Data for 2023

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2023

Name: Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2023
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, 2023 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 13.12. The middle country reads 88.68. Against 2022, 159 values changed (158 up, 1 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2023

HighestSouth Korea

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

13.12

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

160countries
3measures per country
2023the year it describes
155distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2023, 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, 2023: 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	99.87	99.9367	99.807
3	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.85	99.8484	99.848
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.76	99.7651	99.755
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.71	99.7202	99.700
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.68	99.6904	99.670
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.66	99.6799	99.640
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.58	99.6157	99.546
9	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.54	99.4992	99.579
10	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.49	99.4035	99.594
=11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.29	99.3529	99.233
=11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.29	99.4651	99.125
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.18	99.4065	98.966
=14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.14	99.4393	98.849
=14	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.14	99.3447	98.945
=16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	99.02	98.8886	99.149
=16	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.02	99.0161	99.026
18	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	98.98	99.4144	98.554
19	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	98.96	99.0267	98.897
20	United States`USA`Northern America	98.95	99.0944	98.814
21	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	98.84	99.0452	98.645
22	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	98.81	99.1488	98.489
23	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	98.79	98.7855	98.795
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	98.74	98.9289	98.559
25	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	98.71	98.8524	98.572
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.69	98.9314	98.461
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	98.68	99.3201	98.070
28	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.62	99.0180	98.248
29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	98.60	98.9942	98.214
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.56	99.3542	97.804
=31	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.53	98.9914	98.101
=31	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.53	98.9146	98.165
33	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	98.46	99.3092	97.659
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	98.43	99.0974	97.797
35	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	98.41	98.5988	98.229
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	98.30	99.1010	97.571
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.98	97.9977	97.978
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.85	98.5128	97.203
39	Chile`CHL`South America	97.79	98.6823	96.932
40	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	97.76	99.6254	95.915
41	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	97.57	98.5067	96.697
42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	97.49	98.0355	96.955
43	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	97.14	98.9940	95.414
=44	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	97.00	98.3730	95.683
=44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.00	97.9910	96.041
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	96.82	97.2690	96.389
47	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	96.79	99.9798	94.220
48	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.77	97.4236	96.174
49	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	96.72	96.0284	97.488
50	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	96.64	97.0988	96.169
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	96.03	96.6593	95.449
52	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	95.89	95.9670	95.817
53	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	95.85	95.2426	96.393
54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	95.74	96.5729	94.953
55	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	95.67	96.7965	94.597
56	Guyana`GUY`South America	95.56	97.3439	93.834
57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	95.50	95.2703	95.720
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	95.11	96.5774	93.617
59	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	95.09	96.6821	93.582
60	Bolivia`BOL`South America	94.71	95.4101	94.030
61	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	94.53	97.4514	91.731
62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	94.42	95.8995	93.019
63	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	94.10	93.7147	94.465
64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	93.86	97.9305	90.390
65	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	93.69	98.9362	88.336
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	93.47	94.9645	92.044
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	93.02	93.1272	92.917
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	92.67	96.0122	89.292
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	92.52	93.0284	92.018
70	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	92.50	92.8041	92.214
71	Peru`PER`South America	92.18	92.7215	91.652
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	92.03	94.3863	89.686
73	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	91.11	92.1280	90.138
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	90.94	91.7602	90.160
75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	90.82	94.0751	87.725
76	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	90.14	91.9660	88.406
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	89.53	92.3925	86.733
78	India`IND`Southern Asia	89.07	89.6674	88.527
79	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	88.91	91.0014	86.901
80	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	88.83	89.9927	87.783
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	88.53	89.6956	87.396
82	Brazil`BRA`South America	88.10	91.5195	84.799
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	88.02	93.1895	83.059
84	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	87.42	90.0913	84.851
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	87.08	88.0009	86.141
86	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	86.77	91.7663	81.446
87	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	85.67	88.9904	82.390
88	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	85.48	89.8103	81.410
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	84.07	94.5250	73.615
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	82.14	89.3180	75.118
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	80.64	85.5624	75.912
92	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	80.36	90.7860	69.836
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	79.72	80.7484	78.708
94	Colombia`COL`South America	79.68	82.4536	77.004
95	Argentina`ARG`South America	79.22	84.4303	74.270
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	77.93	81.8094	74.209
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	76.09	79.4162	72.946
98	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	75.67	80.4579	70.848
99	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	73.14	77.5345	68.924
100	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	73.00	80.5004	65.440
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	71.51	82.5827	60.913
102	Uruguay`URY`South America	70.29	74.7798	66.000
103	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	69.71	75.7254	64.015
104	Venezuela`VEN`South America	69.16	79.5296	59.410
105	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	65.69	61.8677	69.458
106	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	65.43	62.3935	68.353
107	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	65.14	72.6510	57.821
108	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	63.88	66.5517	61.252
109	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	61.24	70.6698	52.270
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	60.68	49.4632	71.793
111	Suriname`SUR`South America	60.12	69.0359	51.426
112	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.42	64.6569	54.167
113	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	57.31	61.6239	53.124
114	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	56.57	51.4111	61.511
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	56.35	55.6326	57.053
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	55.66	61.5331	50.053
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	55.05	58.6931	51.463
118	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	54.62	63.5231	45.893
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	54.10	53.8535	54.334
120	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	53.46	52.8308	54.071
121	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	53.28	54.9812	51.571
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	51.86	55.2073	48.657
123	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	51.50	56.8204	46.350
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	50.98	53.4971	48.577
125	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	50.06	57.8795	42.449
126	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	48.42	50.5318	46.282
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	48.30	49.0961	47.506
128	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	46.63	45.4358	47.776
129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	46.31	42.2451	50.275
130	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	45.79	50.4290	41.159
131	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	44.94	44.5627	45.313
132	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	44.39	46.5429	42.313
133	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	41.57	52.1145	31.014
134	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.90	38.6150	43.185
135	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	40.39	37.7587	42.959
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.18	38.6971	41.697
137	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.94	34.6730	44.843
138	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.88	41.3124	38.472
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.73	35.1321	44.222
140	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	38.46	44.4871	32.487
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	36.28	28.4485	43.869
142	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	35.69	40.3077	31.528
143	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.30	38.4451	32.295
144	Niger`NER`Western Africa	34.56	18.9280	49.608
145	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	32.95	35.2422	30.612
146	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	31.86	33.6727	30.053
147	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	31.43	24.4861	37.856
148	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	30.83	25.8183	35.848
149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	28.32	30.6235	25.973
150	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	28.04	28.0599	28.020
151	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	27.82	32.7633	22.963
152	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	27.78	28.3900	27.180
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	25.38	22.7297	27.960
154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	22.41	13.3709	31.231
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	21.98	23.3329	20.653
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	18.87	13.0923	24.522
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	18.01	13.7579	22.298
158	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	15.74	15.8910	15.591
159	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	13.63	10.8711	16.511
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	13.12	8.7237	17.444

02In 2023

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 Kingdom99.87
3Qatar99.85
4Norway99.76
5Denmark99.71

Lowest

160South Sudan13.12
159Central African Republic13.63
158Guinea-Bissau15.74
157Mozambique18.01
156Chad18.87

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 88.68. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea100.0000
LowestSouth Sudan8.7237
Middle country: 91.6398
Male
HighestSouth Korea100.000
LowestGuinea-Bissau15.591
Middle country: 86.817

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 160 in both
158 · 1rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Niger32.47 → 34.56+2.09
Cambodia55.36 → 57.31+1.95
Nepal77.78 → 79.72+1.94
Senegal33.36 → 35.30+1.94
Burkina Faso38.59 → 40.39+1.80

Fell most

Kenya59.67 → 59.42−0.25

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 99.29. 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) (2023). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2023

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