Data for 2009

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2009

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2009
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2009 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.49; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.91. The middle country reads 48.55. Against 2008, 160 values changed (148 up, 12 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2009

HighestSouth Korea

98.49

LowestSouth Sudan

0.91

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

160countries
3measures per country
2009the year it describes
159distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.49	98.177	98.757
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	94.56	95.022	94.092
3	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	93.58	95.009	92.199
4	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	93.54	94.961	92.211
5	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.19	93.709	92.689
6	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	92.89	93.711	92.101
7	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	92.45	92.635	92.265
8	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	92.21	95.829	88.559
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	91.95	94.403	89.553
10	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	91.90	95.007	88.477
11	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.83	92.800	90.800
12	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91.57	92.310	90.870
13	United States`USA`Northern America	90.48	91.769	89.279
14	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	90.11	91.489	88.809
15	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	89.84	91.815	87.795
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	89.72	93.370	86.410
17	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	89.67	90.315	89.035
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	89.35	92.603	86.213
19	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	88.81	92.079	85.629
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	88.00	90.598	85.318
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	87.92	89.405	86.495
22	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	87.83	90.712	85.442
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87.64	89.178	86.088
24	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	87.53	88.806	86.286
25	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	86.43	88.988	83.988
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	86.22	88.826	83.746
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	85.08	88.047	82.217
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	84.70	87.806	81.766
29	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	84.33	87.373	81.393
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.31	84.543	84.083
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	83.31	84.549	82.119
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	82.87	82.602	83.122
33	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	82.82	85.856	79.856
34	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	82.36	79.463	85.353
35	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	82.05	86.671	77.711
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	81.54	83.542	79.582
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	80.50	86.604	74.654
38	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	79.98	83.853	76.173
39	Chile`CHL`South America	79.43	81.870	77.080
40	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	78.32	84.114	72.454
41	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77.62	79.230	76.060
42	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	77.30	80.526	74.196
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	76.93	75.407	78.377
44	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	76.47	78.932	74.092
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	76.27	76.382	76.162
46	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	76.25	78.183	74.333
47	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	75.34	83.312	67.562
48	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	75.24	74.581	75.391
49	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	74.89	79.185	70.705
50	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	74.85	78.923	70.903
51	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	74.69	78.829	70.759
52	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.44	79.542	69.542
53	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	73.75	73.469	74.019
54	Peru`PER`South America	72.18	70.776	73.586
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	68.54	68.493	68.583
56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	66.50	72.401	60.581
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	64.73	71.988	57.858
58	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.62	69.511	59.871
59	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	64.24	69.796	59.006
60	Colombia`COL`South America	63.56	66.860	60.340
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	63.20	68.336	58.276
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.00	69.338	56.948
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	61.39	60.261	62.481
64	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	60.63	50.164	71.954
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	58.96	64.257	53.877
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	57.99	65.280	50.910
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	57.08	59.391	54.851
68	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	57.05	54.492	59.452
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	56.98	60.725	53.405
70	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	56.32	63.169	49.529
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	56.31	52.288	60.158
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	55.98	59.352	52.732
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	55.29	60.821	49.901
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	55.12	60.699	49.639
75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.72	63.337	46.207
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	54.23	59.742	48.912
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	53.54	58.734	48.284
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.94	53.361	52.531
79	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	51.07	45.046	56.936
80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	48.86	54.417	43.627
81	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	48.23	45.427	50.947
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	47.50	46.789	48.179
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	46.82	53.879	39.929
84	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.33	48.728	43.998
85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.21	47.440	44.960
86	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	45.45	49.823	41.243
87	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	45.42	40.338	49.748
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	43.69	43.935	43.465
89	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	42.11	44.598	39.578
90	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	41.90	46.137	38.017
91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	40.04	43.965	36.115
92	India`IND`Southern Asia	36.87	31.478	41.818
93	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.79	43.775	30.005
94	Uruguay`URY`South America	36.11	42.456	30.036
95	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	34.81	36.144	33.404
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	33.75	34.229	33.249
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33.64	35.064	32.264
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.81	33.501	32.071
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	32.14	36.347	28.067
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.17	34.912	27.362
101	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	30.63	32.596	28.716
102	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	29.89	28.502	31.282
103	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28.10	34.528	22.088
104	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	27.02	18.293	35.413
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	26.68	25.801	27.541
106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	26.35	28.098	24.538
107	Suriname`SUR`South America	26.12	31.216	21.326
108	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	25.39	22.397	28.297
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	24.85	20.234	29.474
110	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	23.78	23.207	24.377
111	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	21.37	19.942	22.762
112	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	20.99	20.788	21.188
113	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	20.51	15.898	25.077
114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	20.27	17.302	23.252
115	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	19.61	18.889	20.129
116	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	18.96	16.769	21.129
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	18.76	18.367	19.197
118	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	17.98	20.322	15.572
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17.25	16.329	18.119
120	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	17.08	12.848	21.358
121	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	16.57	12.593	20.553
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	15.71	17.809	13.689
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	15.43	15.720	15.150
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	14.83	12.031	17.621
125	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	14.17	12.143	16.213
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	13.94	12.019	15.889
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13.82	12.312	15.322
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	13.44	7.525	19.455
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	12.46	10.974	13.914
130	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	12.07	9.630	14.860
131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	11.88	8.095	15.665
132	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	11.11	13.054	9.264
133	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10.64	9.133	12.143
134	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.42	8.149	12.699
135	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	10.36	11.837	8.837
136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.22	5.061	15.341
137	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.09	8.299	12.179
138	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9.89	6.774	13.034
139	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.82	6.487	13.137
140	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	9.65	7.935	11.285
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	9.21	8.428	9.968
142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8.76	5.813	11.653
143	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.60	7.366	9.976
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.59	8.121	9.051
145	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.37	4.813	11.813
=146	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	8.16	7.758	8.578
=146	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.16	7.018	9.338
148	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.48	5.059	10.019
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7.21	4.964	9.454
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.79	1.667	11.787
151	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	6.63	3.199	9.509
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.14	4.562	7.752
153	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.62	4.257	7.017
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.54	2.374	8.694
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	4.50	3.744	5.264
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.47	2.830	6.080
157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.37	3.251	5.531
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.02	2.819	5.259
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.21	1.202	3.172
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.91	0.579	1.249

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.49
2Kazakhstan94.56
3Turkmenistan93.58
4Ukraine93.54
5Slovakia93.19

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 48.55. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.177
LowestSouth Sudan0.579
Middle country: 49.994
Male
HighestSouth Korea98.757
LowestSouth Sudan1.249
Middle country: 48.232

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 160 in both
148 · 12rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mongolia51.44 → 54.72+3.28
China40.41 → 43.69+3.28
Bhutan42.87 → 45.42+2.55
Albania54.52 → 57.05+2.53
Portugal55.75 → 57.99+2.24

Fell most

Denmark74.86 → 74.44−0.42
Poland92.35 → 91.95−0.40
Norway77.64 → 77.30−0.34
Iceland64.92 → 64.62−0.30
Czechia91.79 → 91.57−0.22

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

159 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 8.16. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2009). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2009

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