Data for 1984

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1984

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1984
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Figures for 1984, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1984 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 95.94; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.52. The middle country reads 23.11. Against 1983, 163 values changed (153 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1984

HighestSouth Korea

95.94

LowestSouth Sudan

0.52

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

164countries
3measures per country
1984the year it describes
161distinct values15 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, 1984, 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, 1984: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	95.94	96.564	95.364
2	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	94.24	94.455	94.035
3	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.57	93.447	93.687
4	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.55	95.326	91.706
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	92.89	93.909	91.869
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91.51	90.493	92.483
7	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.43	91.822	91.012
8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	91.35	93.725	89.065
9	United States`USA`Northern America	88.93	89.576	88.306
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	87.55	88.280	86.860
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	87.28	92.815	81.865
12	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	86.28	86.726	85.806
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	85.18	86.164	84.234
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	84.91	86.522	83.372
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	83.58	83.934	83.244
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	82.68	80.949	84.399
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	81.76	83.857	79.747
18	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	81.26	86.118	76.468
19	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	80.54	81.227	79.877
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	80.53	74.652	86.272
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	80.05	80.997	79.147
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.63	75.255	81.825
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	77.81	74.719	80.779
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	76.65	73.487	79.847
25	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	75.37	78.254	72.714
26	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	75.04	80.139	70.169
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	74.58	77.225	72.025
28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	73.89	73.570	74.180
=29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	73.71	74.497	72.977
=29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	73.71	76.323	71.133
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	73.21	71.618	74.808
32	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	72.33	75.001	69.761
33	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	70.94	78.645	63.345
34	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	69.94	71.583	68.363
35	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	68.81	73.191	64.511
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	67.04	66.282	67.792
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	65.64	63.386	67.866
38	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	65.14	72.137	59.397
39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	64.65	51.560	69.410
40	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	64.28	65.296	63.216
41	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	62.68	60.519	64.709
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	62.47	60.398	64.518
43	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	61.19	60.828	61.538
44	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	61.12	62.088	60.178
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	59.28	61.026	57.596
46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	56.62	53.021	60.341
47	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	56.55	58.020	55.150
48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	56.12	56.681	55.551
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	55.26	57.678	52.738
50	Chile`CHL`South America	50.50	50.430	50.570
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	49.94	50.526	49.376
52	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	49.23	51.131	47.421
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	47.84	50.117	45.637
54	Peru`PER`South America	47.52	42.284	52.724
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	46.97	50.336	43.666
56	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	45.96	45.478	46.418
57	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.45	37.928	52.748
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.34	40.252	46.322
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	42.46	45.401	39.581
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.64	40.199	43.049
61	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	41.36	30.421	52.041
62	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	39.06	30.604	47.144
63	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	38.49	29.428	47.708
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	37.86	42.429	33.219
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	34.21	33.581	34.831
66	Brazil`BRA`South America	33.77	35.842	31.712
67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	33.67	24.750	42.250
68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.40	33.836	32.976
69	Colombia`COL`South America	32.62	33.865	31.405
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	32.06	30.917	33.197
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	30.32	27.519	33.179
72	Bolivia`BOL`South America	30.29	25.577	34.977
73	Uruguay`URY`South America	29.64	34.070	25.250
74	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	28.87	22.565	35.345
75	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	28.11	23.359	32.349
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	26.55	29.076	24.066
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	26.14	24.209	28.019
78	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.91	22.090	29.510
79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	25.03	27.201	22.901
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	23.89	18.317	29.427
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	23.68	22.943	24.433
82	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	23.26	25.058	21.468
83	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22.97	18.614	27.274
84	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	22.96	17.178	28.748
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.31	15.323	28.673
86	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	21.94	12.897	30.867
87	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	21.68	21.924	21.444
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.39	14.546	27.736
89	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	21.18	16.871	25.301
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	20.68	18.075	23.275
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	19.89	17.871	21.841
92	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	19.42	16.135	22.705
93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.19	19.856	18.516
94	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	19.02	11.319	26.729
95	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	18.86	17.772	19.892
96	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18.64	13.463	23.843
97	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	17.59	14.371	21.501
98	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	17.22	16.030	18.470
=99	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.13	17.637	16.607
=99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	17.13	7.937	26.337
101	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	15.49	11.547	19.807
102	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.06	10.663	19.463
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	14.73	8.128	20.818
104	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.08	6.264	21.944
105	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13.99	12.283	15.693
106	Suriname`SUR`South America	13.56	12.794	14.284
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.28	11.763	14.873
108	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.18	11.011	15.321
109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	12.27	7.300	17.400
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	11.78	5.833	17.843
111	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.70	5.314	17.724
112	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11.21	6.608	15.508
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.96	6.381	15.391
=114	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	10.42	0.861	19.921
=114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.42	7.492	13.552
116	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.32	4.450	16.280
117	Belize`BLZ`Central America	9.43	8.055	10.795
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.26	6.677	11.847
119	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.13	6.788	11.458
120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.62	7.213	10.013
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	8.06	3.614	13.164
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.05	8.326	7.756
123	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	7.58	0.857	13.887
124	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7.53	2.459	12.389
125	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.43	7.603	7.263
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.31	4.761	9.841
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7.26	3.902	10.622
128	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.99	2.319	11.669
129	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.87	4.222	9.592
130	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.64	2.159	10.869
131	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.55	1.210	11.830
132	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.32	3.399	8.739
133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	6.11	2.091	10.611
134	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6.04	3.276	8.906
135	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.99	1.369	10.579
136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.64	0.000	11.496
137	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5.17	2.206	8.186
138	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.06	1.012	9.142
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4.96	3.889	6.039
140	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4.86	2.709	6.779
141	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	4.80	1.046	8.686
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.41	3.092	5.772
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.12	2.398	6.098
144	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	3.80	0.389	7.079
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3.69	1.362	6.102
146	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.51	1.148	6.198
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.41	1.272	5.702
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.27	1.571	4.961
149	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.19	1.508	4.988
150	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.99	1.818	4.338
151	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.87	0.643	5.263
152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.57	1.106	3.976
153	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.56	1.178	3.958
154	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.54	0.619	4.479
155	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.37	1.543	3.223
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.21	0.826	3.616
157	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.00	0.243	3.653
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.93	0.925	3.095
159	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.88	0.852	2.912
160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.45	0.575	2.325
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.41	0.459	2.369
162	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.34	0.654	2.034
163	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.24	0.939	1.519
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.52	0.314	0.724

02In 1984

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea95.94
2Lithuania94.24
3Slovakia93.57
4Armenia93.55
5Turkmenistan92.89

Lowest

164South Sudan0.52
163Mauritius1.24
162Burkina Faso1.34
161Burundi1.41
160Rwanda1.45

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 23.11. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea96.564
LowestDjibouti0.000
Middle country: 20.890
Male
HighestSouth Korea95.364
LowestSouth Sudan0.724
Middle country: 27.002

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 164 in both
153 · 10rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Trinidad and Tobago54.22 → 56.55+2.33
Saint Lucia20.13 → 21.68+1.55
Croatia60.94 → 62.47+1.53
Indonesia22.47 → 23.89+1.42
Kazakhstan63.75 → 65.14+1.39

Fell most

China23.39 → 21.18−2.21
Azerbaijan39.31 → 38.49−0.82
Costa Rica33.69 → 33.40−0.29
Türkiye21.53 → 21.39−0.14
São Tomé and Príncipe11.80 → 11.70−0.10

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 15 decimals. 2 countries share 73.71. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
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Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1984). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/1984

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