Data for 2008

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2008

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2008
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2008 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.48; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.79. The middle country reads 47.41. Against 2007, 160 values changed (149 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2008

HighestSouth Korea

98.48

LowestSouth Sudan

0.79

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

160countries
3measures per country
2008the 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.48	98.20	98.726
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	94.13	94.66	93.592
3	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	93.45	94.89	92.054
4	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	93.37	94.74	92.088
5	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.24	93.81	92.691
6	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	92.50	92.70	92.299
7	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	92.35	94.73	90.024
8	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	92.25	93.12	91.413
9	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	91.93	95.62	88.202
10	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91.79	92.46	91.159
11	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	91.59	94.90	87.962
12	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.47	92.51	90.370
13	United States`USA`Northern America	90.14	91.41	88.954
14	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	89.86	91.32	88.479
15	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	89.73	93.39	86.397
16	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	89.72	91.75	87.609
17	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	89.10	92.23	86.077
18	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	89.02	89.60	88.450
19	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	88.67	91.97	85.450
20	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	87.78	89.43	86.207
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87.65	89.17	86.114
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	87.48	90.20	84.745
23	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	87.24	88.55	85.950
24	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	87.19	90.19	84.650
25	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	86.32	89.16	83.603
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	85.29	88.02	82.730
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	84.98	88.03	82.056
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	84.37	87.47	81.431
29	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.23	84.25	84.215
30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	83.47	86.70	80.355
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	83.12	84.41	81.871
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	82.63	82.36	82.887
33	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	82.24	86.76	77.959
34	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	82.06	84.86	79.328
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	81.29	83.32	79.300
36	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	80.63	77.87	83.488
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	80.13	86.69	73.888
38	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	79.89	83.71	76.121
39	Chile`CHL`South America	78.97	81.19	76.824
40	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	77.94	83.62	72.146
41	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77.76	79.31	76.251
42	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	77.64	80.84	74.573
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	76.26	76.30	76.226
44	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	75.89	78.20	73.696
45	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	75.56	73.87	77.168
46	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	74.88	76.87	72.899
47	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.86	79.72	70.180
48	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	74.29	73.11	74.534
49	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	74.26	78.28	70.341
50	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	73.85	77.72	70.093
51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	73.44	81.50	65.559
52	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	73.23	77.90	68.818
53	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	72.34	71.46	73.186
54	Peru`PER`South America	71.26	69.72	72.789
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	66.81	67.30	66.315
56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	65.05	70.80	59.268
57	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.92	69.66	60.377
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	63.91	71.13	57.077
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	62.74	67.87	57.814
60	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	62.45	67.86	57.447
61	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.39	68.86	56.232
62	Colombia`COL`South America	61.89	65.01	58.847
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	60.35	58.71	61.931
64	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	59.87	49.30	71.310
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	58.21	63.65	52.997
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	56.71	58.73	54.761
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	56.39	59.94	52.971
68	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	55.75	63.61	48.153
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	54.83	60.10	49.674
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	54.78	58.19	51.491
71	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	54.52	51.92	56.994
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	54.30	59.76	48.936
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	54.21	49.72	58.509
74	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	54.11	60.07	48.202
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	53.19	58.66	47.916
76	Guyana`GUY`South America	52.54	57.70	47.340
77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	51.44	59.93	43.012
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.04	51.37	50.720
79	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	50.77	44.66	56.730
80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	47.98	52.98	43.369
81	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	46.83	43.52	50.016
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	46.37	45.51	47.191
83	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.01	48.26	43.820
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.87	51.99	37.913
85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	44.67	45.93	43.374
86	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	43.86	47.86	40.009
87	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	42.87	37.11	47.653
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	40.42	44.28	36.898
89	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	40.41	40.67	40.170
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	40.20	42.47	37.873
91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	38.98	42.33	35.625
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.36	43.14	29.766
93	Uruguay`URY`South America	36.04	42.40	29.944
94	India`IND`Southern Asia	34.91	29.36	39.995
95	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	34.12	35.48	32.778
96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	32.66	34.03	31.339
97	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	31.97	31.88	32.067
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	31.80	32.13	31.440
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30.59	34.22	26.871
100	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	30.22	31.93	28.542
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	30.20	34.28	26.246
102	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	28.99	27.35	30.631
103	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	26.82	17.62	35.676
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26.38	32.07	21.044
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	25.58	24.49	26.643
106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	25.27	27.12	23.357
107	Suriname`SUR`South America	24.97	30.07	20.247
108	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	24.74	21.60	27.782
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	24.05	18.83	29.275
110	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	22.78	22.06	23.533
111	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	21.04	19.55	22.503
112	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	19.74	14.78	24.652
113	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	19.60	19.41	19.783
114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19.48	16.51	22.464
115	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.63	17.46	19.532
116	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	18.31	15.90	20.692
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	17.94	17.02	18.981
118	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	17.54	19.82	15.185
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	16.48	15.52	17.385
120	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	16.42	12.05	20.839
121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.56	17.50	13.696
122	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	15.52	11.41	19.633
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	15.16	15.28	15.042
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	14.17	11.30	17.030
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	13.22	11.23	15.240
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13.16	11.66	14.657
127	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13.12	10.91	15.370
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12.58	6.86	18.429
129	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11.55	9.15	14.316
130	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	11.52	10.26	12.752
131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11.07	7.33	14.826
132	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.28	8.41	12.471
133	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10.27	8.67	11.862
134	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.05	7.74	12.369
135	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	9.89	11.20	8.531
136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.54	4.70	14.359
137	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9.37	6.28	12.469
138	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9.33	7.67	10.920
139	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.21	5.86	12.543
140	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.89	10.94	6.957
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	8.62	7.78	9.437
142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8.27	5.38	11.104
143	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.04	7.66	8.411
144	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	7.99	6.82	9.190
145	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.90	4.52	11.165
146	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.61	6.27	9.089
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7.35	7.01	7.707
148	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.96	4.69	9.313
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	6.84	4.62	9.058
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.65	1.61	11.581
151	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	6.48	3.02	9.365
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.68	4.12	7.268
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.36	2.32	8.393
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.22	3.91	6.559
155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.25	3.06	5.423
156	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	4.13	3.46	4.809
157	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.11	2.61	5.579
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.86	2.69	5.064
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.10	1.13	3.028
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.79	0.52	1.063

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.48
2Kazakhstan94.13
3Turkmenistan93.45
4Ukraine93.37
5Slovakia93.24

Lowest

160South Sudan0.79
159Niger2.10
158Mozambique3.86
157Burkina Faso4.11
156Burundi4.13

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 47.41. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.20
LowestSouth Sudan0.52
Middle country: 48.78
Male
HighestSouth Korea98.726
LowestSouth Sudan1.063
Middle country: 47.265

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 160 in both
149 · 11rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia48.21 → 51.44+3.23
China37.64 → 40.41+2.77
Palestine51.43 → 54.11+2.68
Bhutan40.43 → 42.87+2.44
Albania52.14 → 54.52+2.38

Fell most

Denmark75.17 → 74.86−0.31
Norway77.91 → 77.64−0.27
Germany78.02 → 77.76−0.26
Poland92.56 → 92.35−0.21
Czechia91.96 → 91.79−0.17

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) (2008). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2008

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