Data for 1987

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1987

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1987
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1987 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 96.32; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.61. The middle country reads 25.78. Against 1986, 164 values changed (145 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1987

HighestSouth Korea

96.32

LowestSouth Sudan

0.61

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

164countries
3measures per country
1987the year it describes
164distinct 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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96.32	96.811	95.871
2	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	94.40	94.683	94.133
3	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.75	93.618	93.878
4	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.60	95.391	91.671
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	93.26	94.321	92.171
6	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.04	92.482	91.562
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91.81	90.925	92.655
8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	91.73	94.086	89.466
9	United States`USA`Northern America	88.79	89.465	88.145
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	88.09	88.816	87.396
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	87.70	93.246	82.336
12	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	87.08	87.657	86.447
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	86.09	87.165	85.065
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	85.38	87.123	83.703
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	84.35	84.982	83.752
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	84.23	82.978	85.458
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	83.90	86.161	81.741
18	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	82.78	87.804	77.904
19	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	81.60	82.422	80.802
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	81.57	76.899	86.089
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	80.79	81.794	79.814
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.32	76.442	82.032
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	79.26	76.924	81.494
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	78.33	75.756	80.866
25	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	77.99	80.703	75.333
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	76.37	77.690	75.140
27	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	75.94	80.783	71.353
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	75.81	78.484	73.224
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	75.79	76.089	75.519
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	74.84	73.873	75.823
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	74.47	76.836	72.026
32	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	73.47	80.147	66.697
33	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.22	75.980	70.620
34	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	71.63	73.528	69.808
35	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	71.59	75.818	67.518
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	69.34	68.659	70.009
37	France`FRA`Western Europe	69.28	68.828	69.728
38	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	68.99	74.538	63.438
39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	67.03	55.276	72.496
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	66.92	65.122	68.692
41	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	66.16	68.018	64.368
42	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	63.53	62.010	65.040
43	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	63.16	63.219	63.099
44	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	62.97	64.393	61.593
45	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	62.32	63.608	61.018
46	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	59.37	62.200	56.680
47	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	58.61	55.516	61.636
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	58.58	61.478	55.578
49	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	58.14	58.949	57.319
50	Chile`CHL`South America	53.86	54.314	53.414
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	53.40	54.883	51.983
52	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	51.47	53.886	49.166
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	51.31	54.011	48.701
54	Peru`PER`South America	50.80	46.345	55.215
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	50.34	53.929	46.809
56	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	46.59	47.371	45.851
57	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.23	39.132	51.122
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.02	42.275	47.695
59	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	43.03	35.042	50.592
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	42.92	46.287	39.627
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.77	42.649	42.889
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	42.56	32.919	52.619
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	40.14	45.514	34.624
64	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	37.71	31.690	44.390
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	37.64	29.458	45.638
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	36.47	36.390	36.550
67	Colombia`COL`South America	34.83	36.582	33.122
68	Paraguay`PRY`South America	34.54	34.182	34.892
69	Brazil`BRA`South America	34.09	36.760	31.440
70	Bolivia`BOL`South America	31.98	27.906	36.006
71	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	31.37	25.243	37.573
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.29	29.698	32.967
73	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.21	31.270	31.150
74	Uruguay`URY`South America	30.60	35.326	25.966
75	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	30.20	26.309	33.519
76	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	29.69	26.641	32.571
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	29.21	27.247	31.107
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	28.18	22.374	33.944
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.70	31.573	23.893
80	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	26.90	28.321	25.541
81	Venezuela`VEN`South America	26.36	29.247	23.527
82	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	25.96	28.803	23.143
83	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	25.61	19.199	31.539
84	Guyana`GUY`South America	25.28	24.852	25.722
85	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	25.19	17.245	33.005
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.03	19.992	27.992
87	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.98	18.496	29.466
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21.74	19.427	24.047
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	21.61	18.860	24.360
90	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.59	15.544	27.234
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	21.01	19.157	22.797
92	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	20.97	13.365	28.335
93	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.27	19.487	20.947
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.25	20.525	17.955
95	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	18.69	15.619	22.169
96	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	18.36	14.748	22.308
97	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	18.30	17.139	19.519
98	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18.29	15.285	21.325
99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	17.46	8.510	26.580
100	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.39	18.744	15.984
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	16.70	9.907	22.997
102	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.86	11.625	20.075
103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15.33	13.985	16.645
104	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.75	7.286	22.246
105	Suriname`SUR`South America	14.58	14.734	14.434
106	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.56	12.342	16.782
107	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	14.31	11.446	17.046
108	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.58	12.049	15.179
109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.00	7.945	18.205
110	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12.99	8.829	16.899
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.31	6.816	17.886
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.67	7.306	15.896
113	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	11.66	1.830	21.390
114	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.57	5.336	17.436
115	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.92	7.982	14.012
116	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.88	5.015	16.835
117	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.65	8.613	12.683
118	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.08	8.785	11.375
119	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.82	2.311	16.921
120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.13	6.409	11.859
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9.06	6.509	11.609
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	8.92	4.303	13.963
123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.85	7.438	10.248
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.83	9.259	8.379
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.27	3.342	13.212
126	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8.10	8.553	7.663
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.09	4.568	11.608
128	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7.87	3.264	12.214
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.65	2.803	12.493
130	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	7.08	2.792	11.722
131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.05	1.856	12.166
132	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.88	1.362	12.332
133	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.72	4.112	9.392
134	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.65	0.535	12.815
135	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6.61	3.890	9.430
136	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.58	3.559	9.209
137	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	6.15	4.159	7.929
138	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.95	1.423	10.623
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.29	4.132	6.402
140	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.07	1.210	9.070
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.92	2.128	7.758
142	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.79	1.367	8.137
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.77	3.454	6.134
144	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.61	2.913	6.653
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.33	1.681	7.021
146	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.14	1.535	6.875
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.79	1.267	6.517
148	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.70	1.843	5.703
149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.48	1.344	5.824
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.30	1.636	4.946
151	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.00	0.800	5.200
152	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.99	1.363	4.633
153	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.89	2.129	3.659
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.88	1.722	4.072
155	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.56	1.135	3.925
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.41	1.130	3.690
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.39	0.860	3.950
158	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.27	0.443	4.003
159	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.17	1.176	3.166
160	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.13	1.041	3.191
161	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.71	0.969	2.459
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.58	0.627	2.537
163	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.34	1.127	1.537
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.61	0.400	0.820

02In 1987

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea96.32
2Lithuania94.40
3Slovakia93.75
4Armenia93.60
5Turkmenistan93.26

Lowest

164South Sudan0.61
163Mauritius1.34
162Burundi1.58
161Burkina Faso1.71
160Mozambique2.13

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 25.78. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea96.811
LowestSouth Sudan0.400
Middle country: 23.613
Male
HighestSouth Korea95.871
LowestSouth Sudan0.820
Middle country: 27.613

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
164values changed, of 164 in both
145 · 19rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia24.99 → 26.90+1.91
Trinidad and Tobago60.60 → 62.32+1.72
Indonesia26.63 → 28.18+1.55
Egypt41.50 → 43.03+1.53
Croatia65.39 → 66.92+1.53

Fell most

China16.05 → 14.31−1.74
Costa Rica32.10 → 31.21−0.89
Iraq18.52 → 18.29−0.23
Cuba59.56 → 59.37−0.19
Uzbekistan45.38 → 45.23−0.15

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.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1987). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/1987

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