Dataset · UIS
Upper Secondary Attainment
23 years, 2000–2023 · 95 countries · 3 measures
Upper secondary attainment is the share of adults aged 25 and over who finished upper secondary education or went further. It describes the education a country’s working-age population already holds, rather than what its schools are doing now.
This site holds every year from 2000 to 2023, read from UIS’s own data and stored exactly as published.
Upper Secondary Attainment · the file
- Newest
- Upper Secondary Attainment, 2023
- Held
- 23 years · 2,078 rows
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
0123 years
Every year
Newest first. Each opens the full table for that year, and each downloads as a CSV.
| Year | Countries | Change | Read | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2023Newest | 95 | +15 −35 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2022 | 115 | +31 −15 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2021 | 99 | +22 −23 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2020 | 100 | +21 −37 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2019 | 116 | +26 −23 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2018 | 113 | +30 −28 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2017 | 111 | +27 −20 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2016 | 104 | +22 −25 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2015 | 107 | +18 −20 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2014 | 109 | +25 −12 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2013 | 96 | +17 −15 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2012 | 94 | +16 −17 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
Show all 23 years
| Year | Countries | Change | Read | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2011 | 95 | +19 −24 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2010 | 100 | +26 −14 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2009 | 88 | +20 −15 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008 | 83 | +19 −12 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2007 | 76 | +20 −21 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2006 | 77 | +25 −13 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2005 | 65 | +19 −14 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2004 | 60 | +14 −8 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2003 | 54 | +16 −26 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2001 | 64 | +30 −23 | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
| Upper Secondary Attainment, 2000 | 57 | — | September 10, 2026 | CSV |
Every year in one file, one row per country per year: upper-secondary-attainment-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv
025 columns
What’s in the file
Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.
| Column | What it holds | Stored as | Range, 2023 | Distinct | Empty | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CountrycountryName | The country’s name, as this file spells it. | Text | — | 95 | 0 | |
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier | The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it. | Text · 3 letters | — | 95 | 0 | |
Adults 25+ who completed upper secondary or higher (%)upper_secondary_attainmentHeadline | The headline figure: Adults 25+ who completed upper secondary or higher (%). | Number · up to 14 decimals | 5.26 | 95 | 0 | |
FemalefemaleWomen | The same measure, for women. | Number · up to 14 decimals | 3.310 | 94 | 1 | |
MalemaleMen | The same measure, for men. | Number · up to 14 decimals | 7.57 | 95 | 0 |
Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the better result.
03198 countries across every year
Who is covered
How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 11 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 12 |
| Americas | 25 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 22 |
| Asia | 19 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 31 | 23 |
| Europe | 36 | 37 | 38 | 36 | 37 | 33 | 38 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 36 | 33 |
| Oceania | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| All | 94 | 96 | 109 | 107 | 104 | 111 | 113 | 116 | 100 | 99 | 115 | 95 |
The newest 12 of 23 years.
Who joined and who left
- 2023
+ Aruba
+ Angola
+ Antigua and Barbuda
+ Azerbaijan
+ DR Congo
+ Gambia
+ Grenada
+ Cambodia
+ Kiribati
+ Namibia
+ Nauru
+ Tonga
+ Tunisia
+ Vanuatu
+ Yemen
− Afghanistan
− Andorra
− Argentina
− Benin
− Belize
− Bhutan
− Comoros
− Ethiopia
− Guinea-Bissau
− Jamaica
− Kenya
− North Macedonia
− Mali
− Mozambique
− Mauritius
− Malaysia
− Niger
− Oman
− Philippines
− Papua New Guinea
− Palestine
− Saudi Arabia
− Sudan
− Singapore
− San Marino
− Somalia
− Suriname
− Eswatini
− Togo
− Turkmenistan
− Timor-Leste
− Trinidad and Tobago
− Tanzania
− Uzbekistan
− Samoa
- 2022
+ Andorra
+ Argentina
+ Bahrain
+ Bahamas
+ Belize
+ Bhutan
+ Guinea-Bissau
+ Honduras
+ India
+ Laos
+ Mali
+ Mozambique
+ Mauritius
+ Malaysia
+ Niger
+ Oman
+ Papua New Guinea
+ Puerto Rico
+ Qatar
+ Sudan
+ Senegal
+ San Marino
+ Somalia
+ Suriname
+ Eswatini
+ Togo
+ Turkmenistan
+ Timor-Leste
+ Trinidad and Tobago
+ Tanzania
+ Samoa
− Antigua and Barbuda
− Bangladesh
− Côte d’Ivoire
− Dominica
− United Kingdom
− Grenada
− Iraq
− Cambodia
− Madagascar
− Malta
− Nigeria
− Nepal
− Poland
− Tonga
− Ukraine
- 2021
+ United Arab Emirates
+ Antigua and Barbuda
+ Benin
+ Burkina Faso
+ Bangladesh
+ Côte d’Ivoire
+ Comoros
+ Dominica
+ Egypt
+ Ethiopia
+ Ghana
+ Guatemala
+ Iraq
+ Jamaica
+ Latvia
+ Madagascar
+ Nigeria
+ Norway
+ Nepal
+ Philippines
+ Tonga
+ Uruguay
− Burundi
− Bahrain
− Belize
− China
− Cook Islands
− Curaçao
− Gambia
− India
− Japan
− Saint Lucia
− Mali
− Montenegro
− Mozambique
− Montserrat
− Malawi
− New Zealand
− Oman
− Palau
− Puerto Rico
− San Marino
− Seychelles
− Trinidad and Tobago
− Vanuatu
- 2020
+ Afghanistan
+ Burundi
+ Bahrain
+ Belize
+ China
+ Curaçao
+ Estonia
+ United Kingdom
+ Gambia
+ India
+ Japan
+ North Macedonia
+ Mozambique
+ Montserrat
+ Malawi
+ New Zealand
+ Oman
+ Palau
+ Poland
+ Puerto Rico
+ San Marino
− United Arab Emirates
− Azerbaijan
− Benin
− Burkina Faso
− Bangladesh
− Bahamas
− Central African Republic
− Cuba
− Algeria
− Ethiopia
− Guinea-Bissau
− Guatemala
− Guyana
− Honduras
− Jamaica
− Kazakhstan
− Lebanon
− Liberia
− Latvia
− Marshall Islands
− Myanmar
− Malaysia
− New Caledonia
− Niger
− Nigeria
− Norway
− Nepal
− Senegal
− Sierra Leone
− Turks and Caicos Islands
− Chad
− Togo
− Tuvalu
− Uganda
− Uruguay
− Samoa
− Zimbabwe
- 2019
+ Benin
+ Bahamas
+ Botswana
+ Central African Republic
+ Cook Islands
+ Cuba
+ Algeria
+ Ethiopia
+ Guatemala
+ Iran
+ Kenya
+ Cambodia
+ Liberia
+ Saint Lucia
+ Marshall Islands
+ Malaysia
+ New Caledonia
+ Nepal
+ Turks and Caicos Islands
+ Togo
+ Trinidad and Tobago
+ Tuvalu
+ Uganda
+ Vanuatu
+ Samoa
+ Zimbabwe
− Antigua and Barbuda
− Bahrain
− Cameroon
− DR Congo
− Egypt
− Estonia
− Guinea
− Gambia
− India
− Iraq
− Kiribati
− Kuwait
− Lesotho
− Madagascar
− North Macedonia
− Mauritius
− Pakistan
− Papua New Guinea
− San Marino
− Suriname
− Tonga
− Tanzania
− Zambia
- 2018
+ Antigua and Barbuda
+ Burkina Faso
+ Cameroon
+ DR Congo
+ Guinea
+ Gambia
+ Guinea-Bissau
+ Grenada
+ Guyana
+ India
+ Iraq
+ Kazakhstan
+ Kiribati
+ Lebanon
+ Lesotho
+ Luxembourg
+ Latvia
+ Madagascar
+ North Macedonia
+ Malta
+ Nigeria
+ Papua New Guinea
+ San Marino
+ Suriname
+ Chad
+ Tonga
+ Tanzania
+ Ukraine
+ Uzbekistan
+ Zambia
− Afghanistan
− Burundi
− Benin
− Belize
− Bhutan
− Djibouti
− Fiji
− United Kingdom
− Ghana
− Guatemala
− Haiti
− Cambodia
− Laos
− Liberia
− Saint Lucia
− Morocco
− Maldives
− Marshall Islands
− Mozambique
− Malawi
− Philippines
− Puerto Rico
− Qatar
− Togo
− Tajikistan
− Tunisia
− Venezuela
− Zimbabwe
- 2017
+ Afghanistan
+ Burundi
+ Benin
+ Brunei
+ Bhutan
+ Djibouti
+ Fiji
+ United Kingdom
+ Ghana
+ Haiti
+ Jordan
+ Cambodia
+ Kuwait
+ Laos
+ Saint Lucia
+ Morocco
+ Marshall Islands
+ Mozambique
+ Malawi
+ Niger
+ Philippines
+ Puerto Rico
+ Rwanda
+ Saudi Arabia
+ Sierra Leone
+ Togo
+ Zimbabwe
− Andorra
− Bermuda
− Côte d’Ivoire
− DR Congo
− Cook Islands
− Ethiopia
− Guinea
− Iran
− Latvia
− Macau
− North Macedonia
− Malta
− Malaysia
− Nigeria
− New Zealand
− Poland
− Timor-Leste
− Tuvalu
− Uganda
− Uzbekistan
- 2016
+ United Arab Emirates
+ Bahrain
+ Belarus
+ Bermuda
+ Côte d’Ivoire
+ DR Congo
+ Cook Islands
+ Ethiopia
+ Guinea
+ Iran
+ Jamaica
+ Liberia
+ Sri Lanka
+ Macau
+ Maldives
+ Malaysia
+ Nigeria
+ Poland
+ Qatar
+ Tajikistan
+ Tuvalu
+ Uganda
− Afghanistan
− Angola
− Brunei
− Republic of the Congo
− Cabo Verde
− Cayman Islands
− Ghana
− Gambia
− Cambodia
− Kuwait
− Laos
− Luxembourg
− Madagascar
− Mozambique
− Mauritania
− Malawi
− Oman
− Puerto Rico
− Rwanda
− Solomon Islands
− Turkmenistan
− Trinidad and Tobago
− Tanzania
− Zambia
− Zimbabwe
Not in this dataset · 27 places this site covers
UIS gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.
04Provenance
Where it comes from
The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.
1 · Publisher
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2 · Their file
Upper Secondary Attainment 2023
3 · Read by this site
September 10, 2026
Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.4 · Stored as
23 files, one per year
Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as upper-secondary-attainment-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv5 · Used on
Its statistic page, and every profile it measures
Precision
The headline is stored to 14 decimals, as published.
Rounded by this site
Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.
Changed by this site
Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
From the UNESCO Institute for Statistics data API. Years reporting fewer than 50 countries are left out. Female and male rates are stored beside the headline.
05Reuse
Licence and credit
What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.
Licence · checked September 5, 2026
- Share and redistribute it
- Adapt it and build on it
- Use it commercially
- Credit the publisher
- Say what you changed
- Publish anything adapted from it under the same licence
Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.
A credit line
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), Upper Secondary Attainment, via Nations Inquiry.
Cite this dataset
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Upper Secondary Attainment, 2000–2023 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-attainment
The publisher’s own citation: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. UIS Data Browser. Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.
06Questions
Upper Secondary Attainment: questions and answers
What is the Upper Secondary Attainment?
Upper secondary attainment is the share of adults aged 25 and over who finished upper secondary education or went further. It describes the education a country’s working-age population already holds, rather than what its schools are doing now.
Which years of the Upper Secondary Attainment can I download?
All 23, from 2000 to 2023, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.
Does UIS rank countries on it?
No. UIS publishes values only. The positions shown on this site are derived by ordering the published values, and are labelled as ours.
Can I use it commercially?
Yes, under CC BY-SA 4.0, with credit to UIS. The licence text is linked on this page.