Data for 2022

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2022

Name: Upper Secondary Attainment, 2022
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2022, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2022 covers 115 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 98.38; Niger is lowest, at 1.72. The middle country reads 56.40. Against 2021, 84 values changed (57 up, 27 down), 31 countries joined, 15 left.

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Upper Secondary Attainment · Data for 2022

HighestTurkmenistan

98.38

LowestNiger

1.72

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

115countries
3measures per country
2022the year it describes
115distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	98.38	98.143	98.639
2	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	97.90	98.141	97.607
3	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	96.84	96.035	97.666
4	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	94.87	95.333	94.275
5	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.86	92.279	93.556
6	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	92.16	92.748	91.502
7	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	92.00	91.604	92.485
8	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	91.99	92.316	91.605
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91.36	88.395	94.492
10	United States`USA`Northern America	91.19	91.754	90.595
11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	90.20	87.342	93.294
12	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	89.84	90.519	88.990
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	89.17	89.639	88.692
14	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	86.47	88.285	84.385
15	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	86.00	83.113	88.883
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	83.96	84.764	83.157
17	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	83.88	81.134	86.708
18	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	82.31	84.064	80.251
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	82.09	78.406	86.235
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	81.67	80.714	82.665
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81.46	82.687	80.161
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	81.42	79.328	83.595
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	81.41	82.416	80.367
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	80.33	82.029	78.531
25	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	80.29	75.617	85.448
26	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	80.00	79.862	80.145
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	79.81	76.531	83.495
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	79.77	74.031	85.660
29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	79.17	78.780	79.543
30	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	79.15	81.557	76.381
31	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	79.04	76.989	81.275
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	79.01	77.464	80.733
33	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	77.78	73.846	82.088
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	77.66	77.031	78.330
35	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	77.64	78.419	76.837
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	77.62	75.910	79.494
37	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	77.29	75.357	79.200
38	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	74.75	73.803	75.845
39	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	74.39	72.474	75.842
40	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	74.27	72.306	76.276
41	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	73.69	72.519	74.911
42	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	73.03	68.223	78.273
43	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	72.32	62.747	82.549
44	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	70.52	63.782	77.483
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	69.80	69.257	70.335
46	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	68.77	68.136	69.337
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	68.63	66.666	70.743
48	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	66.95	72.716	63.550
49	Chile`CHL`South America	66.60	66.000	67.300
50	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	65.05	63.467	67.035
51	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	64.66	61.544	66.683
52	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	64.07	64.842	63.154
53	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	63.50	71.657	59.328
54	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63.46	63.137	63.734
55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.40	65.175	61.540
56	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	61.22	60.340	62.100
57	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	58.59	57.854	59.485
58	Peru`PER`South America	56.40	51.600	62.000
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	56.37	59.751	52.050
60	Colombia`COL`South America	56.10	57.300	54.800
61	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	54.74	55.394	54.049
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	54.66	58.553	50.246
63	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	54.31	49.423	59.162
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	54.00	56.100	51.800
65	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	53.27	48.630	58.119
66	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	52.80	52.815	52.775
67	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	51.43	75.243	45.005
68	Panama`PAN`Central America	51.30	53.400	48.900
69	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	51.12	46.164	56.440
70	Bolivia`BOL`South America	50.71	47.765	53.778
71	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	46.86	49.323	44.435
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	45.68	47.055	44.134
73	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	45.51	45.002	46.063
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	45.40	45.000	45.800
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.94	42.660	47.280
76	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	44.92	43.842	46.175
77	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.90	47.723	—
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.80	47.800	39.200
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	43.40	44.000	42.600
80	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.89	43.804	41.892
81	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42.47	40.240	44.455
82	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	41.92	37.757	46.405
83	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	41.00	42.300	39.400
84	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.57	36.762	42.378
85	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39.33	38.862	39.851
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	39.26	33.873	44.849
87	Mexico`MEX`Central America	38.90	38.172	39.757
88	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.57	30.710	42.981
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	35.90	34.400	37.900
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	35.81	32.584	39.609
91	Uruguay`URY`South America	34.80	38.100	31.000
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	34.46	35.577	33.311
93	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.61	25.527	37.782
94	Suriname`SUR`South America	26.83	30.648	22.737
95	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.99	19.709	28.498
96	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	23.16	17.121	30.832
97	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	22.79	19.196	26.744
98	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	20.68	19.503	21.853
99	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	19.61	14.575	24.446
100	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	19.23	15.512	23.166
101	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18.08	17.010	19.393
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	15.78	15.789	15.763
103	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	14.12	9.300	19.957
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	13.46	11.545	15.630
105	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12.60	5.705	19.849
106	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11.64	8.790	15.299
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	10.98	5.528	17.370
108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.72	7.824	14.779
109	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	9.92	6.644	13.313
110	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9.81	3.633	15.983
111	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.24	4.830	10.050
112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.54	5.041	8.379
113	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6.42	3.348	10.120
114	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.33	3.467	7.697
115	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.72	1.152	2.469

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan98.38
2Belarus97.90
3Uzbekistan96.84
4Armenia94.87
5Georgia92.86

Lowest

115Niger1.72
114Burkina Faso5.33
113Benin6.42
112Tanzania6.54
111Mali7.24

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 56.40. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestTurkmenistan98.143
LowestNiger1.152
Middle country: 59.751
Male
HighestTurkmenistan98.639
LowestNiger2.469
Middle country: 59.406

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+31 / −15countries joined / left
84values changed, of 84 in both
57 · 27rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lithuania84.79 → 91.99+7.20
Vietnam36.91 → 41.92+5.01
Austria78.20 → 82.09+3.89
Comoros18.92 → 22.79+3.87
Serbia73.94 → 77.78+3.84

Fell most

Jamaica63.89 → 56.37−7.53
South Africa50.04 → 45.51−4.53
Israel85.19 → 81.46−3.73
Rwanda15.82 → 13.46−2.36
Brunei70.84 → 68.77−2.07

+ Andorra

+ Argentina

+ Bahrain

+ Bahamas

+ Belize

+ Bhutan

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Honduras

+ India

+ Laos

+ Mali

+ Mozambique

+ Mauritius

+ Malaysia

+ Niger

+ Oman

+ Papua New Guinea

+ Puerto Rico

+ Qatar

+ Sudan

+ Senegal

+ San Marino

+ Somalia

+ Suriname

+ Eswatini

+ Togo

+ Turkmenistan

+ Timor-Leste

+ Trinidad and Tobago

+ Tanzania

+ Samoa

− Antigua and Barbuda

− Bangladesh

− Côte d’Ivoire

− Dominica

− United Kingdom

− Grenada

− Iraq

− Cambodia

− Madagascar

− Malta

− Nigeria

− Nepal

− Poland

− Tonga

− Ukraine

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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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2022). Upper Secondary Attainment, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-attainment/2022

0623 held

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