Data for 1999

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1999

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1999
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1999 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.10; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.75. The middle country reads 36.86. Against 1998, 158 values changed (134 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1999

HighestSouth Korea

98.10

LowestSouth Sudan

0.75

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

160countries
3measures per country
1999the year it describes
157distinct 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.10	98.222	97.99
2	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	94.13	94.564	93.71
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.88	92.839	92.92
4	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	92.42	93.790	91.02
5	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.06	92.353	91.74
6	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90.86	92.909	88.88
7	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	90.05	91.420	88.63
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	90.02	93.683	86.16
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	88.80	93.049	84.64
10	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	88.12	89.058	87.21
11	United States`USA`Northern America	87.80	89.169	86.53
12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	87.59	90.564	84.74
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87.36	88.411	86.32
14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	87.31	88.733	85.94
15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	86.45	86.275	86.63
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86.41	88.884	84.05
17	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	86.32	89.353	83.46
18	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	86.21	88.431	84.09
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	85.67	88.154	83.22
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.63	83.859	87.35
21	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	85.22	86.778	83.56
22	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	84.69	86.620	82.80
23	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	84.65	87.053	82.19
24	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	84.14	83.906	84.37
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	84.02	86.102	82.00
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	83.22	85.932	80.55
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	82.88	85.842	80.27
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	82.46	83.105	81.84
29	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	81.24	86.319	76.41
30	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	81.22	81.885	80.59
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	80.52	83.464	77.67
32	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	80.12	82.615	77.70
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	79.63	81.373	77.96
=34	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	78.69	81.848	75.60
=34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	78.69	82.480	75.19
36	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.47	80.747	76.26
37	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.03	77.710	78.34
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	74.59	81.767	67.65
39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	74.29	77.237	71.44
40	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	73.14	77.660	68.78
41	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	72.71	72.196	73.22
42	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	72.47	63.858	76.85
43	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.10	74.539	67.76
44	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	70.84	74.050	67.71
45	Chile`CHL`South America	68.62	70.396	66.90
46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	67.13	67.291	66.98
47	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	66.61	69.277	64.03
48	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	66.07	67.017	65.09
49	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	65.56	70.159	61.12
50	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.77	70.266	59.58
51	Peru`PER`South America	61.72	59.863	63.54
52	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	60.89	66.774	55.31
53	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	60.50	57.968	63.35
54	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	59.04	54.860	62.96
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	57.90	62.905	52.81
56	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	57.03	62.863	51.53
57	Argentina`ARG`South America	56.87	61.590	52.32
58	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	56.55	53.134	59.80
59	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	53.92	60.222	47.78
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	52.82	44.049	62.37
61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	52.53	52.356	52.71
62	Colombia`COL`South America	52.19	55.223	49.21
63	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	48.09	50.785	45.58
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	47.55	48.853	46.22
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	47.52	51.804	43.53
66	Bolivia`BOL`South America	47.37	44.188	50.46
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	47.19	51.622	42.89
68	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	45.72	52.955	38.66
69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	44.50	45.441	43.59
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.33	43.650	42.97
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	42.91	47.216	38.65
72	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	42.70	36.466	48.83
73	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.69	42.133	43.22
74	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.65	42.840	42.44
75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	42.21	43.967	40.48
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.03	41.646	40.43
77	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	38.79	39.000	38.59
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	38.39	31.966	44.63
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	37.76	35.017	40.44
80	Guyana`GUY`South America	37.37	40.381	34.29
81	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	36.35	37.572	35.14
82	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	35.91	35.448	36.36
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.38	34.318	34.45
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	34.12	39.707	28.66
85	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	32.82	26.588	38.24
86	Uruguay`URY`South America	32.73	37.820	27.73
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	31.43	30.146	32.79
88	Venezuela`VEN`South America	31.08	36.477	25.82
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	30.69	31.025	30.35
90	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	30.13	37.192	22.93
91	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	27.72	27.893	27.46
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	26.57	25.531	27.67
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.27	24.630	27.82
94	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25.44	27.085	23.87
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.59	18.286	30.39
96	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	24.52	26.214	22.79
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	24.04	26.367	21.67
=98	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.43	20.876	25.98
=98	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23.43	22.506	24.34
100	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	21.73	13.998	29.05
101	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	21.40	9.404	32.92
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	21.22	20.238	22.17
103	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.09	21.626	14.72
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.42	19.915	14.97
105	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	17.35	16.777	17.94
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17.22	15.719	18.73
107	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.97	15.103	18.80
108	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.74	13.659	17.84
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.15	8.686	21.65
110	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.14	14.223	16.03
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.74	10.454	18.86
112	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14.58	15.359	13.86
113	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14.47	10.395	18.70
114	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.29	9.811	18.79
115	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	14.14	9.627	18.61
116	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	13.63	9.954	17.25
117	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	12.94	14.385	11.41
118	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.50	6.115	18.89
119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.27	9.358	15.17
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12.06	9.594	14.39
121	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11.91	7.066	16.86
122	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	11.43	8.395	14.29
123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	10.96	12.588	9.39
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10.61	7.091	14.69
125	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.06	6.529	13.63
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9.96	5.353	14.58
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.53	7.617	12.11
128	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.09	6.953	11.28
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9.01	6.823	11.19
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.93	6.691	11.20
131	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7.48	5.476	9.41
132	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.02	3.925	10.18
133	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.94	5.190	8.67
134	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.70	2.975	10.46
135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.50	3.234	9.73
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.45	3.979	9.17
137	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.41	5.174	7.44
138	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.08	1.383	10.71
139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5.94	3.931	7.93
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.88	3.401	8.40
=141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.86	5.449	6.27
=141	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.86	5.478	6.24
143	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	5.79	5.782	5.79
144	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.46	2.084	8.63
145	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.29	3.322	7.31
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.81	2.342	7.30
147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4.62	2.672	6.55
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.45	2.400	6.43
149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.20	2.523	5.89
150	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.15	1.746	6.58
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.00	3.444	4.63
152	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.95	2.244	5.63
153	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.62	1.935	5.25
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.21	2.390	4.01
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.17	2.061	4.28
156	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.87	3.750	2.04
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.72	1.767	3.71
158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.43	1.821	3.04
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.15	1.053	3.19
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.75	0.529	0.98

02In 1999

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.10
2Slovakia94.13
3Czechia92.88
4Turkmenistan92.42
5Georgia92.06

Lowest

160South Sudan0.75
159Niger2.15
158Burundi2.43
157Mozambique2.72
156Mauritius2.87

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 36.86. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.222
LowestSouth Sudan0.529
Middle country: 37.382
Male
HighestSouth Korea97.99
LowestSouth Sudan0.98
Middle country: 37.30

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
158values changed, of 160 in both
134 · 24rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Thailand38.65 → 42.21+3.56
Azerbaijan57.34 → 60.50+3.16
Malaysia22.84 → 25.44+2.60
Saint Lucia51.37 → 53.92+2.55
China23.91 → 26.27+2.36

Fell most

Latvia75.70 → 74.59−1.11
Albania43.45 → 42.65−0.80
Lithuania83.97 → 83.22−0.75
Estonia81.98 → 81.24−0.74
Qatar73.06 → 72.47−0.59

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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157 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 78.69. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1999). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/1999

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