Data for 2004

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2004

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2004
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2004 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.37; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.68. The middle country reads 42.90. Against 2003, 156 values changed (139 up, 17 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2004

HighestSouth Korea

98.37

LowestSouth Sudan

0.68

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

160countries
3measures per country
2004the 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.37	98.254	98.4736
2	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.69	94.218	93.1881
3	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	92.90	94.312	91.5322
4	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.42	92.701	92.1514
5	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	92.25	94.375	90.1947
6	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	91.70	92.792	90.6821
7	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.35	92.085	90.5748
8	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	91.10	92.124	90.0641
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	90.83	94.688	86.9684
10	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	90.49	94.145	86.4648
11	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	90.38	91.107	89.6270
12	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	89.86	91.735	87.8846
13	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	89.78	90.218	89.3585
14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	89.06	92.352	85.9421
15	United States`USA`Northern America	88.82	90.105	87.6250
16	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	88.75	90.595	86.9750
17	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	87.68	90.115	85.3355
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87.52	89.042	86.0318
19	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	87.44	87.835	87.0453
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	87.32	88.695	85.9653
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	86.86	88.649	85.1392
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	86.73	89.924	83.6841
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	86.41	89.583	83.2232
24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	86.25	89.817	82.8165
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	85.52	88.589	82.5989
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	85.35	88.520	82.5101
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.74	83.952	85.5125
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	83.46	84.734	82.2435
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	82.96	85.826	80.1956
30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	82.18	86.893	77.7228
31	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	82.12	85.546	79.0358
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	80.67	80.876	80.4762
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	80.16	82.313	78.0334
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	79.09	82.722	75.5720
35	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.91	81.867	76.0373
36	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	78.82	82.260	75.4505
37	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.47	79.353	77.5934
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	77.62	84.898	70.6285
39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	77.30	80.437	74.2475
40	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	76.60	80.427	72.8465
41	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	76.02	81.187	70.9170
42	Chile`CHL`South America	75.83	77.801	73.9213
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	75.38	74.960	75.7896
44	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	72.71	74.346	71.1456
45	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	72.15	75.669	68.7291
46	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	72.03	70.025	74.1252
47	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	71.64	67.649	73.6489
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	70.07	74.237	66.0771
49	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	69.87	71.413	68.2731
50	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	67.84	66.124	69.4742
51	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	66.56	64.104	68.8840
52	Peru`PER`South America	66.12	64.089	68.1187
53	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.87	69.834	62.0939
54	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	65.22	70.718	60.0083
55	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	65.20	72.926	57.5455
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	62.75	69.949	55.9391
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.51	68.871	56.5212
58	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	61.29	66.029	56.4688
59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	59.94	61.706	58.1862
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	59.04	63.776	54.4558
61	Colombia`COL`South America	57.60	60.586	54.6762
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	56.53	45.819	68.2494
63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	55.51	59.765	51.3953
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	55.03	52.321	57.6311
65	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	54.86	59.686	50.2357
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	53.67	54.934	52.4536
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	53.25	55.662	50.8615
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	53.08	57.144	49.1543
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	51.85	55.166	48.5959
70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	51.27	59.493	43.2734
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	50.92	55.639	46.2694
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	50.34	55.551	45.3010
73	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	48.50	41.824	55.0240
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	46.62	50.980	42.2702
75	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.12	44.800	47.5496
76	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	44.93	39.539	50.1389
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.68	45.222	44.1518
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.07	45.514	42.6545
79	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	43.86	46.530	41.2399
80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.35	46.056	40.9765
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	42.45	41.054	43.7943
82	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	40.11	43.887	36.4466
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	39.98	40.420	39.5104
=84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.72	46.406	33.1861
=84	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	39.72	35.307	43.7370
86	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	39.52	47.596	31.4856
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.14	36.555	35.7050
88	Uruguay`URY`South America	35.88	41.896	29.9963
89	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	35.31	37.604	33.2142
90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	35.11	36.930	33.2900
91	Venezuela`VEN`South America	34.52	40.573	28.6034
92	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	32.60	24.686	38.7658
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	32.38	32.716	32.0655
94	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	31.22	32.185	30.2647
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	28.94	23.473	33.9425
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.64	26.650	28.7298
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	27.36	30.735	23.8551
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	27.16	27.741	26.6007
99	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	26.89	28.076	25.7261
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	26.68	24.948	28.3877
101	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	25.64	23.844	27.4338
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	25.30	14.572	35.5818
103	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	23.22	25.141	21.2508
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.18	26.343	20.1035
105	Suriname`SUR`South America	22.03	27.072	17.4819
106	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	20.84	16.736	24.7964
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	20.75	19.301	22.1810
108	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.61	24.244	17.2338
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	20.24	13.627	26.8469
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.66	17.723	21.6027
111	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	19.54	18.665	20.4452
112	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	16.82	10.619	22.9988
113	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16.45	12.631	20.3312
114	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	16.40	13.106	19.6859
115	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	16.22	14.953	17.4527
116	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	15.50	13.413	17.4928
117	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	14.93	16.723	13.0529
118	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14.42	9.216	19.7060
119	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	14.28	12.227	16.5574
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.22	13.051	15.3312
121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	14.14	15.697	12.6373
122	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.01	10.409	17.6187
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	13.74	12.616	14.8460
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	12.25	9.172	15.2521
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	10.94	8.763	13.1534
126	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10.51	7.731	13.3608
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10.14	8.648	11.6277
128	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9.94	6.337	13.5969
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.88	7.988	12.1476
130	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	9.73	8.064	11.5735
131	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	9.36	4.530	14.3703
132	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8.95	6.959	10.9285
133	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.93	6.402	11.4718
134	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8.29	6.755	9.7749
135	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.11	5.074	11.1937
136	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.07	6.910	9.2098
137	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	8.05	8.762	7.3117
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.26	3.836	10.6959
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.19	6.028	8.3878
140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.07	6.349	7.7694
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6.87	3.382	10.3621
142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6.46	4.140	8.7502
143	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.20	1.389	10.9293
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.15	3.946	8.3960
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.06	6.000	6.1195
146	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	5.98	2.485	8.9249
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.97	3.871	8.0610
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.58	2.976	8.0962
149	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4.93	4.651	5.2309
150	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	4.91	3.452	6.3925
151	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.62	2.107	7.1473
=152	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4.58	6.251	3.0108
=152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.58	3.122	6.0519
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.95	2.951	4.9613
155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.93	2.513	5.3226
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.44	2.348	4.5077
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.33	2.206	4.4956
158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.02	2.369	3.6793
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.05	1.013	3.0335
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.68	0.488	0.8782

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.37
2Slovakia93.69
3Turkmenistan92.90
4Czechia92.42
5Poland92.25

Lowest

160South Sudan0.68
159Niger2.05
158Burundi3.02
157Mozambique3.33
156Burkina Faso3.44

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 42.90. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.254
LowestSouth Sudan0.488
Middle country: 44.343
Male
HighestSouth Korea98.4736
LowestSouth Sudan0.8782
Middle country: 41.7550

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
156values changed, of 160 in both
139 · 17rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Uzbekistan65.08 → 67.84+2.76
Mongolia36.93 → 39.52+2.59
Cuba62.77 → 65.22+2.45
Bhutan30.29 → 32.60+2.31
Saint Lucia63.14 → 65.20+2.06

Fell most

Spain63.15 → 62.51−0.64
Denmark77.23 → 76.60−0.63
Austria85.19 → 84.74−0.45
Hungary83.80 → 83.46−0.34
Finland87.07 → 86.73−0.34

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.

How values are stored

158 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 39.72. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2004). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2004

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