Data for 2013

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2013

Name: Upper Secondary Attainment, 2013
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2013, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2013 covers 96 countries on 3 measures. Russia is highest, at 93.415; Ethiopia is lowest, at 7.833. The middle country reads 54.776. Against 2012, 79 values changed (64 up, 15 down), 17 countries joined, 15 left.

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Upper Secondary Attainment · Data for 2013

HighestRussia

93.415

LowestEthiopia

7.833

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

96countries
3measures per country
2013the year it describes
96distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	93.415	93.736	93.04
2	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	92.992	94.526	90.95
3	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.226	91.670	92.90
4	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	91.541	89.760	93.40
5	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	89.160	84.727	93.89
6	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	88.720	85.486	92.24
7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	88.439	90.518	86.11
8	United States`USA`Northern America	88.150	88.624	87.64
9	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	88.048	87.726	88.34
10	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	86.860	89.018	84.30
11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	85.961	81.269	91.10
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	85.179	82.102	88.42
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	84.315	84.420	84.20
14	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	82.849	80.143	85.87
15	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	82.310	80.101	85.12
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	82.308	77.065	87.84
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	81.430	81.283	81.67
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	80.655	80.442	80.88
19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	79.780	75.474	84.31
20	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	78.487	75.087	82.22
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	78.298	75.472	81.12
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	77.306	70.529	84.60
23	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	77.297	71.276	83.78
24	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	76.549	76.502	76.60
25	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	74.826	67.713	82.21
26	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	74.108	71.730	76.88
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	74.002	72.030	76.01
28	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	73.938	72.150	75.90
29	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	73.917	72.845	75.02
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	72.812	73.267	72.33
31	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	72.738	65.695	80.58
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	72.037	70.120	73.99
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	69.893	67.751	72.27
34	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	69.776	66.603	72.97
35	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	69.530	65.251	73.98
36	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	69.422	71.595	67.14
37	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	68.781	66.008	71.78
38	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	66.563	60.372	73.41
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	66.459	60.905	72.55
40	France`FRA`Western Europe	66.335	63.377	69.62
41	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	64.279	62.835	65.82
42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	60.647	53.533	67.82
43	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.630	58.992	62.63
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	59.153	47.861	71.28
45	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.457	60.113	56.77
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	56.832	54.288	59.60
47	Peru`PER`South America	55.810	51.942	59.83
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	55.384	60.263	—
49	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	54.168	55.014	53.31
50	Chile`CHL`South America	53.842	52.881	55.00
51	Venezuela`VEN`South America	49.700	53.400	45.90
52	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	48.891	45.657	50.91
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47.980	47.011	49.03
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	46.898	46.412	47.41
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	46.400	42.300	50.90
56	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	46.312	46.049	46.54
57	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	46.067	55.118	43.84
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	45.332	41.773	49.11
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	45.100	47.500	42.40
60	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	44.094	38.308	50.12
61	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.756	38.790	49.15
62	Colombia`COL`South America	43.290	43.944	42.58
63	Brazil`BRA`South America	41.854	43.801	39.67
64	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	40.892	34.789	47.37
65	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	40.430	42.834	37.82
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	39.690	38.182	41.37
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.650	38.238	39.10
68	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	38.507	36.826	40.16
69	Belize`BLZ`Central America	37.972	38.158	37.78
70	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	36.400	36.800	36.00
71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36.029	36.227	35.82
72	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	34.480	32.098	36.97
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	33.759	27.122	40.56
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	33.486	36.328	30.46
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	31.869	33.478	30.01
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.630	30.638	32.76
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	30.418	26.585	34.31
78	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	29.724	23.947	34.38
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	29.292	28.167	30.51
80	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	28.337	34.100	25.14
81	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	28.138	23.352	33.40
82	Uruguay`URY`South America	27.579	30.595	24.14
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	26.987	25.491	28.87
84	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.071	19.333	32.53
85	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	22.185	16.988	27.27
86	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.500	21.400	19.30
87	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	19.847	10.260	30.57
88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.354	18.094	20.84
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	18.848	13.142	25.67
90	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11.744	6.964	17.37
91	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9.991	6.054	—
92	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.473	6.641	12.60
93	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.701	4.768	13.24
94	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	8.315	7.637	9.09
95	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.235	5.192	11.53
96	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.833	5.339	10.48

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

1Russia93.415
2Armenia92.992
3Georgia92.226
4Uzbekistan91.541
5Czechia89.160

Lowest

96Ethiopia7.833
95Senegal8.235
94Namibia8.315
93Benin8.701
92Mauritania9.473

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 54.776. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestArmenia94.526
LowestBenin4.768
Middle country: 53.466
Male
HighestCzechia93.89
LowestNamibia9.09
Middle country: 55.88

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+17 / −15countries joined / left
79values changed, of 79 in both
64 · 15rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar41.344 → 46.067+4.723
Paraguay32.142 → 36.029+3.887
Bolivia43.141 → 46.400+3.259
Switzerland82.482 → 85.179+2.698
France63.750 → 66.335+2.585

Fell most

United Kingdom87.736 → 74.002−13.733
Sweden79.005 → 73.917−5.088
Australia76.483 → 72.037−4.446
Kuwait32.697 → 28.337−4.360
Chile57.942 → 53.842−4.100

+ Benin

+ Belize

+ DR Congo

+ Ethiopia

+ Ghana

+ Iraq

+ Saint Lucia

+ Mauritania

+ Malawi

+ Philippines

+ Palau

+ Saudi Arabia

+ Senegal

+ Serbia

+ Thailand

+ Uzbekistan

+ South Africa

− Bhutan

− Cuba

− Haiti

− Madagascar

− Mongolia

− Niger

− Nicaragua

− New Zealand

− Puerto Rico

− Rwanda

− Suriname

− Tanzania

− Uganda

− Samoa

− Zimbabwe

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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2 empty cells
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2013). Upper Secondary Attainment, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-attainment/2013

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