Data for 1991

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1991

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1991
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1991 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 96.83; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.72. The middle country reads 29.90. Against 1990, 159 values changed (126 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1991

HighestSouth Korea

96.83

LowestSouth Sudan

0.72

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

160countries
3measures per country
1991the year it describes
156distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96.83	97.264	96.444
2	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	94.01	94.102	93.922
3	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	93.37	93.919	92.819
=4	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.35	95.278	91.458
=4	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	93.35	94.589	92.179
6	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	93.11	93.628	92.628
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.27	91.559	92.949
8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	90.52	93.507	87.827
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	89.00	89.959	88.089
10	United States`USA`Northern America	88.83	89.537	88.167
11	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	87.94	88.692	87.162
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	87.32	88.332	86.352
13	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	87.07	92.963	81.573
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	85.37	86.154	84.554
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	85.22	87.239	83.279
16	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	85.13	87.512	82.842
17	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	85.11	84.405	85.815
18	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	84.60	89.492	79.852
19	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	82.85	84.129	81.689
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	82.79	78.718	86.768
21	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	81.65	82.694	80.644
22	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	80.89	83.205	78.635
23	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.57	77.568	81.478
24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	79.50	76.782	82.192
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	79.43	78.163	80.643
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	78.52	79.691	77.521
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	78.22	79.731	76.731
28	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	77.46	82.601	72.261
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	77.45	80.315	74.665
30	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	77.23	81.296	73.356
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	76.37	79.962	72.982
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	76.21	76.509	75.909
33	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.82	77.427	72.347
34	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	74.38	77.582	71.152
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	74.35	76.519	72.259
36	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	74.06	78.752	69.582
37	France`FRA`Western Europe	73.47	74.057	72.887
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	73.38	75.361	71.471
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	72.76	71.463	74.033
40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	70.54	58.877	75.387
41	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	68.75	71.752	65.902
42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	68.72	70.206	67.266
43	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.08	68.522	63.732
44	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.03	64.519	65.529
45	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	64.31	64.572	64.062
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.37	65.877	58.777
47	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	61.52	59.127	63.797
48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	59.88	61.063	58.673
49	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	58.91	63.390	54.680
50	Chile`CHL`South America	58.67	59.353	58.003
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	57.48	60.210	54.880
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	55.17	59.059	51.409
53	Peru`PER`South America	54.36	50.582	58.092
54	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	53.87	57.433	50.473
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	52.48	56.468	48.538
56	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	49.38	42.559	55.699
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.24	47.584	48.884
58	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	46.22	48.712	44.042
59	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	45.42	39.908	50.718
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	44.55	36.611	53.111
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	43.43	47.015	39.935
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.94	41.696	42.176
63	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	41.77	35.783	47.663
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	41.15	47.470	34.800
65	Colombia`COL`South America	39.01	41.194	36.874
66	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	37.71	34.946	40.256
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	37.45	38.014	36.894
68	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36.38	36.420	36.340
69	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.93	32.535	39.265
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	35.20	33.717	36.597
71	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	35.14	29.112	41.152
72	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	35.08	33.197	36.867
73	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	34.97	38.072	31.872
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	34.27	37.704	30.864
75	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	33.68	29.095	38.215
76	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	33.07	30.343	35.283
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.78	31.026	32.586
78	Uruguay`URY`South America	31.19	36.399	26.189
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	30.09	33.957	26.327
80	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.02	30.045	29.995
81	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	29.78	23.535	35.875
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	29.36	23.902	34.552
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	28.05	28.547	27.527
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	27.87	31.816	24.006
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	26.42	31.408	21.518
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.13	18.767	31.187
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	24.41	22.845	25.935
88	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	24.31	22.200	26.420
89	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23.81	20.251	27.301
90	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.75	19.034	28.464
91	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	23.49	16.262	30.132
92	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	23.35	20.433	26.463
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	22.63	20.950	24.320
94	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	22.62	22.069	23.139
95	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	20.37	19.656	21.116
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.42	21.637	17.187
97	India`IND`Southern Asia	19.29	12.080	25.990
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.63	19.263	15.963
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	17.49	15.806	19.176
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.65	14.925	18.375
101	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	16.47	16.399	16.539
102	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	16.08	8.136	24.146
103	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.07	13.705	18.325
104	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.35	11.893	18.823
105	Suriname`SUR`South America	15.08	16.213	13.993
106	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.85	8.222	21.492
107	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14.57	3.494	25.394
108	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14.41	12.752	16.112
109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	13.60	5.384	21.464
110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.37	9.393	17.223
111	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.27	8.400	18.330
112	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	13.04	11.544	14.544
113	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.52	7.783	17.303
114	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	12.46	10.012	14.882
115	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.88	6.398	17.268
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.15	8.670	13.910
117	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.82	5.693	16.143
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10.26	5.826	14.436
119	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.17	5.243	15.363
120	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	9.86	10.611	9.091
121	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.29	4.376	14.406
=122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.72	5.504	11.924
=122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8.72	9.555	7.915
124	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8.53	2.049	15.039
125	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	8.29	6.863	9.573
126	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	7.98	6.859	9.089
127	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	7.89	3.715	12.445
128	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.88	2.871	12.911
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.74	5.098	10.358
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.61	2.822	12.372
131	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.35	4.504	10.254
132	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.09	1.636	12.586
133	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	6.44	2.994	9.854
134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.28	3.485	8.815
135	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.27	3.864	8.724
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.97	2.816	9.196
137	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.63	4.395	6.755
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.47	3.681	7.601
139	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.34	1.435	9.355
140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.14	4.133	6.203
141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.86	1.846	7.866
142	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.48	2.416	6.656
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.27	2.014	6.564
144	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.09	1.735	6.615
145	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.69	1.405	5.955
=146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3.62	1.967	5.267
=146	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.62	3.006	4.256
148	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.52	1.510	5.690
=149	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.32	1.601	5.001
=149	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.32	1.565	5.085
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.25	2.235	4.275
152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.10	0.816	5.276
153	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.97	1.771	4.101
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.78	0.945	4.655
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.42	1.418	3.438
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.26	1.260	3.170
157	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.25	1.010	3.440
158	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.81	1.789	1.829
159	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.69	0.857	2.527
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.72	0.517	0.927

02In 1991

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea96.83
2Slovakia94.01
3Georgia93.37
4Armeniashared93.35
4Turkmenistanshared93.35

Lowest

160South Sudan0.72
159Burundi1.69
158Mauritius1.81
157Niger2.25
156Mozambique2.26

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 29.90. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea97.264
LowestSouth Sudan0.517
Middle country: 29.579
Male
HighestSouth Korea96.444
LowestSouth Sudan0.927
Middle country: 30.498

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 160 in both
126 · 33rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia32.84 → 34.97+2.13
Portugal28.31 → 30.09+1.78
Botswana21.76 → 23.35+1.59
Spain55.92 → 57.48+1.56
Croatia71.31 → 72.76+1.45

Fell most

Jordan47.00 → 46.22−0.78
Estonia91.13 → 90.52−0.61
Lithuania93.68 → 93.11−0.57
Ghana8.23 → 7.74−0.49
Latvia87.55 → 87.07−0.48

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.

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156 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 93.35. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1991). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/1991

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