Data for 2015

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2015

Name: Upper Secondary Attainment, 2015
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2015, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2015 covers 107 countries on 3 measures. Armenia is highest, at 94.63; Tanzania is lowest, at 5.27. The middle country reads 50.37. Against 2014, 89 values changed (72 up, 17 down), 18 countries joined, 20 left.

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Upper Secondary Attainment · Data for 2015

HighestArmenia

94.63

LowestTanzania

5.27

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

107countries
3measures per country
2015the year it describes
107distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Upper Secondary Attainment, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	94.63	95.59	93.39
2	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	94.09	94.55	93.56
3	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	93.52	92.93	94.23
4	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	92.08	90.30	93.93
5	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	90.20	90.72	89.66
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	89.77	85.58	94.24
7	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	88.67	85.37	92.26
8	United States`USA`Northern America	88.41	88.76	88.04
9	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	88.29	90.56	85.64
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	86.69	82.60	91.14
11	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	86.56	89.51	83.29
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	85.31	85.30	85.33
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	85.19	81.62	88.92
14	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	84.31	82.83	86.20
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	83.08	78.30	88.15
16	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	81.50	82.87	79.91
17	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	81.45	76.82	86.36
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81.44	81.30	81.60
19	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	81.27	80.73	81.88
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	79.01	72.47	86.02
21	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	78.66	72.19	85.61
22	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	78.08	78.73	77.35
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	77.75	77.81	77.69
24	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	77.49	76.89	78.10
25	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	76.45	70.38	82.75
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	75.55	73.38	77.76
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	75.10	71.07	79.77
28	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	75.03	74.32	75.76
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	74.91	73.66	76.29
30	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	74.73	73.52	76.13
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.02	74.72	73.27
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	73.93	67.19	81.45
33	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	73.45	75.31	71.48
34	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.38	70.77	73.99
35	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	70.92	68.28	73.79
36	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	70.90	65.20	77.13
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	69.66	67.50	72.00
38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	69.57	65.48	73.82
39	France`FRA`Western Europe	69.44	66.73	72.44
40	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	69.07	68.17	69.94
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	69.05	67.41	70.86
42	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	67.59	68.23	66.96
43	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	66.21	64.70	67.83
44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	64.66	59.40	70.38
45	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	62.28	55.52	69.10
46	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	62.16	60.50	64.21
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	60.83	49.68	72.90
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	57.93	56.92	59.01
49	Chile`CHL`South America	56.96	55.97	58.15
50	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	56.73	56.69	56.78
51	Peru`PER`South America	56.02	51.47	60.62
52	Venezuela`VEN`South America	55.79	59.69	51.75
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	51.26	49.54	52.89
54	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	50.37	63.18	45.31
55	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	49.15	48.22	50.17
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	48.34	45.21	51.68
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.19	43.45	53.18
58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47.86	47.34	48.42
59	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	47.55	47.28	47.81
60	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	47.33	41.68	52.84
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	46.80	49.00	44.30
62	Colombia`COL`South America	45.40	46.14	44.61
63	Brazil`BRA`South America	43.78	45.73	41.57
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	42.26	41.90	42.64
65	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	41.62	36.44	47.02
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	40.83	39.85	41.91
67	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	39.02	38.26	39.78
68	Paraguay`PRY`South America	38.79	38.59	39.00
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	37.99	38.90	36.98
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.07	30.45	43.84
71	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	36.91	35.46	38.38
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.43	36.70	33.95
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	34.87	38.20	31.30
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	33.35	32.15	34.68
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32.59	32.77	32.40
76	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	32.26	28.53	36.06
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	32.22	31.21	33.32
78	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	30.90	29.60	32.50
79	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	29.90	36.32	26.38
80	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	29.73	25.54	33.89
81	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	29.00	24.78	33.57
82	Uruguay`URY`South America	28.75	32.13	24.90
83	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.56	23.72	33.44
84	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	28.12	25.22	31.29
85	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.50	18.45	32.53
86	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	24.02	17.09	31.39
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	22.92	24.74	20.65
88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	22.74	—	—
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	22.08	16.45	29.44
90	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	20.04	19.81	20.29
91	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.99	13.66	27.04
92	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	19.79	14.92	24.91
93	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	19.66	17.82	21.54
94	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	17.44	12.24	23.99
95	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	15.30	11.33	19.64
96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.11	13.60	16.99
97	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	12.37	7.60	18.17
98	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.78	8.92	15.43
99	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.79	3.35	15.99
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	9.45	7.79	10.68
101	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9.30	4.66	15.39
102	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7.52	5.96	9.53
103	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.51	6.35	8.80
104	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.47	3.98	12.60
105	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.88	7.69	5.91
106	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.71	3.64	8.54
107	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.27	3.62	7.20

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

1Armenia94.63
2Russia94.09
3Georgia93.52
4Uzbekistan92.08
5Cayman Islands90.20

Lowest

107Tanzania5.27
106Senegal5.71
105Myanmar6.88
104Mauritania7.47
103Mali7.51

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 50.37. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestArmenia95.59
LowestAfghanistan3.35
Middle country: 49.61
Male
HighestCzechia94.24
LowestMyanmar5.91
Middle country: 52.86

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+18 / −20countries joined / left
89values changed, of 89 in both
72 · 17rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tunisia24.59 → 41.62+17.03
Bolivia40.90 → 51.26+10.36
Bangladesh23.22 → 28.56+5.34
Venezuela51.40 → 55.79+4.39
Ecuador38.53 → 42.26+3.73

Fell most

Guatemala26.60 → 15.11−11.49
Luxembourg79.57 → 69.07−10.49
Belize38.49 → 32.59−5.90
Zimbabwe15.19 → 11.78−3.41
Chile60.31 → 56.96−3.35

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Cabo Verde

+ Ghana

+ Gambia

+ Kuwait

+ Laos

+ Madagascar

+ Myanmar

+ Mozambique

+ Mauritania

+ Malawi

+ Oman

+ Puerto Rico

+ Senegal

+ Solomon Islands

+ Turkmenistan

+ Timor-Leste

+ Zambia

− Burundi

− Burkina Faso

− Côte d’Ivoire

− Cameroon

− Comoros

− Micronesia

− United Kingdom

− Guinea

− Iran

− Jamaica

− Morocco

− Maldives

− Namibia

− Niger

− Nicaragua

− Palau

− Poland

− Qatar

− Uganda

− Yemen

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.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2015). Upper Secondary Attainment, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-attainment/2015

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