Data for 2010

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2010

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2010
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2010 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.51; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.07. The middle country reads 49.45. Against 2009, 160 values changed (150 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2010

HighestSouth Korea

98.51

LowestSouth Sudan

1.07

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

160countries
3measures per country
2010the year it describes
159distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.51	98.184	98.78
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	94.88	95.278	94.48
3	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	93.74	95.160	92.37
4	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	93.69	95.140	92.32
5	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	93.51	94.235	92.82
6	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.15	93.618	92.70
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	92.47	96.028	88.88
8	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	92.30	92.455	92.14
9	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	92.29	95.159	89.09
10	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.17	93.033	91.26
11	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	91.50	94.041	89.03
12	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	91.32	92.063	90.61
13	United States`USA`Northern America	90.84	92.072	89.69
14	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	90.35	91.654	89.12
15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	90.21	90.916	89.52
16	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	89.97	91.900	87.98
17	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	89.69	93.232	86.46
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	89.56	92.883	86.36
19	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	88.96	92.234	85.79
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	88.65	91.155	86.09
21	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	88.58	91.381	86.30
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88.06	89.418	86.76
23	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	87.95	89.265	86.68
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87.68	89.241	86.13
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	87.04	89.456	84.74
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	86.53	88.735	84.43
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	85.29	88.213	82.46
28	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	85.09	87.975	82.30
29	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	84.89	87.963	81.97
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.40	84.947	83.87
31	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	83.91	81.058	86.86
32	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.43	86.777	80.16
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	83.33	84.429	82.28
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	83.12	82.745	83.47
35	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	81.87	86.578	77.46
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	81.86	83.777	79.99
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	80.90	86.560	75.47
38	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	80.15	84.053	76.32
39	Chile`CHL`South America	79.58	82.282	76.98
40	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	78.81	84.704	72.87
41	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	78.58	77.159	79.93
42	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77.66	79.306	76.07
43	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	77.61	79.516	75.73
44	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	77.18	85.165	69.46
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	76.89	79.488	74.35
46	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.84	80.136	73.65
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	76.52	76.801	76.25
48	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	76.12	75.674	76.23
49	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	76.00	79.928	72.20
50	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	75.90	79.478	72.49
51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	75.31	79.800	70.93
52	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	75.11	75.320	74.91
53	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.15	79.370	69.13
54	Peru`PER`South America	73.10	71.876	74.34
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	70.21	69.817	70.60
56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	68.11	74.135	62.08
57	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	66.06	71.662	60.71
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	65.52	72.679	58.76
59	Colombia`COL`South America	64.86	68.251	61.55
60	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.21	69.236	59.36
61	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.64	69.961	57.59
62	Argentina`ARG`South America	63.62	68.834	58.62
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	62.03	61.136	62.90
64	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	61.61	51.149	72.91
65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	60.13	67.072	53.35
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	59.98	57.749	62.07
67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	59.62	64.813	54.63
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	58.11	54.733	61.34
69	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	58.04	65.728	50.41
70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	57.76	66.528	49.14
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	57.68	61.719	53.86
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	57.62	60.302	55.03
73	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	57.31	60.558	54.18
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	55.85	61.492	50.31
75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	55.68	61.611	49.91
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	55.04	60.499	49.77
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	54.59	55.321	53.88
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	54.46	59.828	49.03
79	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	51.23	45.216	57.08
80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	49.61	55.648	43.86
81	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	49.29	47.131	51.40
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.81	48.165	49.42
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	48.77	55.922	41.79
84	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	47.89	43.473	51.71
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	47.55	48.173	46.98
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.47	48.882	46.04
87	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	47.06	51.934	42.37
88	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.65	49.196	44.18
89	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	44.33	47.021	41.60
90	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	43.17	47.736	38.98
91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	41.21	45.525	36.90
92	India`IND`Southern Asia	39.05	33.766	43.91
93	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37.30	44.424	30.40
94	Uruguay`URY`South America	36.19	42.270	30.37
95	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	35.64	37.088	34.13
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	35.34	36.467	34.17
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.50	35.978	33.07
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	34.04	38.332	29.89
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.70	34.848	32.50
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.57	35.538	27.56
=101	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	31.05	29.737	32.37
=101	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31.05	33.269	28.90
103	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.90	36.947	23.33
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	27.79	27.149	28.42
105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.61	29.259	25.90
106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	27.21	19.019	35.08
107	Suriname`SUR`South America	26.97	32.268	21.95
108	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	26.17	23.383	28.88
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	25.49	21.258	29.73
110	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	24.66	24.144	25.19
111	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22.13	21.862	22.39
112	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	21.69	20.342	22.99
113	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	21.29	17.059	25.48
114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	21.15	18.107	24.21
115	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.58	20.513	20.62
116	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	19.87	18.026	21.69
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	19.59	19.778	19.39
118	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	18.71	21.044	16.31
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	17.99	17.099	18.83
120	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	17.86	13.637	22.13
121	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	17.77	14.004	21.54
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.18	18.503	13.94
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	15.71	16.255	15.18
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	15.45	12.763	18.13
125	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15.09	13.303	16.87
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.71	12.918	16.53
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.35	12.828	15.87
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.27	8.287	20.33
129	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	13.95	15.741	12.23
130	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	13.54	11.877	15.17
131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.09	9.257	16.92
132	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	12.43	10.029	15.15
133	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10.94	9.558	12.32
134	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	10.83	12.497	9.11
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.74	8.519	12.97
136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.72	5.437	15.95
137	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.48	7.111	13.83
138	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10.28	7.282	13.33
139	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10.00	8.219	11.69
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9.91	8.750	11.21
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	9.80	9.115	10.46
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.73	8.093	11.62
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	9.36	6.351	12.31
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	9.10	8.595	9.60
145	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.89	5.158	12.51
146	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	8.85	8.443	9.27
147	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.38	7.256	9.55
148	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.19	5.600	10.94
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	7.56	5.243	9.87
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	6.88	1.721	11.90
151	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	6.72	3.344	9.57
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.64	5.025	8.30
153	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.04	4.610	7.51
154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.65	2.390	8.89
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.89	3.080	6.67
156	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	4.87	4.055	5.69
157	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.46	3.369	5.65
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.22	2.989	5.49
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.32	1.246	3.35
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.07	0.645	1.51

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.51
2Kazakhstan94.88
3Turkmenistan93.74
4Ukraine93.69
5Croatia93.51

Lowest

160South Sudan1.07
159Niger2.32
158Mozambique4.22
157Central African Republic4.46
156Burundi4.87

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 49.45. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.184
LowestSouth Sudan0.645
Middle country: 51.542
Male
HighestSouth Korea98.78
LowestSouth Sudan1.51
Middle country: 49.28

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 160 in both
150 · 10rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

China43.69 → 47.55+3.86
Mongolia54.72 → 57.76+3.04
Albania57.05 → 59.98+2.93
Mauritius11.11 → 13.95+2.84
Bhutan45.42 → 47.89+2.47

Fell most

Norway77.30 → 76.84−0.46
Poland91.95 → 91.50−0.45
Iceland64.62 → 64.21−0.41
Zimbabwe10.09 → 9.73−0.36
Denmark74.44 → 74.15−0.29

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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Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 31.05. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2010). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2010

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