Data for 1981

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1981

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1981
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1981 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 95.48; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.42. The middle country reads 21.90.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1981

HighestSouth Korea

95.48

LowestSouth Sudan

0.42

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

164countries
3measures per country
1981the year it describes
162distinct values16 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1981, 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 Completion Rate, 1981: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	95.48	96.185	94.825
2	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	93.89	94.087	93.707
3	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.29	93.156	93.416
4	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.23	95.045	91.345
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	92.45	93.505	91.385
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91.15	90.007	92.247
7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	90.99	93.605	88.615
8	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	90.96	91.346	90.556
9	United States`USA`Northern America	89.04	89.617	88.477
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	87.00	87.570	86.460
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	86.69	92.396	81.306
12	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	85.50	85.752	85.232
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	84.57	85.423	83.753
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	84.27	85.796	82.816
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	82.81	83.059	82.569
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	80.94	78.678	83.218
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	80.56	82.816	78.356
18	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	79.85	84.759	74.999
19	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	79.37	79.886	78.886
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	79.36	72.460	86.140
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	79.13	79.997	78.297
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77.89	74.222	81.322
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	75.60	71.896	79.176
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	75.13	71.795	78.675
25	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74.25	79.287	69.447
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	72.90	75.255	70.605
27	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	72.59	75.253	70.013
28	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	72.15	74.914	69.444
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	71.98	71.038	72.808
30	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	71.60	74.096	69.206
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	71.43	71.303	71.553
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	71.25	68.780	73.760
33	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	68.52	69.830	67.260
34	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	68.32	76.928	60.148
35	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.82	70.464	61.354
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	65.15	63.937	66.347
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	63.18	60.757	65.557
38	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	62.41	62.832	61.932
39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	62.19	48.056	66.546
40	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	61.67	59.099	64.079
41	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	61.26	68.857	54.757
42	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	59.66	60.277	59.067
43	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	58.64	57.692	59.532
44	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	58.04	59.302	56.812
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	57.52	55.115	59.865
46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	54.83	50.823	58.853
47	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	54.00	54.010	53.990
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	52.33	54.989	49.519
49	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	50.60	51.598	49.618
50	Chile`CHL`South America	47.96	47.502	48.412
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47.07	46.036	48.096
52	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	46.32	47.468	45.228
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.09	49.040	43.190
54	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.74	37.963	53.313
55	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.71	46.754	42.724
56	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	44.56	43.719	45.359
57	Peru`PER`South America	44.44	38.259	50.629
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.07	39.202	44.822
59	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	40.47	29.636	50.826
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	40.35	43.161	37.601
61	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	39.51	27.905	50.895
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	38.66	36.513	40.723
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	35.28	39.071	31.481
64	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	35.27	26.799	43.429
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.68	33.493	33.863
66	Brazil`BRA`South America	32.76	34.230	31.300
67	Colombia`COL`South America	31.03	32.138	29.948
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	30.91	30.010	31.800
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	29.98	20.447	38.957
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	29.56	28.022	31.092
71	Uruguay`URY`South America	28.56	32.692	24.422
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	27.83	24.107	31.527
73	Bolivia`BOL`South America	27.33	22.105	32.555
74	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	27.11	20.880	33.550
75	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.08	20.609	31.319
76	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	25.83	20.330	30.770
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	24.94	26.392	23.512
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.20	21.931	26.331
79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23.89	25.702	22.112
80	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	22.33	17.976	26.566
=81	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	21.97	15.719	28.229
=81	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21.97	17.363	26.513
83	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.83	23.177	20.497
84	Guyana`GUY`South America	21.51	20.155	22.905
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.56	13.079	27.549
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20.08	14.886	25.256
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	19.77	16.875	22.615
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	19.41	12.064	26.124
89	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	19.00	9.388	28.518
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	18.74	16.572	20.842
91	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	18.44	18.847	18.027
92	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18.05	11.703	24.333
93	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	17.47	13.575	21.365
94	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	17.18	9.509	25.509
=95	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	17.16	15.864	18.384
=95	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	17.16	16.491	17.831
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	16.39	7.174	25.594
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	16.33	12.988	20.508
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.22	16.408	16.028
100	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.17	14.864	17.534
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	14.39	9.865	18.945
102	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	13.67	5.683	21.713
103	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	13.44	9.497	17.757
104	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13.34	11.732	14.942
105	Suriname`SUR`South America	12.72	11.442	13.962
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	12.64	6.362	18.402
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12.47	10.955	14.005
108	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.06	5.443	18.203
109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11.86	6.566	17.406
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	11.27	5.089	17.599
111	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10.89	8.149	13.669
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.16	7.339	13.389
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.08	5.287	14.717
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	9.87	5.143	14.403
115	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	9.84	4.036	15.736
116	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9.30	0.066	18.546
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.83	6.400	11.240
118	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.79	7.152	10.392
119	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8.13	5.647	10.637
120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.05	6.639	9.449
121	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	7.24	7.333	7.143
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7.08	2.764	12.004
123	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.89	4.177	9.687
124	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6.83	1.693	11.563
125	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.80	6.790	6.810
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.38	3.099	9.679
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.23	1.736	10.736
128	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.21	1.069	11.299
129	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.96	2.885	8.435
130	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	5.78	3.278	8.258
131	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	5.69	1.329	9.789
132	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.64	0.000	11.097
133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.61	2.858	8.428
134	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.37	0.741	10.001
135	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.18	1.478	9.548
136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5.09	2.132	8.102
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	4.74	0.000	10.160
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4.59	3.558	5.638
139	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	4.53	0.907	8.287
140	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.27	0.599	7.869
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.08	2.713	5.503
142	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3.77	1.566	5.746
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.68	1.903	5.623
144	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.43	1.160	5.770
145	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.23	1.059	5.859
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.15	1.080	5.320
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.08	1.408	4.748
148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.03	0.000	6.178
149	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.79	1.666	4.106
150	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.71	1.246	4.226
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.38	0.939	3.769
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.28	0.462	4.112
153	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.17	0.933	3.423
154	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.13	0.174	4.304
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.02	0.745	3.305
156	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.94	1.083	2.853
157	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.74	0.065	3.315
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.72	0.882	2.892
159	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.53	0.604	2.464
160	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.28	0.822	1.712
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.22	0.319	2.129
162	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.20	0.359	2.039
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.07	0.456	1.696
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.42	0.225	0.615

02In 1981

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea95.48
2Lithuania93.89
3Slovakia93.29
4Armenia93.23
5Turkmenistan92.45

Lowest

164South Sudan0.42
163Burkina Faso1.07
162Rwanda1.20
161Burundi1.22
160Mauritius1.28

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 21.90. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea96.185
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 18.412
Male
HighestSouth Korea94.825
LowestSouth Sudan0.615
Middle country: 25.859

03Caveats

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162 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 21.97. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1981). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/1981

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