Data for 2002

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2002

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2002
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Figures for 2002, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2002 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.29; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.71. The middle country reads 40.27. Against 2001, 159 values changed (135 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2002

HighestSouth Korea

98.29

LowestSouth Sudan

0.71

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

160countries
3measures per country
2002the year it describes
158distinct 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.29	98.27	98.3041
2	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	94.00	94.48	93.5387
3	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.75	92.89	92.6135
4	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	92.66	94.06	91.2775
5	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	91.82	93.85	89.8515
6	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	90.56	91.09	90.0057
7	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	90.35	91.33	89.4306
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	90.26	93.93	86.2623
9	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	90.15	91.86	88.3619
10	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	90.14	94.18	86.1410
11	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	89.43	90.49	88.3064
12	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	88.85	90.38	87.2940
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	88.47	91.77	85.3731
14	United States`USA`Northern America	88.33	89.63	87.1209
15	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	87.97	89.92	86.0928
16	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	87.86	88.03	87.6993
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87.48	88.81	86.1491
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	87.41	90.57	84.3789
19	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	87.18	87.49	86.8649
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	87.00	88.82	85.1945
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	86.65	88.37	84.9830
22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	86.60	88.68	84.5830
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	86.42	89.56	83.3182
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	85.91	88.74	83.2150
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.70	84.42	86.9349
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	84.20	87.65	81.1738
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	84.12	87.42	80.9100
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	83.96	85.11	82.8642
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	81.91	84.59	79.3223
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	81.23	84.79	77.9674
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	81.13	86.34	76.2036
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	80.68	81.06	80.3204
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	80.22	82.00	78.4769
34	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79.52	82.17	76.9484
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	78.85	82.18	75.5982
36	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.06	78.48	77.6421
37	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	77.79	81.23	74.3945
38	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	76.42	80.07	72.8875
39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	75.75	78.91	72.6871
40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	75.63	82.81	68.6672
41	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	75.05	79.89	70.3716
42	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	74.49	73.97	74.9992
43	Chile`CHL`South America	72.95	74.58	71.3706
44	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	71.61	75.16	68.1473
45	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	71.27	64.99	74.2368
46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	70.52	71.71	69.3422
47	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	68.45	69.57	67.3007
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	68.19	72.86	63.7075
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	67.87	65.74	70.1637
50	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	66.20	69.67	62.7784
51	Peru`PER`South America	64.61	62.91	66.2855
52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.62	69.59	57.9808
53	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	63.37	60.31	66.2585
54	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	62.36	69.06	56.0198
55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	62.21	59.96	64.3506
56	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	61.00	68.24	53.8592
57	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	60.58	65.91	55.5690
58	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	59.16	63.97	54.2548
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	58.24	62.86	53.7693
60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	57.00	58.33	55.6919
61	Colombia`COL`South America	55.69	58.90	52.5402
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	54.93	44.33	66.4661
63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	53.24	57.71	48.9355
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	52.10	49.08	55.0158
65	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	51.79	55.86	47.9189
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.28	53.34	49.1674
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	50.43	51.65	49.2523
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	50.27	53.74	46.9333
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	49.96	57.84	42.2603
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	49.49	51.80	47.2002
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	48.89	54.06	43.8868
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	48.45	52.84	44.1113
73	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	45.39	38.87	51.7774
74	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.68	44.74	42.5813
75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	43.51	44.14	42.8971
76	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	43.35	43.16	43.5618
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	42.68	46.60	38.7598
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	42.07	36.09	47.8671
79	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.36	42.96	39.9357
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	40.44	38.40	42.4178
81	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	40.11	41.49	38.7673
82	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	38.30	41.20	35.4683
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	37.65	44.13	31.3258
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	37.54	37.67	37.3946
85	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	36.69	31.19	41.6060
86	Uruguay`URY`South America	35.35	41.24	29.5513
87	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	34.65	42.83	26.4880
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.59	33.42	33.7643
89	Venezuela`VEN`South America	33.49	39.12	27.9892
90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.29	34.56	32.0200
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	32.54	34.20	31.0016
92	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	30.56	29.75	31.3262
93	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	29.72	30.42	28.9999
94	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	28.12	19.99	34.8544
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.99	21.22	32.2702
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	26.83	25.68	28.0776
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25.70	28.90	22.3927
98	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.12	25.43	24.8127
99	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24.69	22.66	26.7124
100	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	24.60	24.48	24.7177
101	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	24.03	25.83	22.1962
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	23.94	12.49	34.8999
103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	22.59	20.57	24.5783
104	Suriname`SUR`South America	20.73	25.48	16.2944
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.02	22.64	17.4691
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.18	17.73	20.6254
107	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	18.49	17.82	19.1703
108	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	18.39	11.69	25.0787
109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	18.19	20.54	16.0149
110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	17.87	13.68	21.9062
111	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17.77	15.85	19.6923
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	15.73	11.82	19.7235
113	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.45	14.42	16.4500
114	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.97	11.32	18.6237
115	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	14.94	8.62	21.2653
116	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.07	10.41	17.7460
117	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	13.87	15.37	12.2805
118	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	13.73	11.27	16.0678
119	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.56	8.41	18.8154
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13.40	11.94	14.7880
121	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.89	10.92	14.8343
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	12.69	9.92	15.7548
123	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	12.67	9.34	15.9366
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	12.56	14.17	11.0027
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.03	6.17	13.9330
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	9.78	7.69	11.9013
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.68	7.86	11.9458
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9.46	7.83	11.0880
129	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.45	7.71	11.3014
130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9.10	6.33	12.0356
131	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	9.00	6.28	11.7328
132	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8.18	3.74	12.8131
133	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7.99	6.32	9.6021
=134	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.71	4.56	10.9325
=134	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7.71	5.67	9.7318
136	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.25	5.75	8.7232
137	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	6.96	7.36	6.5494
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	6.81	5.69	7.9584
139	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.54	3.51	9.6012
140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.34	5.83	6.8389
141	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.24	3.64	8.8495
142	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	5.99	1.31	10.5914
143	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.76	2.35	8.7613
=144	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5.73	2.83	8.6465
=144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5.73	3.54	7.8994
146	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.68	5.52	5.8340
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.59	3.60	7.5868
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.94	2.54	7.2608
149	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.57	4.22	4.9652
150	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.47	1.99	6.9692
151	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.45	2.94	5.9796
152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	4.05	2.64	5.4371
153	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.95	2.39	5.4814
154	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.69	5.08	2.3822
155	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.67	2.75	4.5966
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.33	2.23	4.4119
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.08	2.05	4.1473
158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.80	2.15	3.4587
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.06	1.00	3.0677
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.71	0.50	0.9289

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.29
2Slovakia94.00
3Czechia92.75
4Turkmenistan92.66
5Poland91.82

Lowest

160South Sudan0.71
159Niger2.06
158Burundi2.80
157Mozambique3.08
156Burkina Faso3.33

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 40.27. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.27
LowestSouth Sudan0.50
Middle country: 41.36
Male
HighestSouth Korea98.3041
LowestSouth Sudan0.9289
Middle country: 39.3515

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 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

Uzbekistan59.67 → 62.21+2.54
Saint Lucia58.69 → 61.00+2.31
Bhutan25.86 → 28.12+2.26
Azerbaijan65.70 → 67.87+2.17
Vietnam20.43 → 22.59+2.16

Fell most

Spain64.13 → 63.62−0.51
Georgia91.04 → 90.56−0.48
Republic of the Congo13.15 → 12.67−0.48
Namibia24.45 → 24.03−0.42
Denmark78.20 → 77.79−0.41

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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158 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 7.71. 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) (2002). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2002

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