Data for 2017

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2017

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2017
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, 2017 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 11.10. The middle country reads 85.41. Against 2016, 157 values changed (143 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2017

HighestSouth Korea

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

11.10

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

160countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
153distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: 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	99.78	99.842	99.7217
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.65	99.645	99.6553
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.63	99.641	99.6207
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.57	99.560	99.5797
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.56	99.575	99.5448
7	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.48	99.531	99.4311
8	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.47	99.445	99.4946
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.26	99.139	99.3591
=10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.03	99.006	99.0556
=10	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.03	99.177	98.8865
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.00	99.099	98.9091
13	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	98.99	99.212	98.7818
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.93	99.276	98.6060
=15	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.87	98.875	98.8655
=15	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.87	98.745	98.9753
17	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.81	99.268	98.3883
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	98.74	99.021	98.4806
19	United States`USA`Northern America	98.72	98.927	98.5267
20	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.69	98.885	98.5047
21	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.55	98.887	98.2368
22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	98.53	98.575	98.4854
23	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.50	98.825	98.1951
24	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	98.49	98.455	98.5250
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.38	98.543	98.2327
26	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	98.32	98.605	98.0445
=27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	98.29	98.495	98.0947
=27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.29	99.209	97.4286
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.26	98.516	98.0164
30	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.24	98.481	98.0105
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.21	98.932	97.5216
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.17	98.492	97.8723
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	98.13	98.892	97.4020
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	97.88	98.547	97.2470
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.77	97.731	97.8213
36	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.49	98.028	96.9477
37	Chile`CHL`South America	97.01	97.963	96.0927
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.66	98.071	95.3108
39	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.64	98.756	94.6664
40	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	96.52	96.839	96.2195
41	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	96.44	97.640	95.3903
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.36	96.962	95.7820
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	95.88	96.415	95.3251
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	95.86	96.867	94.8873
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	95.73	96.244	95.2445
46	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.69	95.762	95.6224
47	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	95.63	96.573	94.7329
48	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	95.39	93.635	96.2849
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	95.19	95.657	94.7472
50	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	95.18	98.352	92.0621
51	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	94.86	93.102	96.7117
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	94.59	95.799	93.4391
53	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	94.36	93.091	95.5709
=54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	93.73	93.313	94.1234
=54	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	93.73	95.718	91.8084
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	93.38	94.875	91.9749
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	92.87	92.819	92.9189
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	92.82	94.725	90.9254
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	92.68	92.429	92.9194
60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	92.33	95.558	89.2079
61	Guyana`GUY`South America	92.05	94.410	89.7201
62	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	91.94	92.146	91.7556
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	91.87	92.529	91.2289
64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	90.59	94.441	87.2714
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	90.40	90.508	90.2981
66	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	90.31	95.698	86.9079
67	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	90.18	91.890	88.5400
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	89.39	93.078	85.8584
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	89.31	90.048	88.5985
70	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	89.19	95.321	82.9006
71	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	89.03	90.057	88.0569
72	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	88.55	90.441	86.7510
73	Peru`PER`South America	87.99	88.090	87.8899
74	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	87.07	89.519	84.6494
75	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	86.76	88.821	84.8006
76	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	86.72	86.638	86.7980
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	86.57	89.449	83.7389
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	86.28	87.573	85.0134
=79	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	86.20	87.253	85.2027
=79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	86.20	91.417	81.2771
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	84.63	90.050	79.4005
82	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	83.99	89.206	78.6557
83	India`IND`Southern Asia	83.18	82.445	83.8453
84	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	83.12	84.929	81.3986
85	Brazil`BRA`South America	82.64	86.879	78.5292
86	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	81.55	92.195	70.9050
87	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	77.94	87.956	67.8763
88	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77.76	80.672	74.9322
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	77.23	82.177	72.5073
90	Colombia`COL`South America	76.48	79.609	73.4490
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	75.83	83.026	68.9261
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	75.46	79.299	71.7790
93	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	74.73	77.831	72.1709
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	74.45	78.926	70.1458
95	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	72.83	75.429	70.2087
96	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	72.59	76.308	68.6783
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	71.46	73.531	69.4814
98	Uruguay`URY`South America	69.14	73.649	64.8291
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	68.95	72.985	65.0848
100	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	66.94	71.467	62.4068
=101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	66.19	65.714	66.6537
=101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	66.19	75.777	57.1072
103	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	65.13	74.996	55.6757
104	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	62.91	67.464	58.3842
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	62.66	59.100	66.0895
106	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.40	64.765	53.9547
107	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	58.44	64.065	52.9947
108	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	58.34	52.224	64.3841
109	Suriname`SUR`South America	57.33	65.476	49.4056
110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	56.84	59.087	54.6368
111	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	51.62	57.263	45.9733
112	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	50.88	43.358	58.3378
113	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	50.40	57.411	43.2612
114	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	50.32	49.092	51.5225
=115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	49.39	47.449	51.2693
=115	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	49.39	40.880	57.5404
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	49.17	50.528	47.8276
118	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	47.71	51.907	43.7566
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	47.36	44.585	49.9551
120	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	47.16	46.600	47.7202
121	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46.55	47.254	45.8345
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	46.49	53.265	39.8846
123	Honduras`HND`Central America	46.41	51.893	41.1531
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.33	48.884	43.8836
125	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	45.21	46.470	43.9998
126	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.14	40.860	45.2895
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.54	41.849	43.2294
128	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	41.02	40.618	41.4176
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	40.85	41.963	39.7532
130	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.84	44.568	37.1676
131	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	40.75	41.865	39.5647
132	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.67	39.483	37.8726
133	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	38.19	32.255	44.0046
134	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	37.61	34.299	40.9385
135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	36.90	33.778	40.2376
136	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	36.52	46.281	26.6708
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.22	36.269	30.4789
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	32.84	36.847	28.8571
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	31.87	25.328	38.2578
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	30.17	23.496	36.4258
141	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	29.28	21.637	36.2570
142	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	27.40	27.501	27.3006
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	26.92	20.390	33.2403
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	26.21	26.220	26.2001
145	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	26.08	22.933	29.1625
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	26.07	25.914	26.2241
147	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	24.92	23.659	26.1893
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	24.32	26.448	22.1176
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	22.91	25.532	20.3516
150	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	22.85	18.366	27.3258
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	22.68	23.091	22.2609
152	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.78	11.922	29.4121
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.56	16.443	24.5532
154	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	20.36	20.717	20.0070
155	Niger`NER`Western Africa	19.54	11.571	27.1913
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.20	9.633	20.6333
157	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	13.71	12.770	14.6401
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	12.25	9.380	15.1598
159	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	11.98	9.049	14.8987
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.10	7.018	15.0683

02In 2017

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 Kingdom99.78
3Norway99.65
4Denmark99.63
5Turkmenistan99.57

Lowest

160South Sudan11.10
159Central African Republic11.98
158Mozambique12.25
157Guinea-Bissau13.71
156Chad15.20

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 85.41. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea100.000
LowestSouth Sudan7.018
Middle country: 88.023
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.9952
LowestGuinea-Bissau14.6401
Middle country: 82.1496

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

+0 / −0countries joined / left
157values changed, of 160 in both
143 · 14rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe69.37 → 72.83+3.46
Burkina Faso23.13 → 26.08+2.95
Niger16.77 → 19.54+2.77
Republic of the Congo48.17 → 50.88+2.71
Cambodia38.56 → 40.85+2.29

Fell most

Cyprus94.90 → 94.59−0.31
Papua New Guinea33.53 → 33.22−0.31
Cuba95.93 → 95.63−0.30
Netherlands88.73 → 88.55−0.18
Hungary95.87 → 95.73−0.14

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

04Caveats

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153 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.03. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2017). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2017

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