Data for 2021

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2021

Name: Upper Secondary Attainment, 2021
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2021, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2021 covers 99 countries on 3 measures. Belarus is highest, at 97.53; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 6.35. The middle country reads 64.90. Against 2020, 77 values changed (54 up, 23 down), 22 countries joined, 23 left.

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Upper Secondary Attainment · Data for 2021

HighestBelarus

97.53

LowestBurkina Faso

6.35

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

99countries
3measures per country
2021the year it describes
99distinct 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	97.53	97.75	97.26
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	96.04	95.01	97.10
3	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	94.72	94.82	94.59
4	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.59	92.05	93.22
5	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	92.18	92.02	92.37
6	United States`USA`Northern America	91.31	91.87	90.73
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	90.85	88.32	93.57
8	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	89.81	86.96	92.91
9	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	89.30	90.33	88.02
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	87.37	86.21	88.67
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86.52	87.12	85.88
12	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	86.00	82.87	89.13
13	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	85.19	85.01	85.39
14	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	84.79	85.32	84.14
15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	84.75	87.07	82.00
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	84.50	81.63	87.46
17	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	83.10	83.35	82.86
18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	81.88	—	82.63
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	81.68	79.18	84.27
20	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	81.51	78.46	84.92
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	81.13	79.78	82.54
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	80.93	81.61	80.20
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	80.46	81.14	79.77
24	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	80.24	79.11	81.51
25	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	79.80	82.19	77.16
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	79.73	78.74	80.68
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	79.66	82.06	77.13
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	79.34	73.50	85.31
29	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	79.27	74.43	84.63
30	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	78.37	76.55	80.35
31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	78.20	73.10	83.60
32	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	77.72	77.53	77.92
33	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	77.07	75.60	78.54
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	76.75	74.94	78.74
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	76.44	75.54	77.42
36	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	74.76	73.54	76.18
37	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	73.94	69.55	78.75
38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	73.82	71.68	76.01
39	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	73.71	80.99	65.83
40	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	73.64	72.32	75.03
41	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	73.48	73.12	73.73
42	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	72.48	70.25	75.24
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	72.17	67.16	77.62
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	71.15	61.24	81.74
45	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	70.84	70.12	71.48
46	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	69.53	62.47	76.66
47	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	68.78	70.35	66.82
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	67.12	64.74	69.68
49	Chile`CHL`South America	67.00	66.45	67.58
50	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	64.90	63.47	66.70
51	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	63.89	—	59.31
52	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	63.68	63.96	63.35
53	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	63.32	59.19	65.91
54	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	56.16	54.84	57.35
55	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	55.32	55.51	55.13
56	Peru`PER`South America	54.80	49.90	60.50
57	Colombia`COL`South America	53.70	55.10	52.20
58	Brazil`BRA`South America	53.50	55.50	51.40
59	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	52.92	47.84	58.49
60	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	52.51	51.10	53.86
61	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	52.44	52.27	52.62
62	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	52.29	52.56	51.89
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	51.84	47.09	56.75
64	Panama`PAN`Central America	51.40	53.50	49.20
65	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	50.04	49.26	50.96
66	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49.70	45.90	53.90
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	46.59	46.44	46.75
68	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	46.23	48.21	44.28
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.33	42.09	46.62
70	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	44.23	42.13	46.83
71	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	43.93	36.64	51.90
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.80	47.20	37.90
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	42.50	43.50	41.40
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42.33	—	43.93
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	42.29	43.64	40.73
76	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	40.00	41.50	38.40
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.56	36.30	42.84
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	39.36	38.52	40.32
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.76	32.29	43.43
80	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	36.91	32.56	41.55
81	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.59	31.24	42.68
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	36.19	36.12	36.27
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	35.00	33.50	36.90
84	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.66	29.37	38.15
85	Uruguay`URY`South America	33.50	36.80	29.90
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	32.43	35.38	29.47
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	23.71	18.40	29.83
88	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22.93	17.35	28.59
89	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	18.92	15.77	22.32
90	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16.81	11.73	21.39
91	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	16.77	15.56	18.20
92	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.82	13.51	18.52
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12.85	10.03	16.44
94	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	11.81	8.23	15.56
95	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11.53	8.22	15.55
96	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.46	5.20	12.10
97	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.87	7.36	10.59
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6.47	2.93	10.79
99	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.35	3.36	10.12

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

1Belarus97.53
2Uzbekistan96.04
3Armenia94.72
4Georgia92.59
5Russia92.18

Lowest

99Burkina Faso6.35
98Benin6.47
97Madagascar8.87
96Afghanistan9.46
95Cambodia11.53

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 64.90. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestBelarus97.75
LowestBenin2.93
Middle country: 62.97
Male
HighestBelarus97.26
LowestBurkina Faso10.12
Middle country: 65.91

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+22 / −23countries joined / left
77values changed, of 77 in both
54 · 23rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Malta48.27 → 56.16+7.89
Kenya29.38 → 36.59+7.22
Iceland74.14 → 79.73+5.59
Rwanda10.96 → 15.82+4.86
Armenia89.88 → 94.72+4.84

Fell most

Bolivia59.22 → 49.70−9.52
Jordan50.24 → 42.33−7.91
Lithuania89.87 → 84.79−5.07
Panama54.15 → 51.40−2.75
Austria80.94 → 78.20−2.74

+ 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

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) (2021). Upper Secondary Attainment, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-attainment/2021

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