Data for 1989

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1989

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1989
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Figures for 1989, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1989 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 96.55; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.68. The middle country reads 27.20. Against 1988, 160 values changed (136 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1989

HighestSouth Korea

96.55

LowestSouth Sudan

0.68

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

164countries
3measures per country
1989the year it describes
162distinct 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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96.55	97.015	96.135
2	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	94.03	94.394	93.684
3	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.88	93.855	93.905
4	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	93.41	94.525	92.325
5	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.36	95.175	91.485
6	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.68	93.200	92.140
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.07	91.298	92.808
8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	91.56	94.098	89.128
9	United States`USA`Northern America	88.84	89.564	88.154
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	88.40	89.142	87.692
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	87.77	93.468	82.428
12	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	87.52	88.161	86.831
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	86.77	87.879	85.719
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	85.22	87.165	83.345
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	84.83	85.584	84.044
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	84.77	83.772	85.752
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	84.67	86.551	82.861
18	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	83.72	88.676	78.956
19	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	82.27	83.260	81.330
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	82.08	77.870	86.140
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	81.27	82.345	80.235
=22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.68	77.249	81.999
=22	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	79.68	78.009	81.279
24	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	79.49	82.018	77.058
25	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	79.13	76.591	81.641
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	77.47	78.882	76.112
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	77.21	77.959	76.559
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	76.59	79.271	73.991
29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.56	81.008	72.348
30	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	75.51	81.445	69.385
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	75.31	74.972	75.652
32	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	74.02	76.522	71.442
33	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.87	76.625	71.255
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	73.70	77.716	69.836
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	72.89	74.775	71.075
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	71.55	71.530	71.570
37	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	71.43	76.589	66.439
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	71.30	72.132	70.482
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	69.84	68.350	71.310
40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	68.78	57.511	73.971
41	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	67.36	69.898	64.978
42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	65.61	66.980	64.260
43	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	64.54	66.550	62.600
44	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.23	63.185	65.265
45	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	63.87	64.050	63.700
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60.65	63.766	57.436
47	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	59.97	57.142	62.722
48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	59.02	59.793	58.233
49	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	58.64	62.214	55.264
50	Chile`CHL`South America	56.52	57.005	56.045
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	54.75	56.550	53.030
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	53.37	56.895	49.955
53	Peru`PER`South America	52.90	48.801	56.961
54	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	52.22	55.224	49.354
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	51.62	55.305	47.985
56	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.36	49.100	45.720
57	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46.64	39.168	53.648
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.50	44.566	48.376
59	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.04	39.648	50.238
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.50	34.693	52.963
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	42.68	46.344	39.104
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.27	42.169	42.369
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	40.95	46.795	35.015
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	39.87	32.614	46.994
65	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	37.57	33.243	42.003
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	37.13	37.336	36.926
67	Colombia`COL`South America	36.78	38.592	35.012
68	Paraguay`PRY`South America	35.55	35.419	35.679
69	Bolivia`BOL`South America	33.93	30.207	37.597
70	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	33.69	27.563	39.833
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	33.56	36.884	30.264
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	32.54	30.844	34.154
73	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	32.48	30.076	34.796
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.71	30.662	32.832
75	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	31.59	28.157	34.447
76	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	31.58	26.045	37.065
77	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	30.94	33.173	28.753
78	Uruguay`URY`South America	30.63	35.552	25.852
79	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.44	30.237	30.637
80	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	27.66	21.465	33.495
81	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	27.44	20.267	34.477
82	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	27.38	30.726	24.096
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.03	31.513	22.623
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	27.00	30.038	24.018
85	Guyana`GUY`South America	26.62	26.547	26.697
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.16	20.256	27.986
87	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.83	18.655	29.005
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.45	17.454	29.104
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	22.97	20.580	25.360
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.86	20.960	24.690
91	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	22.28	14.922	29.312
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	22.23	20.372	24.092
93	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	21.53	20.846	22.196
94	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	20.59	17.436	23.996
95	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	19.64	16.679	22.849
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.43	21.243	17.593
97	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	19.04	18.060	20.070
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	17.92	11.010	24.340
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	17.89	15.760	20.040
100	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.69	19.200	16.130
101	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	16.93	8.552	25.482
102	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15.90	15.243	16.543
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.83	11.847	19.807
104	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	15.42	13.307	17.537
105	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	15.00	7.860	22.160
106	Suriname`SUR`South America	14.93	15.650	14.240
107	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	14.38	11.812	16.832
108	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	14.04	10.151	17.681
109	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.93	12.259	15.659
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.38	8.296	18.636
111	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12.92	2.578	23.088
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	12.51	8.224	16.664
113	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.35	7.156	17.606
114	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	11.83	10.111	13.551
115	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.68	5.621	17.341
116	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.67	3.726	19.216
117	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.15	8.428	14.118
118	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.04	5.288	16.878
119	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.71	9.530	11.890
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	10.57	8.089	13.039
121	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9.54	4.828	14.568
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	9.37	9.985	8.735
123	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9.03	4.413	13.383
124	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.75	3.864	13.784
125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.64	5.827	11.447
126	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.60	7.268	9.918
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.58	5.040	12.110
128	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8.46	9.091	7.851
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.80	2.968	12.618
=130	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.63	2.332	12.882
=130	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	7.63	3.333	12.263
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	7.51	1.143	13.913
133	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	7.12	5.378	8.678
134	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.08	4.243	9.993
135	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.98	1.505	12.455
136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.72	1.812	11.732
137	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.53	3.973	9.143
138	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.45	3.461	9.131
139	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.53	2.060	8.950
140	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.50	4.340	6.580
141	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.26	1.312	9.342
142	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.18	2.261	8.211
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.00	3.763	6.293
144	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.94	3.256	6.996
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.64	1.772	7.522
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.57	2.030	7.150
147	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.06	2.095	6.165
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.94	1.417	6.647
149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.50	1.426	5.776
150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.34	1.023	5.643
151	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.31	1.637	4.957
152	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.23	2.530	3.940
153	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.21	1.487	4.947
154	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.93	1.453	4.403
155	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.92	1.751	4.051
156	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.75	1.743	3.763
157	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.60	0.584	4.524
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.56	0.883	4.273
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.43	1.066	3.736
160	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.21	1.118	3.208
161	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.02	1.185	2.865
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.64	0.748	2.538
163	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.54	1.399	1.669
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.68	0.461	0.901

02In 1989

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea96.55
2Lithuania94.03
3Slovakia93.88
4Turkmenistan93.41
5Armenia93.36

Lowest

164South Sudan0.68
163Mauritius1.54
162Burundi1.64
161Burkina Faso2.02
160Mozambique2.21

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 27.20. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea97.015
LowestSouth Sudan0.461
Middle country: 26.296
Male
HighestSouth Korea96.135
LowestSouth Sudan0.901
Middle country: 28.879

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 164 in both
136 · 24rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia28.78 → 30.94+2.16
Egypt44.81 → 46.64+1.83
South Africa30.79 → 32.54+1.75
Indonesia29.86 → 31.58+1.72
Trinidad and Tobago63.99 → 65.61+1.62

Fell most

Dominican Republic27.50 → 27.03−0.47
Bosnia and Herzegovina42.73 → 42.27−0.46
Ghana8.98 → 8.64−0.34
Republic of the Congo17.25 → 16.93−0.32
Cuba58.92 → 58.64−0.28

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.

04Caveats

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

How values are stored

162 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 79.68. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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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) (1989). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/1989

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