Data for 2001

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2001

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2001
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2001 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.25; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.74. The middle country reads 38.99. Against 2000, 159 values changed (134 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2001

HighestSouth Korea

98.25

LowestSouth Sudan

0.74

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

160countries
3measures per country
2001the 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.25	98.272	98.232
2	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	94.05	94.513	93.603
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.84	92.942	92.742
4	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	92.51	93.896	91.116
5	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	91.55	93.608	89.558
6	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.04	91.432	90.622
7	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	90.22	93.876	86.256
8	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	90.19	91.772	88.542
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	89.67	93.750	85.630
10	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	89.66	90.575	88.785
11	United States`USA`Northern America	88.20	89.527	86.967
12	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	88.14	89.326	86.876
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	87.98	91.281	84.921
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	87.62	90.768	84.598
15	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	87.47	89.296	85.616
16	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	87.44	89.459	85.509
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87.42	88.671	86.171
18	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	86.99	87.186	86.796
19	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	86.71	86.742	86.682
20	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	86.69	88.298	85.138
21	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	86.38	88.402	84.382
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	86.24	89.177	83.337
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86.19	88.842	83.662
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	86.03	84.589	87.419
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	85.93	88.001	83.921
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	83.84	87.264	80.874
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	83.70	84.602	82.842
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	83.36	86.456	80.336
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	81.39	84.096	78.776
30	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	80.84	81.317	80.387
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	80.74	86.024	75.734
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	80.48	84.104	77.144
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	80.11	81.838	78.428
34	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79.78	82.306	77.336
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	78.87	82.197	75.617
36	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	78.20	81.286	75.176
37	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.06	78.332	77.792
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	75.11	78.248	72.068
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	74.89	78.432	71.462
40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	74.75	81.925	67.765
41	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	74.47	79.235	69.875
42	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	73.74	73.199	74.269
43	Chile`CHL`South America	71.42	73.040	69.850
44	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	71.39	74.844	68.014
45	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	71.37	64.138	74.848
46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	69.37	70.235	68.495
47	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	67.68	68.761	66.581
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	67.37	72.151	62.771
49	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	66.22	69.455	63.005
50	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	65.70	63.364	68.274
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.13	69.969	58.599
52	Peru`PER`South America	63.79	62.100	65.450
53	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	62.18	68.639	56.069
54	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	61.78	58.438	64.928
55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	59.67	57.031	62.181
56	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	58.78	64.192	53.702
57	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	58.69	65.576	51.896
58	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	58.33	63.255	53.315
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	57.71	62.309	53.269
60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	55.40	56.413	54.403
61	Colombia`COL`South America	54.94	58.205	51.735
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	54.19	43.966	65.286
63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	51.32	55.878	46.958
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	50.58	47.376	53.676
65	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	50.47	54.060	47.100
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.11	51.913	48.253
67	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	48.79	56.584	41.184
68	Paraguay`PRY`South America	48.56	49.796	47.366
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	48.50	53.538	43.618
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	48.26	51.367	45.267
71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	47.37	48.834	45.934
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	46.72	50.973	42.513
73	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	44.37	37.999	50.619
74	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.42	44.257	42.517
75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	42.83	43.523	42.153
76	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	42.61	42.802	42.392
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	41.30	35.253	47.163
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	40.77	44.510	37.000
79	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.36	41.445	39.365
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.45	37.121	41.711
81	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	38.52	39.261	37.801
82	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	37.76	39.946	35.616
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	36.77	43.032	30.652
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.67	36.593	36.753
85	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	35.32	29.388	40.568
86	Uruguay`URY`South America	34.66	40.250	29.160
87	Venezuela`VEN`South America	32.76	38.265	27.385
88	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	32.58	40.522	24.602
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	32.52	33.520	31.520
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.51	32.086	32.956
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	30.63	32.122	29.232
92	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	29.58	28.263	30.823
93	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	29.06	29.578	28.508
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	26.70	25.519	27.969
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.10	20.277	31.437
96	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	25.86	17.843	32.793
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25.32	28.105	22.455
98	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	24.45	26.223	22.643
99	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.32	24.290	24.350
100	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24.25	22.097	26.397
101	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	23.36	22.918	23.788
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	23.09	11.360	34.320
103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.43	18.437	22.387
104	Suriname`SUR`South America	19.83	24.236	15.636
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	18.79	21.361	16.281
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18.37	16.857	19.877
107	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	18.06	17.539	18.589
108	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	17.47	10.664	24.264
109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	17.00	18.680	15.450
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16.85	14.872	18.832
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	16.65	12.414	20.724
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15.35	11.320	19.490
113	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.07	14.223	15.893
114	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.37	10.673	18.053
115	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.14	10.248	18.048
116	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	14.03	7.713	20.353
117	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	13.60	15.074	12.034
118	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13.15	9.616	16.626
119	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.06	7.986	18.236
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12.92	11.159	14.589
121	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	12.88	10.212	15.402
122	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.56	10.250	14.850
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	11.93	8.842	15.412
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	11.84	13.514	10.224
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.12	6.119	14.159
126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.67	7.844	11.994
127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.42	7.603	11.323
128	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	9.34	7.241	11.471
129	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	9.33	6.371	12.311
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9.32	7.483	11.153
131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.18	5.482	11.082
132	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7.91	6.165	9.595
133	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7.65	3.456	11.986
134	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.48	4.306	10.736
135	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.04	5.421	8.631
136	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7.01	4.991	9.011
137	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.68	5.533	7.803
138	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	6.51	6.799	6.209
139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.37	3.557	9.167
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.23	3.430	9.070
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.11	5.656	6.556
142	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.93	1.243	10.543
143	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.67	5.434	5.904
144	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.66	2.279	8.709
145	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.41	3.493	7.343
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5.40	2.659	8.159
147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5.33	3.241	7.401
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.77	2.478	6.988
149	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.43	1.941	6.941
150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.39	2.856	5.946
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.38	3.960	4.850
152	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.98	2.366	5.566
153	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.78	2.330	5.190
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.54	2.648	4.428
155	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.34	4.577	2.177
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.28	2.185	4.365
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.97	1.952	4.022
158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.70	2.078	3.328
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.08	0.997	3.107
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.74	0.519	0.969

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.25
2Slovakia94.05
3Czechia92.84
4Turkmenistan92.51
5Poland91.55

Lowest

160South Sudan0.74
159Niger2.08
158Burundi2.70
157Mozambique2.97
156Burkina Faso3.28

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 38.99. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.272
LowestSouth Sudan0.519
Middle country: 40.098
Male
HighestSouth Korea98.232
LowestSouth Sudan0.969
Middle country: 38.583

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 160 in both
134 · 25rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Thailand45.51 → 48.26+2.75
Malaysia28.17 → 30.63+2.46
Azerbaijan63.29 → 65.70+2.41
Saint Lucia56.32 → 58.69+2.37
Iran45.01 → 47.37+2.36

Fell most

Georgia91.55 → 91.04−0.51
Qatar71.84 → 71.37−0.47
Republic of the Congo13.60 → 13.15−0.45
Liberia9.71 → 9.33−0.38
Spain64.49 → 64.13−0.36

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) (2001). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2001

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