Data for 1996

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1996

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1996
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1996 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 97.72; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.76. The middle country reads 33.22. Against 1995, 160 values changed (130 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1996

HighestSouth Korea

97.72

LowestSouth Sudan

0.76

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

160countries
3measures per country
1996the year it describes
159distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	97.72	97.993	97.48
2	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	94.21	94.484	93.94
3	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	93.46	93.970	92.91
4	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	92.92	94.258	91.55
5	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.76	92.300	93.20
6	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	91.57	94.232	88.86
7	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90.34	92.158	88.59
8	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	89.26	90.340	88.13
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	87.99	89.090	86.93
10	United States`USA`Northern America	87.81	88.893	86.80
11	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	87.22	91.936	82.55
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87.02	87.816	86.26
13	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	86.81	88.680	84.97
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	86.60	89.534	83.80
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86.32	88.726	84.01
16	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	85.42	86.896	83.97
17	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	85.25	84.578	85.93
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.79	82.070	87.48
19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	84.26	88.546	80.12
20	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	83.90	86.798	81.03
21	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	83.11	84.642	81.61
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	82.74	85.669	79.93
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	82.63	84.538	80.81
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	81.71	83.489	80.08
25	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	81.41	82.116	80.73
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81.39	83.562	79.31
27	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	81.07	84.239	77.81
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	80.64	80.615	80.66
29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	80.20	82.803	77.43
30	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	79.95	79.189	80.70
=31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	79.61	86.422	73.13
=31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79.61	82.605	76.70
33	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	79.20	82.216	76.29
34	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	77.97	79.722	76.26
35	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77.91	76.538	79.23
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	77.81	78.769	76.87
37	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	77.29	80.391	74.28
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	76.65	80.128	73.37
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	75.83	74.897	76.75
40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	73.68	63.822	78.45
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	72.90	74.870	70.99
42	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	71.42	75.519	67.48
43	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	69.38	72.394	66.44
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.13	70.768	63.54
45	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	66.67	68.353	65.04
46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	65.18	63.877	66.47
47	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	64.59	64.761	64.41
48	Chile`CHL`South America	64.34	65.820	62.90
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.75	68.431	59.32
50	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	61.92	65.944	58.03
51	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	59.13	63.120	55.05
52	Peru`PER`South America	59.02	56.407	61.59
53	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.10	63.200	53.24
54	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	57.97	63.790	52.43
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	55.52	60.162	51.00
56	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	54.59	48.877	59.92
57	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	52.44	47.471	57.19
58	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	51.02	44.018	58.48
59	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	49.73	47.818	51.83
60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	48.28	45.672	50.93
61	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	46.40	51.690	41.34
62	Colombia`COL`South America	46.06	48.518	43.65
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.98	46.262	45.68
64	Panama`PAN`Central America	45.39	49.933	40.97
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	44.74	48.432	41.50
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.19	44.980	43.40
67	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	43.15	43.723	42.61
68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	42.92	39.445	46.31
69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	41.73	41.450	42.04
70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	40.85	47.375	34.47
71	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	39.86	34.003	45.65
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	39.78	40.232	39.34
73	Ecuador`ECU`South America	39.38	39.991	38.78
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	37.73	41.893	33.60
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.15	33.790	40.29
76	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	36.51	35.630	37.27
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	35.22	32.037	38.35
78	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	34.48	31.442	37.42
79	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	33.86	34.679	33.05
80	Guyana`GUY`South America	33.28	35.198	31.30
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	33.15	33.261	33.03
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	32.72	39.378	25.94
83	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	32.10	32.371	31.83
84	Uruguay`URY`South America	31.83	37.662	26.14
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.37	24.292	38.20
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	29.83	34.968	24.80
87	Venezuela`VEN`South America	29.13	34.053	24.31
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.90	26.789	31.12
89	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.80	22.464	34.29
90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	28.13	27.475	28.78
91	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	25.79	25.607	25.87
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	24.84	23.352	26.38
93	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	24.29	25.129	23.43
94	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.74	20.706	26.77
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	23.16	15.956	29.82
96	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23.03	21.055	24.97
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	21.74	23.894	19.57
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	20.04	18.373	21.62
99	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	19.28	20.450	18.14
100	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	19.03	17.411	20.60
101	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18.92	6.983	30.46
102	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	16.94	9.393	24.24
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.75	18.984	14.53
104	Suriname`SUR`South America	16.37	18.856	14.03
105	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	16.09	15.362	16.84
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	15.79	14.503	17.10
107	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.32	14.390	16.23
108	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	15.09	13.714	16.45
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.06	12.576	17.59
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	15.02	8.802	21.12
111	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.01	9.009	19.03
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.60	9.296	18.10
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.19	9.064	17.17
114	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.93	9.007	16.86
115	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	12.55	6.851	18.44
116	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.32	8.638	16.01
117	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11.50	11.100	11.87
118	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	11.37	12.449	10.24
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11.24	8.071	14.24
120	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.94	4.480	17.40
121	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.82	6.039	15.75
122	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.59	6.485	14.77
123	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.68	7.861	12.30
124	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	9.53	6.167	12.81
125	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	9.41	10.677	8.19
126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	8.98	5.254	13.28
127	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	8.91	3.853	13.99
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.55	6.031	11.06
129	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.91	5.483	10.48
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	7.60	5.193	10.04
131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.62	3.629	9.85
132	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.56	4.628	8.48
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.53	2.517	10.52
134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	6.51	4.187	8.71
135	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.50	1.596	11.37
136	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.31	5.707	6.91
137	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.12	3.483	8.81
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.00	4.693	7.10
139	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.93	3.668	8.23
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.78	2.545	8.98
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.69	5.187	6.21
142	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.36	1.781	8.87
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5.14	3.147	7.12
144	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.00	2.917	7.20
145	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	4.89	4.615	5.17
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.12	2.035	6.24
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.00	2.131	5.80
148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.98	2.136	5.82
149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.92	1.929	5.91
150	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.82	1.927	5.73
151	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.62	1.473	5.67
152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.60	2.843	4.49
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.44	1.227	5.68
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.14	1.903	4.39
155	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.97	2.085	3.80
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.41	1.489	3.33
157	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.37	2.870	1.90
158	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.20	1.067	3.29
159	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.04	1.361	2.72
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.76	0.548	0.98

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea97.72
2Slovakia94.21
3Georgia93.46
4Turkmenistan92.92
5Czechia92.76

Lowest

160South Sudan0.76
159Burundi2.04
158Niger2.20
157Mauritius2.37
156Mozambique2.41

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 33.22. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea97.993
LowestSouth Sudan0.548
Middle country: 34.028
Male
HighestSouth Korea97.48
LowestSouth Sudan0.98
Middle country: 33.33

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 160 in both
130 · 30rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Azerbaijan45.78 → 49.73+3.95
Thailand29.41 → 32.10+2.69
Saint Lucia43.95 → 46.40+2.45
Türkiye29.23 → 31.37+2.14
Uzbekistan50.49 → 52.44+1.95

Fell most

Mongolia34.92 → 32.72−2.20
Latvia81.75 → 79.61−2.14
Romania77.95 → 75.83−2.12
Lithuania88.37 → 86.81−1.56
Estonia85.66 → 84.26−1.40

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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159 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 79.61. 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) (1996). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/1996

0645 held

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