Data for 2016

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2016

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2016
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, 2016 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 10.78. The middle country reads 84.83. Against 2015, 157 values changed (140 up, 17 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2016

HighestSouth Korea

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

10.78

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

160countries
3measures per country
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.00	100.000	99.9952
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.75	99.806	99.6965
=3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.62	99.624	99.6142
=3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.62	99.614	99.6243
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.56	99.575	99.5448
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.55	99.535	99.5646
7	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.47	99.450	99.4898
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.46	99.516	99.4062
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.22	99.094	99.3244
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.07	99.049	99.0889
11	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.96	99.189	98.7391
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	98.92	98.998	98.8484
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	98.90	99.105	98.7051
=14	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.88	98.880	98.8804
=14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.88	99.221	98.5609
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.85	98.737	98.9567
17	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.78	99.215	98.3747
18	United States`USA`Northern America	98.71	98.943	98.4926
19	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.67	98.860	98.4896
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	98.65	98.930	98.3899
21	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	98.52	98.535	98.5047
22	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.51	98.840	98.2000
23	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.47	98.779	98.1791
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.45	98.596	98.3161
25	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	98.43	98.395	98.4645
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.27	99.202	97.4016
27	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	98.26	98.533	97.9926
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	98.21	98.420	98.0105
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.16	98.867	97.4866
=30	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.15	98.406	97.9063
=30	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.15	98.319	97.9890
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.10	98.407	97.8169
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	98.04	98.858	97.2583
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.81	97.764	97.8539
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	97.79	98.467	97.1472
36	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.39	97.911	96.8814
37	Chile`CHL`South America	96.98	97.888	96.1080
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.60	98.009	95.2595
39	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.53	98.668	94.5375
40	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.30	96.884	95.7335
41	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	96.26	96.520	96.0196
42	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	95.99	97.260	94.8803
43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	95.93	96.772	95.1317
44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	95.87	96.313	95.4528
45	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.76	95.831	95.6912
46	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	95.73	96.302	95.1323
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.63	96.663	94.6327
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	95.23	95.633	94.8433
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	94.90	96.031	93.8314
50	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	94.57	97.964	91.2742
51	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	94.29	92.258	96.4380
52	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	94.27	92.306	95.1459
53	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	94.16	92.815	95.4649
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	93.64	93.268	93.9884
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	92.96	92.884	93.0337
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	92.89	95.135	90.7053
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	92.76	94.253	91.3530
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	92.19	94.255	90.1548
=59	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	91.93	92.109	91.7690
=59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	91.93	95.131	88.8313
61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	91.89	91.312	92.4421
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	91.22	91.737	90.7168
63	Guyana`GUY`South America	91.07	93.535	88.6252
64	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	90.14	90.368	89.9280
65	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	90.10	93.827	86.8774
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	89.80	91.503	88.1634
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	88.87	92.580	85.3298
=68	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	88.73	94.225	85.1154
=68	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	88.73	90.503	87.0432
70	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	88.26	94.492	81.8819
71	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	88.24	89.329	87.2086
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	87.29	88.441	86.1808
73	Peru`PER`South America	86.79	86.785	86.7951
74	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	86.08	88.494	83.6942
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	86.06	89.032	83.1624
76	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	85.98	91.295	80.9448
77	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	85.86	85.543	86.1632
78	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	85.84	86.906	84.8255
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	85.72	87.089	84.3787
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	85.62	87.880	83.4704
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	84.04	89.530	78.7403
82	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	83.44	88.684	78.0740
83	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	82.35	83.903	80.8729
84	India`IND`Southern Asia	81.97	81.015	82.8347
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	81.25	85.773	76.8626
86	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	81.00	91.650	70.3500
87	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	77.44	87.315	67.4054
88	Argentina`ARG`South America	77.31	82.133	72.7033
89	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77.16	80.204	74.2137
90	Colombia`COL`South America	76.47	79.634	73.4041
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	75.04	82.337	68.1070
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	75.03	78.817	71.3971
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	73.27	77.511	69.1908
94	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	72.50	75.225	70.2953
95	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	71.74	75.220	68.0398
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	70.82	72.664	69.0541
97	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	69.37	72.366	66.3164
98	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.89	73.606	64.3765
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	67.95	71.984	64.0841
100	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	66.60	71.044	62.5444
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	65.75	75.210	56.7495
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	64.54	63.623	65.4326
103	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	63.83	73.514	54.6840
104	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	62.08	58.412	65.6125
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	60.91	64.985	56.9246
106	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.13	64.481	53.6907
107	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57.35	62.597	52.2771
108	Suriname`SUR`South America	57.11	65.160	49.3102
109	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.97	50.361	63.5014
110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	56.02	57.924	54.1539
111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	49.77	56.406	42.9763
112	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	49.35	54.376	44.2558
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	49.31	47.941	50.6510
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.62	46.693	50.4929
115	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	48.44	39.389	57.1090
116	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	48.17	41.653	54.6330
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.99	49.000	46.9903
118	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	47.04	50.918	43.4175
119	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46.31	46.791	45.8210
120	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	46.16	44.975	47.3448
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.11	42.994	49.0237
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	45.94	52.529	39.5094
123	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.53	51.108	40.1782
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45.40	47.626	43.2659
125	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	43.34	44.615	42.1150
126	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	42.57	40.078	44.9276
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.37	40.454	42.2841
128	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	40.00	40.971	38.9613
129	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.89	43.591	36.2607
130	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.74	39.318	40.1581
131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38.56	39.496	37.6457
132	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.33	39.224	37.4540
133	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	36.98	33.345	40.6349
134	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.40	30.147	42.5272
135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	35.97	32.454	39.7445
136	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.19	44.534	25.7544
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.53	36.202	31.1316
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	32.04	35.907	28.1967
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	30.91	23.819	37.8391
140	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28.92	21.197	36.0174
141	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	28.66	22.155	34.9448
142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	27.01	26.347	27.6673
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	26.65	19.808	33.2776
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	25.26	25.336	25.1857
145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	25.01	23.490	26.5400
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	24.67	23.791	25.5409
147	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	23.13	19.904	26.2942
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	23.02	25.068	20.9075
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	22.10	24.253	20.0027
150	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	21.31	16.929	25.6885
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	21.19	21.353	21.0229
152	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.61	11.826	29.1661
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.33	15.756	24.7661
154	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	20.08	20.296	19.8660
155	Niger`NER`Western Africa	16.77	10.072	23.2016
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	14.78	9.193	20.2327
157	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	13.33	12.084	14.5639
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11.65	8.920	14.4203
159	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.53	8.628	14.4184
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	10.78	6.760	14.7002

02In 2016

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 Kingdom99.75
3Denmarkshared99.62
3Norwayshared99.62
5Finland99.56

Lowest

160South Sudan10.78
159Central African Republic11.53
158Mozambique11.65
157Guinea-Bissau13.33
156Chad14.78

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 84.83. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea100.000
LowestSouth Sudan6.760
Middle country: 87.202
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.9952
LowestCentral African Republic14.4184
Middle country: 81.4134

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

+0 / −0countries joined / left
157values changed, of 160 in both
140 · 17rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe65.49 → 69.37+3.88
Republic of the Congo44.95 → 48.17+3.22
Burkina Faso20.34 → 23.13+2.79
Comoros46.92 → 49.35+2.43
Ecuador84.88 → 87.29+2.41

Fell most

Cuba96.31 → 95.93−0.38
Papua New Guinea33.89 → 33.53−0.36
Uganda25.32 → 25.01−0.31
Netherlands89.03 → 88.73−0.30
Cyprus95.17 → 94.90−0.27

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 99.62. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2016). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2016

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