Data for 2000

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2000

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2000
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2000 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.19; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.74. The middle country reads 38.00. Against 1999, 159 values changed (135 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2000

HighestSouth Korea

98.19

LowestSouth Sudan

0.74

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

160countries
3measures per country
2000the year it describes
157distinct 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.19	98.249	98.14
2	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	94.10	94.543	93.67
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.88	92.926	92.84
4	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	92.43	93.799	91.04
5	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.55	91.863	91.21
6	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	91.21	93.279	89.21
7	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	90.17	91.647	88.64
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	90.09	93.765	86.15
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	89.22	93.383	85.14
10	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	88.91	89.810	88.04
11	United States`USA`Northern America	88.03	89.363	86.79
12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	87.68	90.787	84.70
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87.38	88.580	86.19
14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	87.26	90.461	84.30
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	86.88	88.409	85.41
16	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	86.84	88.950	84.83
17	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	86.72	88.065	85.28
18	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	86.70	86.745	86.66
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86.37	88.916	83.95
20	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	86.01	88.131	83.85
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	86.00	88.711	83.31
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.95	84.358	87.49
23	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	85.57	87.542	83.63
24	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	85.43	85.296	85.56
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	85.06	87.136	83.05
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	83.39	86.686	80.53
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	83.16	83.928	82.43
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	83.02	85.933	80.17
29	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	80.99	81.615	80.40
30	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	80.91	83.702	78.21
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	80.82	86.023	75.89
32	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	80.03	82.483	77.65
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	79.81	81.531	78.15
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	79.45	83.155	76.04
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	78.88	82.185	75.65
36	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.43	81.079	75.85
37	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.12	78.160	78.08
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	74.60	77.692	71.60
39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	74.29	81.438	67.36
40	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	73.83	78.457	69.42
41	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	73.16	76.563	69.86
42	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	73.08	72.570	73.58
43	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	71.84	63.845	75.79
44	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	71.15	74.438	67.94
45	Chile`CHL`South America	69.87	71.499	68.29
46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	68.18	68.795	67.55
47	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	66.87	67.848	65.87
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	66.55	71.099	62.16
49	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	66.42	69.374	63.49
50	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.49	70.104	59.17
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	63.29	60.743	66.13
52	Peru`PER`South America	62.76	60.939	64.55
53	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.55	67.713	55.71
54	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	60.32	56.649	63.77
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	57.87	62.857	52.80
56	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	57.78	54.798	60.62
57	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	57.57	63.088	52.39
58	Argentina`ARG`South America	57.33	61.994	52.83
59	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	56.32	62.920	49.88
60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.94	54.457	53.43
61	Colombia`COL`South America	53.84	57.080	50.66
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	53.49	43.906	63.92
63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	49.30	53.823	45.02
64	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.25	52.407	46.33
65	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49.09	45.773	52.30
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	48.89	50.477	47.27
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	47.89	52.608	43.32
68	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	47.35	54.908	39.97
69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	46.33	47.485	45.21
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.51	47.998	43.09
71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45.01	45.406	44.63
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	44.77	49.001	40.58
73	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.52	44.146	42.83
74	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	43.48	37.204	49.64
75	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.38	42.616	42.12
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	41.95	42.627	41.29
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	40.07	33.807	46.15
78	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	39.46	40.065	38.90
79	Guyana`GUY`South America	39.02	42.504	35.48
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	38.74	36.171	41.24
81	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	37.25	38.907	35.62
82	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	37.00	37.178	36.83
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	35.52	35.415	35.63
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	35.47	41.407	29.67
85	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	34.06	27.914	39.46
86	Uruguay`URY`South America	33.57	38.881	28.35
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	31.90	31.077	32.77
88	Venezuela`VEN`South America	31.87	37.276	26.60
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	31.59	32.295	30.89
90	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	31.02	38.546	23.40
91	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	28.38	28.629	28.06
92	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	28.23	26.651	29.72
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.17	29.725	26.70
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	26.66	25.571	27.82
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.31	19.319	30.81
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	24.89	27.375	22.34
97	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	24.60	26.403	22.76
98	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.76	21.476	26.04
=99	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.73	15.786	30.93
=99	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23.73	23.251	24.20
101	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	22.32	10.404	33.74
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	22.19	21.532	22.82
103	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.90	22.846	15.12
104	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	18.51	16.587	20.40
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	18.04	20.644	15.49
=106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17.71	16.145	19.28
=106	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	17.71	17.205	18.22
108	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	16.33	9.634	23.02
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16.14	14.115	18.17
110	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	15.79	16.965	14.70
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	15.59	11.313	19.70
112	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14.97	14.139	15.78
113	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14.94	10.872	19.14
114	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.27	10.076	18.49
115	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	13.95	10.285	17.58
116	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13.60	9.638	17.51
117	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	13.30	14.715	11.79
118	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	13.22	6.874	19.57
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12.48	10.395	14.46
120	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	12.46	7.496	17.53
121	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.38	9.781	14.96
122	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	12.09	9.239	14.78
123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	11.36	13.049	9.73
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	11.25	7.895	15.10
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.13	5.848	14.44
126	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	9.71	6.489	12.96
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.65	7.772	12.10
128	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.27	7.328	11.28
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9.18	7.153	11.20
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	9.15	6.976	11.36
131	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7.79	5.927	9.59
=132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.24	4.661	10.05
=132	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.24	4.090	10.47
134	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7.16	3.175	11.21
135	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	6.95	5.251	8.62
136	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.55	5.372	7.60
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.47	3.429	9.48
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6.38	4.366	8.38
139	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	6.12	6.241	5.99
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.00	3.398	8.65
141	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.97	1.260	10.61
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.95	5.537	6.36
143	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.75	5.428	6.07
144	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.54	2.151	8.67
145	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.32	3.401	7.27
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5.14	2.511	7.79
147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4.95	2.952	6.93
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.60	2.439	6.69
149	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.34	1.886	6.82
150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.31	2.710	5.93
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.16	3.672	4.71
152	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.97	2.302	5.61
153	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.64	2.111	5.12
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.36	2.519	4.19
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.23	2.133	4.32
156	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.06	4.106	2.08
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.86	1.842	3.91
158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.59	1.982	3.20
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.11	1.028	3.14
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.74	0.519	0.97

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.19
2Slovakia94.10
3Czechia92.88
4Turkmenistan92.43
5Georgia91.55

Lowest

160South Sudan0.74
159Niger2.11
158Burundi2.59
157Mozambique2.86
156Mauritius3.06

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 38.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.249
LowestSouth Sudan0.519
Middle country: 38.714
Male
HighestSouth Korea98.14
LowestSouth Sudan0.97
Middle country: 37.87

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 160 in both
135 · 24rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Thailand42.21 → 45.51+3.30
Azerbaijan60.50 → 63.29+2.79
Malaysia25.44 → 28.17+2.73
Saint Lucia53.92 → 56.32+2.40
Iran42.69 → 45.01+2.32

Fell most

Qatar72.47 → 71.84−0.63
Republic of the Congo14.14 → 13.60−0.54
Georgia92.06 → 91.55−0.51
Sweden87.31 → 86.88−0.43
Estonia81.24 → 80.82−0.42

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 23.73. 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) (2000). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2000

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