Data for 1994

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1994

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1994
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Figures for 1994, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1994 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 97.34; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.73. The middle country reads 32.15. Against 1993, 156 values changed (121 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1994

HighestSouth Korea

97.34

LowestSouth Sudan

0.73

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

160countries
3measures per country
1994the year it describes
159distinct 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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	97.34	97.6587	97.049
2	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	94.17	94.3987	93.949
3	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	93.81	94.2739	93.314
4	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	93.10	94.4105	91.761
5	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	92.93	95.1110	90.691
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.59	91.9656	93.186
7	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90.00	91.4022	88.652
8	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	89.84	91.1641	88.574
9	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	88.63	89.5454	87.675
10	United States`USA`Northern America	88.01	89.0029	87.083
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	87.73	88.7995	86.699
12	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	87.11	90.8257	83.526
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	86.46	87.3198	85.640
14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	86.11	90.9595	81.360
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	85.78	88.0476	83.598
16	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	85.70	88.5923	82.932
17	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	85.09	84.3137	85.874
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	83.75	80.3663	87.106
19	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	83.55	90.0339	77.424
20	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	83.53	85.3225	81.712
21	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	83.03	84.4369	81.677
22	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	81.43	85.0532	77.853
23	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	81.42	82.3192	80.559
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	80.54	81.8777	79.348
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	80.15	83.3933	77.053
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	79.88	81.1215	78.681
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	79.86	79.1599	80.530
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	79.80	81.6233	78.003
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	79.44	77.5441	81.344
30	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.81	77.1623	80.372
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.67	82.1655	75.305
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	78.51	81.5145	75.604
33	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	78.17	81.8031	74.503
34	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	76.96	80.2116	73.502
35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	76.87	75.7758	77.946
36	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	76.83	78.8666	74.867
37	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	76.28	79.2455	73.416
38	France`FRA`Western Europe	76.21	77.1462	75.286
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	75.93	78.6278	73.378
40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	73.02	62.1119	77.612
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	71.26	72.9909	69.581
42	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	70.45	74.2296	66.810
43	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	68.30	70.9715	65.692
44	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.79	66.6970	64.897
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	65.34	68.9865	61.687
46	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	64.50	64.4900	64.510
47	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	63.70	61.7854	65.535
48	Chile`CHL`South America	62.26	63.4604	61.090
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.16	65.2983	57.238
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	59.71	62.5284	56.828
51	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.28	63.5689	55.129
52	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	59.11	64.7185	53.789
53	Peru`PER`South America	57.67	54.6243	60.664
54	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	56.19	60.6033	51.983
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	53.95	58.5101	49.470
56	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	52.01	45.8225	57.752
57	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	48.67	43.2610	53.851
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.06	48.1349	47.985
59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	47.86	40.8812	55.371
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	45.27	49.0797	41.560
61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	45.23	47.9467	42.897
62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	45.22	41.2238	49.224
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	42.93	43.3187	42.549
64	Colombia`COL`South America	42.84	45.3791	40.349
65	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	42.47	41.1493	43.849
66	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	41.59	45.9815	37.312
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	40.01	39.0805	40.901
68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	39.81	36.3405	43.201
69	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	39.47	38.9503	39.970
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.35	38.8946	37.815
71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	37.90	38.0929	37.713
72	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37.76	32.0596	43.430
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	37.42	43.0172	31.917
74	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	37.11	43.6814	30.481
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	36.09	39.9703	32.240
76	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	35.20	33.6391	36.539
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	34.54	30.9686	38.059
78	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	33.32	28.9344	37.424
79	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	33.31	28.7823	37.702
80	Uruguay`URY`South America	32.18	37.7919	26.772
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	32.12	31.9209	32.331
82	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.98	32.5642	31.404
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.04	32.7308	29.281
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28.49	33.3204	23.760
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.76	32.9712	22.651
86	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	27.46	26.9973	27.917
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.41	20.5744	33.974
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.69	24.3708	29.131
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	26.66	25.4100	27.910
90	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	26.19	19.5400	32.050
91	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	24.57	24.2384	24.808
92	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.76	20.0373	27.477
93	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23.69	21.2707	26.061
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	23.63	21.9781	25.318
95	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	23.45	23.6022	23.292
96	India`IND`Southern Asia	21.69	14.2491	28.589
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.79	22.9808	18.591
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.11	16.2595	19.870
99	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	17.92	18.4168	17.437
100	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	17.27	5.5161	28.676
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.81	18.4831	15.133
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.35	14.4126	18.243
103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.28	14.9871	17.567
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.78	14.6669	16.877
105	Suriname`SUR`South America	15.52	17.2969	13.827
106	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	15.34	7.6306	22.781
107	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	15.31	8.1639	22.384
108	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.27	12.3425	18.253
109	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.19	13.7235	16.693
110	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14.94	13.9787	15.919
111	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.04	8.6359	19.466
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.47	8.9162	18.226
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.14	9.3019	16.852
114	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.49	8.3967	16.607
115	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.22	7.8729	16.663
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	11.17	5.9387	16.649
117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11.14	7.4501	14.640
118	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.72	8.7411	13.491
119	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	10.61	11.4961	9.696
120	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.46	6.1790	14.849
121	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.23	5.3849	15.275
122	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.14	9.3209	10.891
123	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.04	3.5615	16.542
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8.93	10.0192	7.879
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.61	5.8149	11.395
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	8.35	3.4068	13.337
127	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.32	4.3839	12.784
128	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	8.10	4.7262	11.436
129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.23	4.7067	9.797
130	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.95	6.0955	7.795
131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.92	3.6451	10.335
132	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.88	1.6803	12.070
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.83	2.5322	11.112
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.70	4.5719	9.062
135	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.56	4.3991	8.699
136	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.23	3.7275	8.568
137	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.04	3.7694	8.349
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	5.80	4.5282	6.908
139	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.57	4.9160	6.256
=140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.32	2.9855	7.726
=140	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.32	1.6494	9.039
142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.30	2.2051	8.365
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.82	2.8836	6.744
144	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.52	2.3132	6.853
145	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	4.34	3.9339	4.774
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.06	2.0136	6.144
147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.90	1.7823	6.002
148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.68	1.8709	5.491
149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.64	1.6833	5.663
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.61	1.8003	5.360
151	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.50	1.1856	5.706
152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.47	2.4570	4.567
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.13	1.0280	5.258
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.03	2.0175	3.958
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.93	1.7152	4.165
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.36	1.4509	3.231
157	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.15	1.0282	3.228
158	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.09	2.3744	1.824
159	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.87	1.1152	2.625
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.73	0.5376	0.928

02In 1994

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea97.34
2Slovakia94.17
3Georgia93.81
4Turkmenistan93.10
5Armenia92.93

Lowest

160South Sudan0.73
159Burundi1.87
158Mauritius2.09
157Niger2.15
156Mozambique2.36

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 32.15. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea97.6587
LowestSouth Sudan0.5376
Middle country: 32.3119
Male
HighestSouth Korea97.049
LowestSouth Sudan0.928
Middle country: 31.984

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
156values changed, of 160 in both
121 · 35rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Azerbaijan40.04 → 42.47+2.43
Saint Lucia39.31 → 41.59+2.28
Portugal35.38 → 37.42+2.04
Iran31.72 → 33.32+1.60
South Africa38.41 → 40.01+1.60

Fell most

Mongolia38.98 → 37.11−1.87
Latvia85.08 → 83.55−1.53
Estonia88.51 → 87.11−1.40
Lithuania91.21 → 89.84−1.37
Iraq16.41 → 15.78−0.63

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

159 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 5.32. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1994). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/1994

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