Data for 1992

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1992

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1992
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1992 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 96.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.72. The middle country reads 30.68. Against 1991, 159 values changed (133 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1992

HighestSouth Korea

96.99

LowestSouth Sudan

0.72

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

160countries
3measures per country
1992the year it describes
158distinct 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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	96.99	97.384	96.624
2	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	94.09	94.258	93.928
3	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	93.64	94.150	93.120
4	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.36	95.398	91.328
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	93.30	94.562	92.072
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.35	91.675	92.995
7	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	92.28	93.069	91.549
8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	89.67	92.874	86.624
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	89.39	90.490	88.340
10	United States`USA`Northern America	88.58	89.360	87.850
11	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	88.19	88.997	87.357
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	87.49	88.494	86.524
13	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	86.25	92.300	80.580
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	85.71	86.506	84.896
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	85.33	87.507	83.237
16	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	85.22	87.770	82.770
17	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	85.07	89.990	80.280
18	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	85.06	84.368	85.758
19	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	83.06	84.489	81.749
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	83.00	79.105	86.825
21	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	81.73	83.910	79.500
22	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	81.59	82.572	80.652
23	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	79.72	77.063	82.373
24	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.46	77.600	81.220
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	79.39	78.198	80.528
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	79.21	80.480	78.130
27	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	78.69	83.335	74.055
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	78.63	80.155	77.125
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	77.76	80.708	74.898
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	77.65	81.029	74.449
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	77.59	81.437	73.917
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	77.23	77.852	76.612
33	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	75.50	77.969	73.149
34	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	75.29	79.605	71.115
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	75.08	77.533	72.713
36	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	74.83	78.184	71.394
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	74.51	76.688	72.448
38	France`FRA`Western Europe	74.45	75.299	73.609
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	74.07	72.778	75.338
40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	71.46	59.873	76.143
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	69.85	71.242	68.492
42	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	69.31	72.589	66.219
43	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	66.94	69.429	64.539
44	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.34	65.234	65.464
45	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	64.50	64.745	64.265
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	63.20	66.936	59.396
47	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	62.20	59.989	64.299
48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	60.10	61.719	58.449
49	Chile`CHL`South America	59.85	60.756	58.966
50	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	59.18	64.151	54.481
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	58.84	62.127	55.717
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	56.47	60.464	52.604
53	Peru`PER`South America	55.36	51.820	58.850
54	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	54.74	58.694	50.974
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	52.94	57.145	48.785
56	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	50.23	43.625	56.345
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.57	48.324	48.814
58	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	46.06	40.519	51.379
59	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	45.65	48.159	43.479
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	45.16	37.655	53.305
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	44.24	47.642	40.922
62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	42.75	37.442	47.972
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.24	42.057	42.417
64	Colombia`COL`South America	40.38	42.714	38.094
65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	40.37	46.826	33.896
66	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	38.47	36.552	40.282
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	37.81	38.450	37.180
68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	37.10	33.728	40.408
69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	37.02	37.101	36.941
70	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	36.91	40.388	33.458
71	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	36.75	35.481	37.971
72	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	36.58	35.085	37.995
73	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	35.77	29.790	41.730
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	34.89	38.454	31.354
75	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	34.10	29.975	38.175
76	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	33.71	31.258	35.708
77	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	32.77	37.103	28.543
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.67	31.069	32.309
79	Uruguay`URY`South America	31.63	36.959	26.529
80	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	30.98	25.270	36.540
81	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	30.39	25.379	35.149
82	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.13	30.251	30.011
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	29.01	29.893	28.083
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28.05	32.487	23.707
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	26.55	31.696	21.496
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.67	19.094	31.954
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	25.19	23.983	26.373
88	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	24.96	23.115	26.805
89	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	24.74	21.907	27.747
90	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	24.32	17.251	30.721
=91	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.82	19.398	28.238
=91	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23.82	20.619	26.959
93	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	23.40	23.020	23.670
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	22.84	21.102	24.592
95	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	21.31	20.830	21.810
96	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.00	12.643	26.833
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.58	21.774	17.374
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.32	18.919	15.699
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	17.06	15.547	18.567
100	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	16.97	17.051	16.891
101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.93	15.349	18.509
102	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.73	14.538	18.818
103	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	15.80	8.111	23.551
104	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	15.42	4.031	26.521
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.22	12.000	18.470
106	Suriname`SUR`South America	15.18	16.500	13.920
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14.74	13.160	16.360
108	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.59	8.400	20.790
109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.36	6.224	22.174
110	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	13.64	12.292	15.002
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	13.61	11.187	15.997
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.49	8.675	18.505
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.45	9.660	17.120
114	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.58	8.064	17.134
115	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.94	6.902	17.072
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.18	8.884	13.944
117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10.72	6.520	14.690
118	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.56	5.814	15.464
119	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.43	5.412	15.712
120	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	10.11	10.896	9.306
121	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.58	4.663	14.693
122	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	9.05	2.597	15.537
123	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	8.91	7.676	10.026
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8.84	9.761	7.951
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.66	5.604	11.704
126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.02	3.924	12.544
127	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.99	3.050	12.970
128	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	7.66	6.614	8.694
=129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.37	2.709	12.009
=129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.37	4.646	10.146
131	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.24	4.773	9.683
132	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.12	1.720	12.560
133	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	6.99	3.542	10.402
134	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.34	3.124	9.634
135	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.23	3.522	8.712
136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.15	3.812	8.532
137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.77	3.888	7.968
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.72	4.493	6.823
139	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.35	1.513	9.283
140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.23	4.365	6.145
141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.98	1.932	8.012
142	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.70	2.608	6.888
143	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.19	1.908	6.618
144	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.15	2.013	6.323
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.07	2.296	5.836
146	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.84	3.289	4.419
147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.81	1.575	6.025
148	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.54	1.560	5.650
149	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.44	2.387	4.507
150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.39	1.609	5.179
151	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.34	1.572	5.062
152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.27	0.919	5.509
153	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.01	1.855	4.095
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.91	0.984	4.874
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.60	1.524	3.694
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.29	1.338	3.168
157	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.18	0.991	3.321
158	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.92	1.993	1.853
159	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.75	0.953	2.553
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.72	0.532	0.912

02In 1992

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea96.99
2Slovakia94.09
3Georgia93.64
4Armenia93.36
5Turkmenistan93.30

Lowest

160South Sudan0.72
159Burundi1.75
158Mauritius1.92
157Niger2.18
156Mozambique2.29

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 30.68. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea97.384
LowestSouth Sudan0.532
Middle country: 30.113
Male
HighestSouth Korea96.624
LowestSouth Sudan0.912
Middle country: 31.038

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 160 in both
133 · 26rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Portugal30.09 → 32.77+2.68
Saint Lucia34.97 → 36.91+1.94
South Africa35.20 → 36.75+1.55
Malta35.08 → 36.58+1.50
Botswana23.35 → 24.74+1.39

Fell most

Estonia90.52 → 89.67−0.85
Lithuania93.11 → 92.28−0.83
Latvia87.07 → 86.25−0.82
Mongolia41.15 → 40.37−0.78
Jordan46.22 → 45.65−0.57

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

158 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 23.82. 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) (1992). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/1992

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