98.6543	98.414
22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	98.50	98.4744	98.524
23	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.47	98.8084	98.148
24	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.44	98.7417	98.152
25	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	98.37	98.3395	98.400
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.23	99.1653	97.355
27	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	98.17	98.4261	97.916
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	98.15	98.3720	97.942
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.11	98.7808	97.471
30	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.06	98.3319	97.802
31	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.05	98.1525	97.952
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.04	98.3225	97.783
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	97.93	98.7631	97.133
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.88	97.8241	97.944
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	97.68	98.3713	97.021
36	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.27	97.7602	96.790
37	Chile`CHL`South America	96.99	97.8887	96.129
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.57	97.9264	95.276
39	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.43	98.5778	94.378
40	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	96.31	97.0337	95.624
41	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.23	96.8036	95.664
42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	96.03	96.2080	95.868
43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	95.98	96.4269	95.557
44	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.85	95.9220	95.782
45	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	95.60	96.1848	94.985
46	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	95.52	96.8262	94.376
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.44	96.4828	94.433
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	95.27	95.6312	94.921
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	95.17	96.2739	94.134
50	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	93.97	92.5520	95.372
51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	93.96	97.5803	90.440
52	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	93.59	91.2015	96.121
53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	93.56	93.2188	93.879
54	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	93.20	91.1250	94.085
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	93.09	93.0240	93.154
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	92.07	94.5743	89.624
57	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.03	92.2071	91.867
58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	91.94	93.4631	90.503
=59	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	91.52	93.7794	89.299
=59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	91.52	94.6845	88.455
61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	91.06	90.0320	92.042
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	90.55	90.9858	90.126
63	Guyana`GUY`South America	89.95	92.5337	87.384
64	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	89.81	90.1703	89.480
65	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	89.54	93.0625	86.482
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	89.35	91.1116	87.662
67	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	89.03	90.6839	87.454
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	88.23	91.8647	84.755
69	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	87.28	88.4674	86.147
70	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	87.24	93.5934	80.763
71	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	87.07	92.6356	83.206
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	85.86	91.1994	80.779
73	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	85.58	88.6572	82.587
74	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	85.51	86.5950	84.485
75	Peru`PER`South America	85.38	85.3998	85.360
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	85.04	86.5595	83.550
=77	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	84.96	87.3216	82.622
=77	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	84.96	84.4443	85.454
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	84.88	86.4276	83.388
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	84.29	86.6480	82.048
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	83.34	88.8448	78.025
82	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	82.92	88.1127	77.603
83	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	81.59	82.9444	80.304
84	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	80.63	91.1950	70.065
85	India`IND`Southern Asia	80.61	79.3977	81.708
86	Brazil`BRA`South America	79.88	84.6856	75.216
87	Argentina`ARG`South America	77.41	82.0686	72.959
88	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	77.11	86.7893	67.209
89	Colombia`COL`South America	76.62	79.9449	73.395
90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	76.50	79.6013	73.501
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	74.61	78.3552	71.015
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	74.15	81.6414	67.101
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	72.06	76.0256	68.246
94	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.86	73.9842	67.504
95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	70.35	71.8600	68.900
96	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.24	72.4273	68.477
97	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.73	73.5801	64.080
98	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	66.79	70.9458	62.806
99	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	66.13	70.2708	62.221
100	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	65.49	68.9450	62.035
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	65.25	74.5128	56.423
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	62.88	61.4458	64.276
103	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	62.35	71.7122	53.632
104	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	61.36	57.5652	65.015
105	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	58.87	64.1024	53.552
106	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.80	62.4670	55.207
107	Suriname`SUR`South America	56.85	64.7512	49.231
108	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	56.33	61.1190	51.689
109	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	55.71	48.6387	62.689
110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	55.18	56.7310	53.661
111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	49.01	55.3185	42.519
112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48.34	46.7639	49.884
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.06	45.8413	50.231
114	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	47.71	38.2643	56.754
115	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	46.92	51.1800	42.600
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	46.87	47.4379	46.308
117	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	46.40	49.9936	43.064
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	45.94	46.2176	45.658
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	45.38	51.8071	39.097
120	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	45.37	43.6490	47.089
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.30	50.9425	39.883
122	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	45.01	41.7601	48.050
123	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.95	39.7242	50.134
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	44.34	46.2435	42.513
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	42.03	39.3058	44.616
126	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.15	42.3943	39.954
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	40.29	39.2387	41.339
128	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	39.38	40.1916	38.522
129	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	38.99	42.5342	35.524
130	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.32	37.6331	39.003
131	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.09	39.0749	37.125
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	37.24	37.9545	36.544
133	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.26	32.3359	40.206
134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34.61	30.8376	38.678
135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	34.59	28.0347	41.015
136	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.99	42.8968	24.987
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.89	36.1940	31.824
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	31.28	34.9111	27.671
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.83	22.2795	37.220
140	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28.47	20.7017	35.652
141	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	27.42	21.1150	33.675
142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.70	25.3637	28.034
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	26.63	19.3540	33.684
144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	25.32	23.6507	27.001
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	24.43	24.5814	24.281
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	23.34	21.7802	24.890
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	21.89	23.6928	20.033
148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	21.21	22.8674	19.597
149	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.48	11.7049	29.025
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.35	15.4119	25.142
151	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	20.34	17.0306	23.591
152	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	20.18	20.1455	20.216
153	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	19.83	19.8452	19.815
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	19.56	15.2893	23.839
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14.38	8.7482	19.878
156	Niger`NER`Western Africa	14.36	8.7940	19.704
157	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12.89	11.3380	14.428
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11.16	8.5302	13.830
159	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.08	8.2344	13.924
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	10.52	6.5790	14.369

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea100.00
2United Kingdom99.73
3Denmark99.61
4Norway99.60
5Finland99.55

Lowest

160South Sudan10.52
159Central African Republic11.08
158Mozambique11.16
157Guinea-Bissau12.89
156Niger14.36

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 83.81. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea100.0000
LowestSouth Sudan6.5790
Middle country: 86.5773
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.995
LowestMozambique13.830
Middle country: 80.771

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

+0 / −0countries joined / left
157values changed, of 160 in both
138 · 19rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe61.13 → 65.49+4.36
Republic of the Congo41.34 → 44.95+3.61
Ecuador82.05 → 84.88+2.83
Iraq38.60 → 41.15+2.55
Burkina Faso17.97 → 20.34+2.37

Fell most

Netherlands89.47 → 89.03−0.44
Cuba96.74 → 96.31−0.43
Uganda25.65 → 25.32−0.33
Papua New Guinea34.21 → 33.89−0.32
Colombia76.83 → 76.62−0.21

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

04Caveats

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158 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 91.52. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2015). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2015

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