Data for 2008

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008

Name: Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2008, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008 covers 83 countries on 3 measures. Azerbaijan is highest, at 88.54; Tanzania is lowest, at 1.64. The middle country reads 51.86. Against 2007, 64 values changed (51 up, 13 down), 19 countries joined, 12 left.

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Upper Secondary Attainment · Data for 2008

HighestAzerbaijan

88.54

LowestTanzania

1.64

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

83countries
3measures per country
2008the year it describes
83distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008, 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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Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	88.54	85.2701	92.11
2	United States`USA`Northern America	86.61	87.2264	85.95
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	86.14	80.0523	92.70
4	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	85.32	86.2947	84.17
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	84.43	80.1190	89.06
6	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	82.74	76.9320	89.18
7	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	82.16	84.2727	79.68
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	81.27	81.2212	81.31
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.16	73.6715	87.11
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	78.84	75.5043	82.64
11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.79	78.0978	79.47
12	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	78.35	75.9259	81.38
13	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	77.71	78.6726	76.60
14	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	77.29	78.7934	75.74
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	76.27	76.5755	75.96
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	75.80	70.0893	81.86
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74.93	73.6332	76.27
18	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	74.20	71.1223	77.77
19	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	73.20	—	77.56
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	72.47	62.9572	83.55
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	71.84	64.3310	79.63
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.09	67.1775	73.05
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	68.79	68.7593	68.81
24	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	67.61	65.8481	69.57
25	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	66.29	58.3242	75.25
26	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.22	61.6364	71.01
27	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	64.90	67.3616	62.15
28	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	64.72	58.3039	71.76
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	64.50	61.3697	67.78
30	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	63.17	60.6264	65.92
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	62.90	65.1306	60.61
32	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	62.69	56.8069	68.83
33	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	62.55	55.1196	70.88
34	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	61.66	58.3236	64.80
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	60.42	57.6326	63.42
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	60.35	57.1594	63.91
37	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	57.02	56.5548	57.50
38	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	55.29	53.4723	57.40
39	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.47	45.5067	61.54
40	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	52.67	49.8220	55.68
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.88	39.3919	65.54
42	Chile`CHL`South America	51.86	51.0005	52.77
43	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	50.83	60.6479	48.78
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	49.14	53.3865	44.48
45	Peru`PER`South America	46.87	42.0777	52.09
46	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.00	42.7378	45.38
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	42.83	41.3038	44.44
48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	41.47	39.2584	42.55
49	Venezuela`VEN`South America	41.44	44.6651	38.14
50	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	41.05	39.7760	42.33
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	40.10	41.6000	38.40
52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	39.89	35.2929	44.99
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	39.52	36.1406	43.12
54	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	39.14	32.4511	46.09
55	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.13	37.8739	40.19
56	Colombia`COL`South America	38.06	38.0859	38.04
57	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	37.08	29.9093	44.46
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	36.09	32.2409	40.32
59	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	35.73	36.3915	34.99
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	35.45	36.7027	34.05
61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	33.23	32.9568	33.52
62	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	32.76	28.9788	36.50
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	30.35	28.5378	32.44
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	29.70	31.7000	27.60
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	28.62	28.4351	28.81
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	26.98	29.7360	23.81
67	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	26.71	22.1974	31.30
68	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	26.53	32.1679	23.85
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.49	20.6875	32.48
70	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	26.20	22.3895	30.18
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.42	22.7452	28.06
72	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	24.80	23.4833	26.47
73	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.03	14.4257	30.95
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	22.80	23.7502	21.72
75	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21.35	17.7353	24.95
76	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19.81	11.3211	29.90
77	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.99	17.8666	15.92
78	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	14.47	10.8549	16.21
79	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	13.81	14.1908	13.39
80	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.77	8.7417	8.81
81	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.57	6.4290	8.72
82	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.42	6.3140	8.53
83	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.64	0.6425	2.72

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Azerbaijan88.54
2United States86.61
3Czechia86.14
4Estonia85.32
5Switzerland84.43

Lowest

83Tanzania1.64
82Burundi7.42
81Sudan7.57
80Uganda8.77
79Lesotho13.81

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 51.86. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestUnited States87.2264
LowestTanzania0.6425
Middle country: 47.6644
Male
HighestCzechia92.70
LowestTanzania2.72
Middle country: 52.77

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+19 / −12countries joined / left
64values changed, of 64 in both
51 · 13rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cayman Islands73.56 → 77.29+3.72
Malta23.06 → 26.71+3.65
Singapore59.65 → 63.17+3.53
El Salvador21.56 → 24.80+3.24
Denmark75.82 → 78.79+2.97

Fell most

United States92.44 → 86.61−5.82
Sweden80.40 → 76.27−4.12
Ireland66.46 → 62.90−3.56
North Macedonia54.73 → 53.47−1.26
Netherlands67.45 → 66.22−1.23

+ Burundi

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

+ Algeria

+ Egypt

+ Hong Kong

+ Iran

+ Jamaica

+ Jordan

+ Lesotho

+ Mongolia

+ Nepal

+ Oman

+ Sudan

+ Serbia

+ South Sudan

+ Trinidad and Tobago

+ Tanzania

+ Uganda

+ Uruguay

− Armenia

− Cameroon

− Ethiopia

− Fiji

− Iraq

− Israel

− Kazakhstan

− Cambodia

− Lebanon

− French Polynesia

− Thailand

− Tajikistan

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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1 empty cell
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2008). Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-attainment/2008

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