Data for 1982

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1982

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1982
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Figures for 1982, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1982 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 95.63; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.46. The middle country reads 22.36. Against 1981, 163 values changed (157 up, 6 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1982

HighestSouth Korea

95.63

LowestSouth Sudan

0.46

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

164countries
3measures per country
1982the year it describes
161distinct 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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	95.63	96.278	95.018
2	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	93.96	94.166	93.766
3	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.36	95.141	91.521
4	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.34	93.211	93.461
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	92.65	93.711	91.581
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91.26	90.171	92.301
7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	91.09	93.626	88.756
8	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.06	91.411	90.691
9	United States`USA`Northern America	89.04	89.714	88.384
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	87.23	87.806	86.686
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	86.82	92.464	81.474
12	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	85.76	86.086	85.416
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	84.80	85.687	83.947
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	84.44	85.986	82.966
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	83.04	83.318	82.768
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	81.59	79.545	83.645
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	80.86	83.060	78.720
18	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	80.29	85.088	75.538
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	79.76	73.176	86.196
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	79.75	80.334	79.194
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	79.45	80.314	78.624
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.16	74.602	81.512
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	76.24	72.681	79.681
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	75.42	72.062	78.932
25	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74.54	79.633	69.693
26	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	73.50	76.185	70.915
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	73.48	75.974	71.054
28	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	72.62	75.405	69.895
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	72.54	71.868	73.128
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	72.06	72.173	71.953
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	71.90	69.707	74.127
32	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	71.75	74.338	69.258
=33	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	69.10	77.434	61.094
=33	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	69.10	70.587	67.667
35	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	66.85	71.410	62.440
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	65.79	64.694	66.874
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	64.08	61.686	66.416
38	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	63.11	63.685	62.505
39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	62.80	49.039	67.209
40	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	62.52	70.026	56.336
41	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	62.03	59.628	64.278
42	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	60.12	60.792	59.472
43	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	59.48	58.822	60.102
44	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	59.23	56.948	61.468
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	58.50	59.870	57.170
46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55.38	51.614	59.254
47	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	54.72	54.855	54.585
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	53.38	55.965	50.655
49	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	52.14	53.286	51.036
50	Chile`CHL`South America	48.93	48.583	49.273
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47.93	47.271	48.581
52	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.11	48.586	45.706
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.40	49.402	43.452
54	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	45.65	47.769	43.599
55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.63	37.859	53.189
56	Peru`PER`South America	45.45	39.461	51.431
57	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	45.08	44.413	45.713
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.58	39.669	45.379
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	41.14	44.081	38.261
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.25	28.819	51.449
61	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	39.94	29.562	49.972
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	39.60	37.603	41.523
63	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	36.59	28.209	44.639
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	36.05	40.128	31.958
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.80	33.729	33.869
66	Brazil`BRA`South America	33.21	34.830	31.600
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	32.02	31.245	32.785
68	Colombia`COL`South America	31.41	32.528	30.318
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	31.13	21.759	39.999
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	30.30	28.868	31.728
71	Uruguay`URY`South America	28.92	33.139	24.709
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	28.69	25.098	32.288
73	Bolivia`BOL`South America	28.51	23.310	33.700
74	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	27.62	21.405	34.035
75	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	26.63	21.383	31.363
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	25.48	27.210	23.780
77	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	25.02	19.840	29.980
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.81	22.696	26.816
79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.15	26.028	22.308
80	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	23.55	19.335	27.605
81	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	22.53	24.012	21.062
82	Guyana`GUY`South America	22.39	21.226	23.586
83	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	22.33	16.194	28.474
84	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22.21	17.659	26.709
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.26	13.733	28.263
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	21.21	15.958	26.438
87	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.39	13.089	26.989
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20.08	17.256	22.866
89	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	19.86	10.393	29.223
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	19.25	17.101	21.331
91	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	18.73	19.178	18.278
92	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	18.66	18.222	19.092
93	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18.27	12.159	24.359
94	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	18.12	14.390	21.850
95	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	17.83	10.123	25.933
96	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	17.77	16.539	18.919
97	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	16.77	13.460	20.870
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.65	16.813	16.483
99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	16.59	7.310	25.820
100	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.53	15.260	17.860
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	14.63	10.165	19.125
102	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	14.07	10.162	18.342
103	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	13.83	5.836	21.876
104	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13.68	12.113	15.243
105	India`IND`Southern Asia	13.33	6.983	19.163
106	Suriname`SUR`South America	13.01	11.828	14.148
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12.83	11.308	14.398
108	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12.12	6.927	17.527
109	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.96	5.395	18.105
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11.55	8.865	14.245
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	11.42	5.293	17.683
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.38	5.647	14.957
113	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10.35	5.625	14.835
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.27	7.415	13.445
115	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	9.98	4.170	15.880
116	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9.63	0.291	18.961
117	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.00	7.433	10.543
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.99	6.516	11.446
119	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8.40	5.941	10.881
120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.21	6.804	9.604
121	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	7.48	7.641	7.311
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7.40	3.047	12.407
123	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7.05	1.956	11.796
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.00	7.030	6.970
125	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.92	4.196	9.726
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.61	3.322	9.912
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.47	1.935	11.015
128	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.35	1.128	11.518
129	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6.22	3.713	8.703
130	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	6.18	0.000	11.959
131	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.09	3.040	8.560
132	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.01	1.601	10.161
133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.79	3.044	8.614
134	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.55	0.884	10.214
135	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.49	1.698	9.888
136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5.12	2.137	8.157
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.02	0.000	10.583
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4.70	3.655	5.765
139	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	4.60	0.915	8.415
140	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.54	0.741	8.291
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.20	2.846	5.606
142	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4.12	1.895	6.105
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.82	2.063	5.773
144	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.41	1.180	5.740
145	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.36	1.132	6.002
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.32	1.159	5.579
147	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.27	0.000	6.445
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.18	1.477	4.877
=149	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.87	1.337	4.477
=149	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.87	1.734	4.214
151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.43	0.978	3.828
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.37	0.524	4.234
153	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.32	0.266	4.566
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.29	0.988	3.608
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.10	0.793	3.423
156	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.07	1.204	2.984
157	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.83	0.109	3.449
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.79	0.899	2.969
159	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.64	0.678	2.608
160	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.29	0.369	2.219
=161	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.27	0.867	1.647
=161	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.27	0.409	2.129
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.15	0.510	1.800
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.46	0.259	0.659

02In 1982

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea95.63
2Lithuania93.96
3Armenia93.36
4Slovakia93.34
5Turkmenistan92.65

Lowest

164South Sudan0.46
163Burkina Faso1.15
161Rwandashared1.27
161Mauritiusshared1.27
160Burundi1.29

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 22.36. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea96.278
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 19.256
Male
HighestSouth Korea95.018
LowestSouth Sudan0.659
Middle country: 26.573

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 164 in both
157 · 6rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Croatia57.52 → 59.23+1.71
Trinidad and Tobago50.60 → 52.14+1.54
Saint Lucia17.16 → 18.66+1.50
Egypt35.27 → 36.59+1.32
Kazakhstan61.26 → 62.52+1.26

Fell most

China26.08 → 25.02−1.06
Azerbaijan40.47 → 39.94−0.53
Uzbekistan45.74 → 45.63−0.11
São Tomé and Príncipe12.06 → 11.96−0.10
Central African Republic3.43 → 3.41−0.02

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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161 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 69.10. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1982). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/1982

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