Data for 1993

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1993

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1993
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1993 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 97.15; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.72. The middle country reads 31.70. Against 1992, 157 values changed (125 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1993

HighestSouth Korea

97.15

LowestSouth Sudan

0.72

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

160countries
3measures per country
1993the year it describes
160distinct 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, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	97.15	97.501	96.82
2	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	94.12	94.324	93.92
3	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	93.82	94.299	93.32
4	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.26	95.379	91.10
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	93.19	94.472	91.90
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.48	91.830	93.10
7	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	91.21	92.208	90.28
8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	89.72	90.961	88.53
9	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	88.51	91.925	85.16
10	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	88.43	89.319	87.51
11	United States`USA`Northern America	88.21	89.104	87.37
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	87.64	88.658	86.66
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	86.11	86.940	85.29
14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	85.54	90.457	80.71
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	85.44	87.667	83.30
16	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	85.41	88.153	82.77
17	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	85.08	91.335	79.18
18	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	85.06	84.393	85.73
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	83.37	79.679	87.01
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	83.13	84.551	81.79
21	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	82.62	84.624	80.54
22	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	81.54	82.493	80.63
23	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	80.01	84.128	75.96
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	79.85	81.167	78.71
25	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	79.83	77.449	82.23
26	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	79.58	78.541	80.57
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.20	77.470	80.83
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	79.12	80.761	77.50
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	78.93	82.172	75.84
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	78.58	79.525	77.65
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.10	81.789	74.56
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	78.07	81.047	75.19
33	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	76.68	80.638	72.77
34	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	76.15	78.468	73.93
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	75.70	78.447	73.05
36	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	75.69	79.079	72.14
37	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	75.50	74.288	76.69
38	France`FRA`Western Europe	75.42	76.420	74.43
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	75.37	77.768	73.11
40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	72.28	61.024	76.84
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	70.58	72.055	69.14
42	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	69.96	73.485	66.60
43	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	67.61	70.151	65.14
44	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.47	65.911	65.05
45	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	64.57	64.681	64.46
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	64.14	67.942	60.30
47	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	62.90	60.787	64.94
48	Chile`CHL`South America	61.27	62.318	60.25
49	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	59.93	62.156	57.66
50	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.91	63.671	56.34
51	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	59.28	64.710	54.14
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.85	62.021	53.81
53	Peru`PER`South America	56.61	53.380	59.79
54	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	55.33	59.654	51.21
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	53.55	57.931	49.23
56	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	50.98	44.558	56.93
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.64	48.585	48.70
58	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	47.16	41.708	52.39
59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	46.27	39.037	54.13
60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	45.36	47.920	43.16
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	44.93	48.398	41.55
62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43.92	39.318	48.47
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.56	42.692	42.43
64	Colombia`COL`South America	41.68	44.134	39.27
65	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	40.04	38.653	41.42
66	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	39.31	43.198	35.49
67	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	38.98	45.484	32.44
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	38.41	37.291	39.46
69	Bolivia`BOL`South America	38.36	34.975	41.68
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.00	38.559	37.45
71	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	37.88	36.814	38.89
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	37.59	37.717	37.47
73	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.62	30.773	42.44
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	35.57	39.255	31.91
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	35.38	40.248	30.61
76	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	34.38	32.439	36.01
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	34.33	30.539	38.07
78	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	32.17	27.067	37.13
79	Uruguay`URY`South America	32.08	37.538	26.85
80	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	31.72	27.037	36.14
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.68	31.306	32.08
82	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.85	31.163	30.54
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	29.99	31.315	28.61
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28.32	32.949	23.79
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.18	32.359	22.10
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.39	19.752	32.75
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	26.04	25.178	26.89
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	25.85	23.228	28.62
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	25.82	24.280	27.36
90	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	25.14	18.308	31.24
91	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	24.02	23.617	24.43
92	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23.85	21.011	26.63
93	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.72	19.643	27.79
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	23.16	21.422	24.92
95	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	22.45	22.224	22.68
96	India`IND`Southern Asia	20.80	13.347	27.72
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.21	22.365	18.05
98	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	17.50	17.738	17.27
99	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.44	15.478	19.31
100	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.92	18.414	15.41
101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.78	15.363	18.19
102	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	16.41	15.098	17.71
103	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.36	4.739	27.66
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	15.53	8.104	22.94
105	Suriname`SUR`South America	15.35	16.855	13.92
106	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.33	12.257	18.45
107	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	14.96	12.704	17.17
108	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	14.94	13.449	16.47
109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.84	6.936	22.46
110	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14.32	13.168	15.49
111	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.27	8.501	20.05
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.47	8.762	18.38
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.34	9.564	16.99
114	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.58	8.260	16.93
115	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.04	7.388	16.84
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.08	8.962	13.91
117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11.00	7.048	14.75
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.72	5.630	16.07
119	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.43	5.964	15.02
120	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	10.36	11.224	9.47
121	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	9.93	5.043	15.01
122	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	9.55	3.107	16.03
123	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.52	8.520	10.43
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8.90	9.918	7.92
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.60	5.674	11.51
126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.14	4.102	12.66
127	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	8.12	3.230	13.06
128	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.50	4.064	10.89
129	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	7.29	6.335	8.23
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.26	4.678	9.89
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.11	2.622	11.58
132	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.02	1.693	12.36
133	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.83	4.513	9.12
134	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.66	3.411	10.01
135	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.19	3.600	8.59
136	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.18	4.165	8.48
137	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.10	3.806	8.44
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.75	4.505	6.85
139	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.41	4.680	6.18
140	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.32	1.562	9.16
141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.11	2.038	8.16
142	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.98	2.796	7.25
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.51	2.645	6.36
144	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.34	2.096	6.72
145	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	4.12	3.631	4.64
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.08	2.004	6.19
147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.90	1.736	6.05
148	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.56	1.599	5.62
149	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.51	1.713	5.31
150	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.49	2.418	4.58
151	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.45	1.653	5.19
152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.41	1.049	5.66
153	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.03	1.952	4.03
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.02	0.991	5.08
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.76	1.605	3.94
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.32	1.407	3.18
157	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.14	1.003	3.23
158	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.01	2.181	1.85
159	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.80	1.026	2.58
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.72	0.533	0.91

02In 1993

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea97.15
2Slovakia94.12
3Georgia93.82
4Armenia93.26
5Turkmenistan93.19

Lowest

160South Sudan0.72
159Burundi1.80
158Mauritius2.01
157Niger2.14
156Mozambique2.32

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 31.70. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea97.501
LowestSouth Sudan0.533
Middle country: 31.235
Male
HighestSouth Korea96.82
LowestSouth Sudan0.91
Middle country: 31.58

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
157values changed, of 160 in both
125 · 32rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Portugal32.77 → 35.38+2.61
Saint Lucia36.91 → 39.31+2.40
South Africa36.75 → 38.41+1.66
Azerbaijan38.47 → 40.04+1.57
Croatia74.07 → 75.50+1.43

Fell most

Mongolia40.37 → 38.98−1.39
Latvia86.25 → 85.08−1.17
Estonia89.67 → 88.51−1.16
Lithuania92.28 → 91.21−1.07
Iraq17.06 → 16.41−0.65

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) (1993). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/1993

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