Data for 2019

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2019

Name: Upper Secondary Attainment, 2019
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2019, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2019 covers 116 countries on 3 measures. Uzbekistan is highest, at 96.68; Niger is lowest, at 3.14. The middle country reads 55.22. Against 2018, 90 values changed (66 up, 24 down), 26 countries joined, 23 left.

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Upper Secondary Attainment · Data for 2019

HighestUzbekistan

96.68

LowestNiger

3.14

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

116countries
3measures per country
2019the year it describes
116distinct values15 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	96.68	95.812	97.57
2	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	94.75	96.014	93.29
3	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	94.74	93.874	95.82
4	United States`USA`Northern America	94.69	94.795	94.58
5	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	94.31	93.993	94.69
6	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.17	91.694	92.75
7	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	91.44	90.771	92.27
8	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	90.93	92.911	88.65
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	90.67	87.360	94.17
10	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	89.68	88.826	90.72
11	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	88.42	84.878	92.24
12	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	87.70	84.346	91.34
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	87.44	87.793	87.07
14	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	87.09	86.724	87.53
15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	86.65	83.726	89.66
16	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	84.91	84.624	85.24
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	84.32	80.963	87.81
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	84.16	84.186	84.13
19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	82.94	79.424	86.56
20	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	81.82	77.341	86.61
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	80.67	75.393	86.28
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	79.05	77.800	80.34
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	79.04	75.480	83.04
24	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.75	78.785	78.71
25	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	78.46	80.533	76.12
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	78.45	72.377	84.69
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	77.45	78.474	76.37
28	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	77.26	77.172	77.34
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	77.04	76.882	77.19
30	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	76.74	70.956	83.20
31	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	76.63	75.359	78.05
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	75.94	78.140	73.63
33	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	75.12	74.812	75.43
34	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	74.54	73.501	75.78
35	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	74.48	72.074	77.12
36	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	74.22	71.662	76.76
37	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	73.87	73.742	73.98
38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	73.80	70.756	76.96
39	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	73.64	68.604	79.14
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	73.34	72.518	74.22
41	France`FRA`Western Europe	72.19	69.976	74.65
42	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	71.52	71.313	71.66
43	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	71.45	70.560	72.38
44	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	70.98	—	73.65
45	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	69.22	69.050	69.36
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	69.18	64.566	74.18
47	Chile`CHL`South America	66.84	66.127	67.59
48	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	64.74	63.703	65.78
49	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	63.96	62.281	66.07
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	63.74	60.858	66.94
51	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	62.90	51.883	74.69
52	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	62.79	62.141	63.47
53	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.64	67.025	57.95
54	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.61	62.957	62.29
55	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	62.30	63.010	61.46
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	60.15	56.496	63.85
57	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	56.87	54.768	58.17
58	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.33	55.831	54.78
59	Peru`PER`South America	55.10	50.300	60.60
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	54.31	56.739	51.63
61	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	53.16	53.939	52.78
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	53.01	53.144	52.87
63	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	52.64	52.312	53.00
64	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	52.33	—	53.77
65	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	51.98	50.994	52.88
66	Colombia`COL`South America	51.10	52.478	49.61
67	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	50.71	46.062	55.51
68	Brazil`BRA`South America	50.20	52.400	47.90
69	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	48.77	48.984	48.55
70	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	48.22	51.827	44.26
71	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.62	42.563	44.78
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.52	41.125	45.95
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	42.98	41.296	45.04
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	42.90	42.600	43.20
75	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	42.44	42.496	42.38
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	42.24	41.826	42.67
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42.17	35.963	48.51
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	41.91	39.742	43.74
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.37	45.297	37.32
80	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	41.25	43.823	38.74
81	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	40.68	42.203	38.89
82	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	39.56	42.782	36.30
83	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.27	29.516	50.64
84	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	38.40	39.200	37.50
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	36.99	33.415	40.59
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.73	36.078	37.48
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	35.26	35.113	35.42
88	Guyana`GUY`South America	35.23	36.345	33.83
89	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	34.51	29.858	39.45
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.58	31.184	36.53
91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.13	31.408	34.83
92	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	31.93	29.527	34.49
93	Uruguay`URY`South America	31.51	35.049	27.49
94	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	31.33	26.839	35.96
95	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	26.16	16.939	36.48
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.10	27.800	24.10
97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	24.11	24.827	23.40
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	24.02	22.428	26.00
99	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	22.76	21.857	23.90
100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	20.88	18.992	22.70
101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.34	13.169	17.87
102	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	14.29	6.844	23.36
103	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.24	10.500	18.49
104	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	13.27	10.590	16.66
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12.20	9.469	15.41
106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.09	6.594	18.51
107	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9.42	6.484	12.83
108	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	8.87	5.881	12.17
109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.82	4.994	11.05
110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.41	4.689	11.21
111	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.13	4.243	10.38
112	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6.37	3.262	9.97
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6.06	—	11.88
114	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.61	3.260	8.27
115	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.56	1.841	7.86
116	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.14	1.882	4.59

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

1Uzbekistan96.68
2Armenia94.75
3Belarus94.74
4United States94.69
5Kazakhstan94.31

Lowest

116Niger3.14
115Chad4.56
114Central African Republic5.61
113Guinea-Bissau6.06
112Benin6.37

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 55.22. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestArmenia96.014
LowestChad1.841
Middle country: 54.768
Male
HighestUzbekistan97.57
LowestNiger4.59
Middle country: 56.73

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+26 / −23countries joined / left
90values changed, of 90 in both
66 · 24rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bolivia45.20 → 60.15+14.95
Türkiye33.50 → 42.17+8.67
Myanmar15.42 → 22.76+7.35
Panama47.20 → 54.31+7.11
Malta45.22 → 51.98+6.76

Fell most

Sweden83.17 → 77.26−5.92
Ukraine74.85 → 70.98−3.87
Norway82.16 → 78.75−3.41
Finland80.59 → 77.45−3.14
Kazakhstan97.40 → 94.31−3.09

+ 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

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) (2019). Upper Secondary Attainment, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-attainment/2019

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