Data for 2018

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2018

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2018
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, 2018 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 11.43. The middle country reads 85.88. Against 2017, 156 values changed (147 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2018

HighestSouth Korea

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

11.43

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

160countries
3measures per country
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.00	100.0000	100.000
2	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.79	99.8464	99.736
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.67	99.6643	99.674
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.63	99.6402	99.620
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.59	99.5799	99.600
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.58	99.5908	99.571
7	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.51	99.5765	99.446
8	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.47	99.4347	99.505
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.30	99.1928	99.403
10	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.14	99.2367	99.047
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.07	99.1812	98.971
12	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.04	99.2620	98.832
13	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.01	98.9735	99.044
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	98.97	99.3102	98.650
15	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	98.89	98.7636	99.014
16	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.87	98.8854	98.855
17	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.84	99.3098	98.410
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	98.82	99.1005	98.561
19	United States`USA`Northern America	98.75	98.9360	98.576
20	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.72	98.9150	98.535
21	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.60	98.9425	98.283
22	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	98.56	98.5146	98.605
23	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	98.54	98.6172	98.467
24	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.51	98.8618	98.182
=25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	98.37	98.5640	98.184
=25	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	98.37	98.6767	98.077
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.35	98.5970	98.117
28	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.34	98.5156	98.176
29	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.31	98.6121	98.022
30	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.30	99.2221	97.432
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.25	98.9927	97.543
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.23	98.5902	97.900
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	98.22	98.9662	97.506
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	97.97	98.6319	97.342
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.78	97.7342	97.824
36	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.55	98.1242	96.994
37	Chile`CHL`South America	97.09	98.0670	96.147
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	96.90	98.0125	95.923
39	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.74	98.7972	94.807
40	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	96.72	97.1152	96.335
41	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	96.71	98.1476	95.348
42	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	96.49	95.1294	97.319
43	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.41	97.0407	95.811
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	96.09	97.0667	95.147
45	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	96.03	96.5659	95.476
46	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	95.70	98.6215	92.802
47	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.67	95.7469	95.597
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	95.59	96.2173	94.997
49	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	95.43	96.4370	94.467
50	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	95.29	93.7644	96.884
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	95.22	95.7477	94.728
52	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	94.59	93.4352	95.685
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	94.53	96.3045	92.835
54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	94.32	95.6480	93.058
55	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	93.84	95.3517	92.422
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	93.83	93.3995	94.239
57	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	93.45	93.4142	93.484
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	93.32	95.0817	91.562
59	Guyana`GUY`South America	92.90	95.2040	90.674
60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	92.79	92.8051	92.775
61	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	92.66	95.9072	89.557
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	92.46	93.2000	91.740
63	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	91.98	92.2063	91.776
64	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	91.80	96.9652	88.585
65	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	91.14	95.0878	87.748
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	90.94	91.3422	90.552
67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	90.75	90.7909	90.711
68	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	90.64	92.3984	88.958
69	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	90.04	96.0393	83.879
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	89.99	93.6388	86.479
71	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	89.55	90.5300	88.620
72	Peru`PER`South America	89.14	89.3503	88.930
73	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	88.42	90.3756	86.556
74	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	87.92	90.3674	85.497
75	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	87.77	89.6567	85.977
76	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	87.47	87.5727	87.373
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	87.02	89.8897	84.200
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	86.64	87.7977	85.508
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	86.62	91.6564	81.876
80	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	86.53	87.5909	85.531
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	85.24	90.6620	80.012
82	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	84.58	89.7296	79.250
83	India`IND`Southern Asia	84.37	83.8769	84.817
84	Brazil`BRA`South America	84.00	87.9916	80.132
85	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	83.87	85.8576	81.978
86	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	81.96	92.5850	71.335
87	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	78.63	81.4998	75.830
88	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	78.46	88.5918	68.392
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	77.29	82.2685	72.538
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	76.97	84.0960	70.056
91	Colombia`COL`South America	76.87	79.9731	73.863
92	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	76.80	80.2181	73.888
93	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	76.01	78.1753	73.775
94	Panama`PAN`Central America	75.93	79.7635	72.253
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	75.86	80.4837	71.414
96	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	73.37	77.2040	69.374
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	72.12	74.3725	69.972
98	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	69.81	73.9130	65.883
99	Uruguay`URY`South America	69.28	73.6503	65.100
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	68.01	67.8528	68.163
101	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	67.18	71.8222	62.292
102	Venezuela`VEN`South America	66.68	76.4788	57.479
103	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	66.30	76.3740	56.584
104	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	64.85	69.9376	59.638
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	63.09	59.6570	66.397
106	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.87	65.1725	54.483
107	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	59.68	53.9262	65.366
108	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	59.47	65.4809	53.631
109	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	57.91	60.3987	55.469
110	Suriname`SUR`South America	57.52	65.6921	49.542
111	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	53.59	59.8542	47.414
112	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	53.00	44.6485	61.279
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	51.31	50.1581	52.438
114	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	51.07	58.4174	43.637
115	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	50.47	42.5894	58.019
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	50.33	52.0155	48.666
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	50.03	48.2696	51.740
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	48.69	46.3402	50.890
119	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	48.46	48.5250	48.395
120	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	48.22	52.4646	44.185
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.97	53.4500	42.720
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	47.24	49.9374	44.657
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	47.02	54.0279	40.188
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	46.82	48.2285	45.469
125	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46.41	47.3329	45.473
126	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	43.84	45.0898	42.600
127	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.76	41.5907	45.801
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.66	43.1796	44.140
129	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.97	45.7905	38.191
130	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	41.83	41.3412	42.311
131	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	41.45	42.7123	40.122
132	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	39.74	34.1717	45.192
133	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.86	39.6417	38.092
134	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.21	35.1371	41.297
135	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	37.53	47.6171	27.357
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	37.44	34.6970	40.357
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	33.59	37.9133	29.293
138	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.35	36.7026	30.333
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	33.00	26.9226	38.933
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32.02	25.2652	38.205
141	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	29.74	22.2097	36.580
142	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	29.22	26.2422	32.132
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	27.89	21.5110	34.061
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	27.74	28.4544	27.034
145	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	27.40	27.9936	26.814
146	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	26.91	26.9453	26.875
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	25.77	27.7860	23.676
148	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	25.15	24.1286	26.179
149	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	24.33	19.7958	28.856
150	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	24.09	24.7046	23.465
151	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	23.68	26.7090	20.719
152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	22.50	13.0698	31.560
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	21.03	12.0839	29.754
154	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	20.92	17.1642	24.564
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	20.60	21.1435	20.064
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.76	10.2143	21.174
157	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	14.07	13.4160	14.716
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	12.99	9.9299	16.090
159	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	12.34	9.4274	15.237
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	11.43	7.2818	15.472

02In 2018

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 Kingdom99.79
3Norway99.67
4Denmark99.63
5Turkmenistan99.59

Lowest

160South Sudan11.43
159Central African Republic12.34
158Mozambique12.99
157Guinea-Bissau14.07
156Chad15.76

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 85.88. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea100.0000
LowestSouth Sudan7.2818
Middle country: 88.9711
Male
HighestSouth Korea100.000
LowestGuinea-Bissau14.716
Middle country: 82.928

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

+0 / −0countries joined / left
156values changed, of 160 in both
147 · 9rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe72.83 → 76.01+3.18
Burkina Faso26.08 → 29.22+3.14
Cambodia40.85 → 43.84+2.99
Niger19.54 → 22.50+2.96
Republic of the Congo50.88 → 53.00+2.12

Fell most

Cyprus94.59 → 94.32−0.27
Cuba95.63 → 95.43−0.20
Hungary95.73 → 95.59−0.14
Zambia46.55 → 46.41−0.14
Netherlands88.55 → 88.42−0.13

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 98.37. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2018). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2018

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