Data for 1988

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1988

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1988
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1988 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 96.43; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.64. The middle country reads 26.62. Against 1987, 162 values changed (139 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1988

HighestSouth Korea

96.43

LowestSouth Sudan

0.64

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

164countries
3measures per country
1988the 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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96.43	96.916	95.986
2	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	94.29	94.573	94.023
3	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.81	93.719	93.899
4	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.49	95.292	91.562
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	93.36	94.450	92.260
6	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.32	92.810	91.800
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91.95	91.142	92.722
8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	91.73	94.143	89.403
9	United States`USA`Northern America	88.77	89.483	88.093
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	88.24	88.955	87.555
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	87.77	93.398	82.428
12	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	87.27	87.867	86.617
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	86.44	87.521	85.411
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	85.33	87.156	83.566
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	84.58	85.326	83.836
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	84.46	83.381	85.521
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	84.40	86.412	82.472
18	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	83.22	88.161	78.481
19	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	81.91	82.814	81.034
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	81.83	77.443	86.053
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	81.04	82.104	80.014
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.56	76.904	82.084
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	79.53	77.541	81.431
24	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	78.76	81.389	76.189
25	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	78.74	76.228	81.218
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	77.02	78.320	75.790
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	76.55	77.027	76.127
28	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.33	81.005	71.925
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	76.25	78.933	73.653
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	75.13	74.465	75.805
31	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	74.54	80.909	68.019
32	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	74.19	76.584	71.704
33	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.55	76.305	70.945
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	72.73	76.848	68.768
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	72.32	74.192	70.522
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	70.42	70.148	70.688
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	70.41	70.481	70.341
38	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.15	75.501	64.871
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	68.41	66.699	70.099
40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	67.99	56.608	73.368
41	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	66.70	68.850	64.630
42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.99	65.209	62.769
43	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	63.85	65.558	62.198
44	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	63.82	62.529	65.079
45	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	63.54	63.581	63.501
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	59.70	62.699	56.599
47	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	59.26	56.273	62.183
48	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	58.92	62.058	55.948
49	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	58.61	59.418	57.788
50	Chile`CHL`South America	55.23	55.719	54.749
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	54.13	55.731	52.601
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	52.45	55.592	49.412
53	Peru`PER`South America	51.99	47.786	56.156
54	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	51.71	54.443	49.103
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	51.11	54.667	47.607
56	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.02	48.228	45.878
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.70	43.305	48.025
58	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.17	39.542	50.602
59	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	44.81	37.066	52.106
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.07	33.885	52.885
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.73	42.685	42.775
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	42.71	46.185	39.315
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	40.55	46.149	34.829
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	38.85	31.021	46.521
65	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	37.74	32.623	43.323
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	36.91	36.920	36.900
67	Colombia`COL`South America	35.89	37.642	34.182
68	Paraguay`PRY`South America	35.16	34.983	35.333
69	Brazil`BRA`South America	33.65	36.707	30.617
70	Bolivia`BOL`South America	32.92	28.928	36.858
71	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	32.53	26.392	38.712
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.61	30.374	32.924
73	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	31.06	28.343	33.653
74	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	30.85	27.178	33.958
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	30.79	28.948	32.558
76	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.71	30.482	30.932
77	Uruguay`URY`South America	30.57	35.358	25.898
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.86	24.052	35.622
79	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	28.78	30.634	27.004
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.50	31.706	23.366
81	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	26.77	29.852	23.732
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	26.65	20.419	32.469
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	26.59	29.567	23.667
84	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	26.34	18.758	33.788
85	Guyana`GUY`South America	25.97	25.710	26.240
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.22	20.266	28.096
87	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24.02	18.665	29.375
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	22.42	16.445	28.025
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	22.30	19.720	24.880
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21.93	19.789	24.069
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	21.90	20.041	23.691
92	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	21.61	14.094	28.864
93	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	20.96	20.270	21.640
94	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.44	16.039	23.139
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.31	20.867	17.727
96	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	19.14	16.136	22.466
97	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	18.67	17.578	19.818
98	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18.03	15.508	20.578
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.53	18.973	16.033
100	India`IND`Southern Asia	17.27	10.472	23.582
101	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	17.25	8.599	26.079
102	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.90	11.788	19.998
103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15.69	14.638	16.718
104	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.93	7.618	22.268
105	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.92	12.712	17.132
106	Suriname`SUR`South America	14.84	15.291	14.411
107	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.82	11.155	16.365
108	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.70	12.116	15.346
109	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	13.53	9.487	17.327
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.38	8.236	18.686
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.29	6.916	17.736
112	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12.23	2.187	22.137
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	12.02	7.693	16.213
114	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.61	5.458	17.378
115	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	11.24	9.379	13.099
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.05	8.185	14.135
117	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.99	5.169	16.899
118	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	10.70	2.958	18.038
119	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.36	9.078	11.638
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	9.79	7.253	12.323
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9.24	4.578	14.268
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	9.07	9.599	8.519
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.98	6.227	11.737
124	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.76	7.378	10.128
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.52	3.629	13.499
126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	8.39	3.758	12.758
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.34	4.771	11.901
128	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8.28	8.840	7.740
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.76	2.911	12.601
130	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.40	2.080	12.650
131	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	7.36	3.034	12.024
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	7.07	0.831	13.351
133	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.92	1.409	12.389
134	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6.86	4.113	9.693
135	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	6.65	4.754	8.344
136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.64	4.060	9.280
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.55	3.521	9.231
138	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.33	1.613	11.183
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.40	4.252	6.482
140	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.18	1.275	9.225
141	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.12	1.669	8.509
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.89	3.596	6.236
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.76	2.072	7.492
144	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.73	3.066	6.766
145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.68	1.915	7.565
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.51	1.753	7.293
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.87	1.325	6.605
148	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.86	1.943	5.923
149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.50	1.399	5.809
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.31	1.644	4.954
151	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.16	0.901	5.411
152	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.11	1.417	4.817
153	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.07	2.331	3.821
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.88	1.728	4.018
155	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.65	1.274	4.024
156	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.50	1.110	3.830
157	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.49	1.467	3.517
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.47	0.859	4.119
159	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.40	0.510	4.200
160	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.18	1.075	3.215
161	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.86	1.085	2.645
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.61	0.677	2.547
163	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.43	1.258	1.588
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.64	0.421	0.861

02In 1988

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea96.43
2Lithuania94.29
3Slovakia93.81
4Armenia93.49
5Turkmenistan93.36

Lowest

164South Sudan0.64
163Mauritius1.43
162Burundi1.61
161Burkina Faso1.86
160Mozambique2.18

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 26.62. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea96.916
LowestSouth Sudan0.421
Middle country: 24.881
Male
HighestSouth Korea95.986
LowestSouth Sudan0.861
Middle country: 28.060

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 164 in both
139 · 23rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia26.90 → 28.78+1.88
Egypt43.03 → 44.81+1.78
Indonesia28.18 → 29.86+1.68
Trinidad and Tobago62.32 → 63.99+1.67
South Africa29.21 → 30.79+1.58

Fell most

Costa Rica31.21 → 30.71−0.50
China14.31 → 13.82−0.49
Cuba59.37 → 58.92−0.45
Brazil34.09 → 33.65−0.44
Kyrgyzstan74.47 → 74.19−0.28

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) (1988). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/1988

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