Data for 2005

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2005

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2005
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2005 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.42; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.70. The middle country reads 43.83. Against 2004, 157 values changed (145 up, 12 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2005

HighestSouth Korea

98.42

LowestSouth Sudan

0.70

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

160countries
3measures per country
2005the year it describes
160distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.42	98.254	98.56
2	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.51	94.084	92.96
3	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	93.08	94.508	91.70
4	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	92.46	94.672	90.32
5	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	92.27	93.438	91.17
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	92.24	92.583	91.91
7	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	92.12	92.955	91.27
8	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.96	92.520	91.37
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	91.15	94.954	87.30
10	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	90.79	94.350	86.85
11	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	90.64	91.455	89.80
12	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	90.49	91.031	89.97
13	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	89.71	91.647	87.67
14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	89.28	92.599	86.13
15	United States`USA`Northern America	89.22	90.474	88.05
16	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	89.07	90.903	87.31
17	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	87.99	90.626	85.46
18	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	87.59	88.016	87.17
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87.55	89.112	86.02
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	87.32	88.745	85.92
21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	87.18	90.715	83.78
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	87.02	88.828	85.29
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	86.45	89.664	83.38
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	86.44	89.523	83.37
25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	85.92	88.928	83.23
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	85.22	88.406	82.20
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.41	83.894	84.91
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	83.42	86.354	80.58
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	83.05	84.304	81.84
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	82.76	86.099	79.77
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	82.48	87.010	78.17
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	80.97	80.965	80.97
33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	80.42	83.942	77.01
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	80.13	82.303	77.98
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	79.00	82.561	75.49
36	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	78.54	81.562	75.59
37	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.53	79.633	77.43
38	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.52	81.574	75.56
39	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	78.47	85.773	71.46
40	Chile`CHL`South America	76.92	78.952	74.95
41	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	76.49	81.734	71.23
42	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	75.98	80.068	71.99
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	75.73	75.435	76.02
44	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	74.25	72.108	76.48
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	73.65	75.438	71.94
46	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	72.59	76.137	69.15
47	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	72.04	68.904	73.46
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	71.12	75.079	67.32
49	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	70.85	72.603	69.04
50	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	70.30	68.610	71.91
51	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	68.10	65.919	70.17
52	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	67.58	73.020	62.42
53	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	67.23	75.197	59.38
54	Peru`PER`South America	67.19	65.159	69.19
55	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.48	69.613	61.57
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	62.75	70.049	55.85
57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	62.27	67.163	57.30
58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.20	68.641	56.12
59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	61.49	63.183	59.80
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	59.33	64.163	54.66
61	Colombia`COL`South America	58.62	61.623	55.68
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	57.37	46.615	69.10
63	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	56.76	61.696	52.12
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	56.26	53.616	58.80
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	56.09	60.698	51.65
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	55.03	56.487	53.63
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	54.11	56.696	51.59
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	53.92	58.293	49.66
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	52.49	56.149	48.93
70	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	51.77	60.061	43.75
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	51.67	56.568	46.85
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	50.75	55.963	45.71
73	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	49.66	43.054	56.11
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	48.38	53.114	43.65
75	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.02	46.194	49.93
76	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.13	41.978	52.10
77	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	46.12	49.563	42.73
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	45.80	46.165	45.44
79	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.56	47.790	41.68
80	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44.28	45.896	42.71
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43.39	42.222	44.51
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	42.36	50.396	34.36
83	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	41.45	37.343	45.24
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	41.42	42.051	40.75
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.01	47.871	34.30
86	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	40.97	44.792	37.27
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	37.12	38.065	36.13
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	36.58	39.334	34.07
89	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	35.98	38.080	33.88
90	Uruguay`URY`South America	35.95	42.007	30.07
91	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	35.14	27.580	41.00
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	35.02	41.238	28.95
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	33.64	34.240	33.08
94	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	31.93	33.070	30.79
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	30.18	24.777	35.13
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	28.57	27.906	29.31
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	28.51	31.756	25.14
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	28.40	29.211	27.62
99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	28.30	26.795	29.78
100	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	27.89	29.351	26.46
101	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	26.29	24.535	28.04
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	25.77	15.507	35.62
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	24.95	28.443	21.55
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	23.33	25.223	21.38
105	Suriname`SUR`South America	22.50	27.574	17.93
106	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	22.31	18.331	26.15
107	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.90	26.024	18.05
108	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.60	20.189	22.99
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	21.20	14.649	27.75
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.15	18.304	21.99
111	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	20.13	19.210	21.09
112	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	17.70	11.651	23.71
113	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	17.07	13.311	20.88
114	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	17.02	14.007	20.00
115	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	16.60	15.582	17.59
116	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16.39	14.529	18.16
117	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15.81	17.801	13.74
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	15.21	13.395	17.25
119	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	14.79	9.725	19.93
120	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	14.66	16.294	13.08
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.59	13.498	15.63
122	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	14.13	13.489	14.76
123	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	14.06	10.413	17.71
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	12.35	9.402	15.23
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.50	9.358	13.68
126	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	11.07	8.324	13.84
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10.76	9.227	12.29
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10.09	5.077	15.29
129	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	10.08	8.292	12.09
130	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.05	6.570	13.58
131	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.02	8.125	12.26
132	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.36	7.430	11.28
133	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	9.29	6.766	11.83
134	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.72	7.670	9.75
135	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	8.55	7.009	10.04
136	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	8.53	9.381	7.65
137	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.30	5.300	11.33
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.70	4.231	11.17
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7.51	3.688	11.34
140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	7.42	6.593	8.22
141	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.39	6.187	8.63
142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6.89	4.493	9.25
143	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.42	6.284	6.55
144	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.30	1.388	11.13
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.22	4.072	8.42
146	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6.11	3.970	8.24
147	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	6.08	2.555	9.02
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.06	3.319	8.71
149	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.46	3.993	6.98
150	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.28	5.018	5.56
151	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.20	6.988	3.52
152	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.80	2.191	7.42
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.74	3.277	6.22
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4.20	3.123	5.29
155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.97	2.614	5.30
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.53	2.396	4.64
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.47	2.306	4.68
158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.20	2.599	3.81
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.05	1.050	3.00
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.70	0.508	0.90

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.42
2Slovakia93.51
3Turkmenistan93.08
4Poland92.46
5Ukraine92.27

Lowest

160South Sudan0.70
159Niger2.05
158Burundi3.20
157Mozambique3.47
156Burkina Faso3.53

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 43.83. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.254
LowestSouth Sudan0.508
Middle country: 45.344
Male
HighestSouth Korea98.56
LowestSouth Sudan0.90
Middle country: 42.72

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
157values changed, of 160 in both
145 · 12rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia39.52 → 42.36+2.84
Bhutan32.60 → 35.14+2.54
Uzbekistan67.84 → 70.30+2.46
Cuba65.22 → 67.58+2.36
Palestine43.86 → 46.12+2.26

Fell most

Denmark76.60 → 75.98−0.62
Hungary83.46 → 83.05−0.41
Norway78.91 → 78.52−0.39
Iceland65.87 → 65.48−0.39
Austria84.74 → 84.41−0.33

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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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2005). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2005

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