Data for 1983

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1983

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1983
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Figures for 1983, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1983 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 95.79; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.49. The middle country reads 22.84. Against 1982, 163 values changed (156 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1983

HighestSouth Korea

95.79

LowestSouth Sudan

0.49

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

164countries
3measures per country
1983the 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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	95.79	96.4433	95.173
2	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	94.11	94.3095	93.920
3	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.48	95.2317	91.672
4	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.46	93.3220	93.592
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	92.78	93.8211	91.731
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91.39	90.3516	92.382
7	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.22	91.5941	90.824
8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	91.18	93.6428	88.853
9	United States`USA`Northern America	89.00	89.6857	88.336
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	87.40	88.0738	86.764
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	87.02	92.6114	81.641
12	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	85.99	86.4083	85.548
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	85.01	85.9568	84.097
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	84.69	86.2468	83.207
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	83.31	83.6199	83.010
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	82.11	80.2662	83.956
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	81.25	83.3916	79.182
18	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	80.83	85.5972	76.117
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	80.23	73.9858	86.326
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	80.17	80.8017	79.562
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	79.68	80.5919	78.812
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.31	74.8682	81.568
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	76.98	73.6095	80.230
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	76.03	72.7331	79.413
25	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74.78	79.8676	69.938
26	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	74.45	77.2190	71.859
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	73.99	76.6209	71.441
28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	73.25	72.7231	73.713
29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	73.14	75.8703	70.470
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	72.86	73.3176	72.428
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	72.47	70.6034	74.363
32	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	72.03	74.6729	69.483
33	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	70.01	78.0421	62.202
34	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	69.52	71.0284	68.068
35	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	67.87	72.2959	63.556
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	66.39	65.5207	67.251
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	64.92	62.5526	67.243
38	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	63.80	50.3939	68.344
=39	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	63.75	71.0999	57.870
=39	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	63.75	64.6139	62.884
41	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	62.37	60.0917	64.502
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	60.94	58.7342	63.114
43	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	60.68	61.5931	59.793
44	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	60.36	59.8506	60.851
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	58.93	60.4596	57.450
46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	56.04	52.3417	59.902
47	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	55.40	55.6980	55.098
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	54.38	56.9284	51.708
49	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	54.22	55.5382	52.968
50	Chile`CHL`South America	49.78	49.5435	50.014
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	48.76	48.6485	48.868
52	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	48.06	49.8178	46.388
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	46.70	48.9054	44.565
54	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.56	49.6384	43.538
55	Peru`PER`South America	46.45	40.7985	52.078
56	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	45.56	44.9602	46.130
57	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.47	37.6892	53.029
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.96	39.8984	45.908
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	41.83	44.6900	39.030
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	40.95	29.7778	51.878
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	40.70	38.8773	42.467
62	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	39.31	29.5268	48.997
63	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	37.83	29.3876	45.918
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	37.00	41.3916	32.572
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.69	33.8674	33.517
66	Brazil`BRA`South America	33.53	35.3211	31.751
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	33.13	32.4056	33.846
68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	32.31	23.1504	41.050
69	Colombia`COL`South America	31.97	33.1646	30.805
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	31.19	29.8677	32.508
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	29.60	26.3479	32.888
72	Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.47	24.4706	34.451
73	Uruguay`URY`South America	29.23	33.5412	24.941
74	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	28.14	21.8752	34.595
75	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	27.42	22.3578	31.988
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	25.96	28.0576	23.898
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	25.43	23.4349	27.345
78	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	24.73	20.6855	28.575
79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.59	26.5738	22.644
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	23.39	18.6120	27.962
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	23.08	22.1308	24.051
82	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	22.99	24.6206	21.371
83	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22.68	18.2271	27.087
84	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	22.60	16.6188	28.589
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	22.47	17.1001	27.810
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.53	14.1760	28.356
87	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.36	14.1674	27.887
88	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	20.76	11.4998	29.910
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20.39	17.6535	23.104
90	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	20.13	20.0239	20.224
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	19.58	17.5317	21.562
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.00	19.5670	18.427
93	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	18.70	15.1550	22.245
94	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18.51	12.7690	24.259
95	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	18.39	10.7179	26.238
96	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	18.28	17.1230	19.343
97	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	17.15	13.9561	21.066
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.93	17.2406	16.611
99	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.86	15.6199	18.160
100	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	16.84	7.5854	26.055
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	14.88	10.4412	19.341
102	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	14.76	10.8244	19.064
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	14.01	7.5121	19.992
104	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.00	6.0748	21.975
105	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13.89	12.3131	15.463
106	Suriname`SUR`South America	13.27	12.2774	14.217
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.07	11.5689	14.639
108	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.34	9.8135	14.854
109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12.22	7.1488	17.469
110	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.80	5.3236	17.894
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	11.58	5.5230	17.763
112	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10.77	6.0676	15.188
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.72	6.0634	15.223
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.39	7.5125	13.512
115	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.17	4.3302	16.100
116	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9.98	0.5389	19.389
117	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.21	7.7318	10.672
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.16	6.6726	11.643
119	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	8.75	6.3355	11.165
120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.40	7.0187	9.769
121	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	7.77	7.9839	7.544
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7.71	3.3321	12.772
123	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7.26	2.1679	12.068
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.21	7.3014	7.121
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.93	3.6035	10.263
126	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.92	4.2188	9.699
127	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	6.85	0.4008	12.881
128	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6.79	4.2641	9.294
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.74	2.1447	11.345
130	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.44	1.1716	11.652
131	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.31	1.8611	10.501
132	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.19	3.2077	8.628
133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.92	3.1607	8.771
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5.77	1.8864	10.196
135	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.76	1.1375	10.367
136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.35	0.0000	11.067
137	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5.17	2.1966	8.197
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4.83	3.7638	5.914
139	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.78	0.8520	8.692
140	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	4.70	0.9835	8.544
141	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4.49	2.3066	6.437
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.32	2.9891	5.699
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.98	2.2383	5.948
=144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.50	1.2660	5.826
=144	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.50	0.0845	6.755
146	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.44	1.1452	6.105
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.42	1.2439	5.724
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.23	1.5065	4.947
149	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.03	1.4377	4.718
150	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.95	1.7982	4.298
151	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.56	0.4176	4.878
152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.50	1.0422	3.902
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.46	0.5849	4.355
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.43	1.0927	3.783
155	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.19	1.3336	3.084
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.16	0.8207	3.521
157	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.92	0.1732	3.563
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.87	0.9191	3.049
159	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.76	0.7677	2.758
=160	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.35	0.4140	2.294
=160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.35	0.4793	2.219
162	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.25	0.8926	1.583
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.24	0.5696	1.920
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.49	0.2842	0.694

02In 1983

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea95.79
2Lithuania94.11
3Armenia93.48
4Slovakia93.46
5Turkmenistan92.78

Lowest

164South Sudan0.49
163Burkina Faso1.24
162Mauritius1.25
160Rwandashared1.35
160Burundishared1.35

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 22.84. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea96.4433
LowestDjibouti0.0000
Middle country: 19.7955
Male
HighestSouth Korea95.173
LowestSouth Sudan0.694
Middle country: 27.216

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 164 in both
156 · 7rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Trinidad and Tobago52.14 → 54.22+2.08
Croatia59.23 → 60.94+1.71
Saint Lucia18.66 → 20.13+1.47
Indonesia21.21 → 22.47+1.26
Egypt36.59 → 37.83+1.24

Fell most

China25.02 → 23.39−1.63
Azerbaijan39.94 → 39.31−0.63
São Tomé and Príncipe11.96 → 11.80−0.16
Uzbekistan45.63 → 45.47−0.16
Costa Rica33.80 → 33.69−0.11

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.

How values are stored

161 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 63.75. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1983). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/1983

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