Data for 2003

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2003

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2003
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2003 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.32; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.69. The middle country reads 41.65. Against 2002, 159 values changed (137 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2003

HighestSouth Korea

98.32

LowestSouth Sudan

0.69

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

160countries
3measures per country
2003the year it describes
157distinct 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.32	98.267	98.37
2	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.87	94.371	93.39
3	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	92.78	94.202	91.39
4	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.61	92.815	92.41
5	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	92.05	94.113	90.05
6	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	91.02	92.047	90.07
7	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	90.53	91.429	89.58
8	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	90.47	94.420	86.55
=9	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	90.34	94.016	86.32
=9	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	90.34	90.946	89.71
11	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	90.09	91.322	88.84
12	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	90.00	91.812	88.10
13	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	88.90	89.244	88.57
14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	88.81	92.115	85.69
15	United States`USA`Northern America	88.52	89.841	87.29
16	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	88.38	90.259	86.57
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87.52	88.961	86.09
18	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	87.37	87.715	87.03
19	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	87.23	88.765	85.71
20	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	87.18	89.382	85.05
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	87.07	90.248	84.03
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	86.74	88.511	85.03
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	86.47	89.655	83.28
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	85.74	88.668	82.95
25	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	85.21	88.703	81.83
26	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.19	84.178	86.18
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	84.71	88.019	81.77
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	83.80	85.076	82.59
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	82.49	85.265	79.82
30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	81.74	86.706	77.06
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	81.73	85.247	78.54
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	80.62	80.929	80.33
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	80.23	82.214	78.27
34	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79.22	82.022	76.49
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	78.78	82.107	75.53
36	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.28	78.917	77.65
37	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	77.74	81.414	74.18
38	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	77.23	80.892	73.62
39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	76.62	83.847	69.66
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	76.35	79.511	73.28
41	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	75.56	80.613	70.60
42	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	75.05	74.474	75.61
43	Chile`CHL`South America	74.45	76.233	72.72
44	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	71.79	75.325	68.35
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	71.69	73.163	70.26
46	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	71.42	66.385	73.81
47	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	69.98	68.027	72.05
=48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	69.10	73.560	64.82
=48	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	69.10	70.395	67.78
50	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	66.08	69.793	62.45
51	Peru`PER`South America	65.29	63.460	67.09
52	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	65.08	63.159	66.91
53	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	65.03	62.243	67.66
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.15	69.294	57.36
55	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	63.14	70.592	55.73
56	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	62.77	68.232	57.61
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	62.54	69.564	55.89
58	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	60.23	65.011	55.36
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	58.64	63.364	54.06
60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	58.50	60.116	56.91
61	Colombia`COL`South America	56.52	59.651	53.45
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	55.72	45.031	67.40
63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	54.73	58.924	50.67
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	53.58	50.828	56.23
65	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	53.13	57.630	48.79
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.28	53.513	51.09
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	52.23	54.423	50.01
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	51.79	55.593	48.13
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.76	53.679	47.87
70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	50.71	58.828	42.78
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	49.93	54.500	45.42
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	49.55	54.821	44.45
73	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	46.78	40.127	53.29
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	44.67	48.770	40.58
75	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	44.46	43.715	45.29
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	43.95	44.552	43.36
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	43.77	44.951	42.59
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43.24	37.518	48.78
79	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.26	44.357	40.41
80	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	41.88	43.872	39.93
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	41.42	39.741	43.04
82	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	39.26	42.741	35.87
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	38.66	45.201	32.27
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	38.55	38.854	38.22
85	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.20	33.163	42.74
86	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	36.93	45.119	28.78
87	Uruguay`URY`South America	35.78	41.698	29.97
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	34.96	35.062	34.85
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	34.09	35.615	32.56
90	Venezuela`VEN`South America	34.03	39.911	28.28
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	33.95	35.879	32.18
92	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	31.39	31.184	31.58
93	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	30.50	31.400	29.65
94	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	30.29	22.220	36.74
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	27.87	22.235	33.02
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.15	26.031	28.37
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	26.43	29.868	22.87
98	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	25.95	26.706	25.21
99	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	25.92	26.144	25.70
100	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	25.16	23.228	27.09
101	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.69	13.621	35.29
102	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	24.68	22.765	26.57
103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	23.55	25.399	21.66
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	21.46	24.243	18.75
105	Suriname`SUR`South America	21.43	26.402	16.89
106	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.97	18.528	21.40
107	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	19.34	22.398	16.51
108	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	19.32	15.133	23.35
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	19.27	12.605	25.92
110	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	18.93	18.149	19.73
111	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	18.85	16.874	20.83
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16.00	12.161	19.91
113	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	15.88	9.592	22.16
114	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	15.87	14.597	17.11
115	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	15.71	12.190	19.23
116	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	14.64	12.346	16.83
117	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	14.28	15.921	12.55
118	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.01	10.415	17.61
119	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.98	8.722	19.33
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13.79	12.519	15.00
121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	13.47	15.047	11.95
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	13.46	11.035	16.13
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	13.31	11.734	14.86
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	12.31	9.109	15.44
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	10.28	8.167	12.43
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9.92	6.206	13.69
127	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9.81	7.057	12.68
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9.74	8.203	11.27
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.70	7.883	11.91
130	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.56	7.882	11.38
131	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.85	6.287	11.43
132	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8.72	4.079	13.55
133	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8.41	6.378	10.43
134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8.10	6.509	9.64
135	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.92	4.812	11.09
136	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.59	6.255	8.90
137	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	7.48	8.041	6.90
138	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.02	5.871	8.21
139	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.90	3.621	10.20
140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.71	6.107	7.30
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6.24	3.084	9.40
142	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.15	3.774	8.55
143	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.11	1.355	10.79
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6.09	3.832	8.32
145	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.87	2.397	8.86
146	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.83	5.749	5.91
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.80	3.733	7.86
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.20	2.678	7.64
149	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.74	4.426	5.09
=150	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.50	2.033	6.98
=150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.50	3.013	6.00
152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	4.43	3.004	5.85
153	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4.09	5.617	2.66
154	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.93	2.432	5.40
155	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.81	2.844	4.78
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.37	2.300	4.42
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.21	2.134	4.32
158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.90	2.234	3.57
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.06	1.008	3.06
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.69	0.484	0.90

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.32
2Slovakia93.87
3Turkmenistan92.78
4Czechia92.61
5Poland92.05

Lowest

160South Sudan0.69
159Niger2.06
158Burundi2.90
157Mozambique3.21
156Burkina Faso3.37

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 41.65. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.267
LowestSouth Sudan0.484
Middle country: 43.228
Male
HighestSouth Korea98.37
LowestSouth Sudan0.90
Middle country: 40.49

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 160 in both
137 · 22rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Uzbekistan62.21 → 65.08+2.87
Mongolia34.65 → 36.93+2.28
Cuba60.58 → 62.77+2.19
Bhutan28.12 → 30.29+2.17
Saint Lucia61.00 → 63.14+2.14

Fell most

Denmark77.79 → 77.23−0.56
Austria85.70 → 85.19−0.51
Namibia24.03 → 23.55−0.48
Spain63.62 → 63.15−0.47
Republic of the Congo12.67 → 12.31−0.36

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.

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 90.34. 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) (2003). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2003

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