Data for 2012

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2012

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2012
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2012 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.58; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.37. The middle country reads 52.40. Against 2011, 160 values changed (152 up, 8 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2012

HighestSouth Korea

98.58

LowestSouth Sudan

1.37

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

160countries
3measures per country
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.58	98.262	98.85
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	95.46	95.768	95.15
3	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	94.58	95.060	94.12
4	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	94.06	95.516	92.68
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.01	95.433	92.63
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	93.04	96.426	89.61
7	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.03	93.417	92.66
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	92.92	95.469	90.11
9	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.64	93.283	91.98
10	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.93	92.038	91.82
11	United States`USA`Northern America	91.57	92.714	90.50
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	91.03	91.862	90.22
13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90.92	93.562	88.38
14	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	90.89	91.538	90.27
15	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	90.77	92.044	89.56
16	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	90.51	92.369	88.59
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	90.15	92.277	88.05
18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	90.01	92.816	87.68
=19	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	89.91	93.391	86.56
=19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	89.91	92.929	87.08
21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	89.57	92.574	86.71
22	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	88.84	90.103	87.62
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	88.41	90.539	86.38
24	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88.11	89.379	86.90
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87.88	89.602	86.21
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	86.80	88.395	85.28
27	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	86.43	83.774	89.18
28	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	86.21	89.054	83.46
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	85.70	88.641	82.89
30	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	84.98	87.875	82.21
31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.96	86.000	83.96
32	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.80	87.907	79.79
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	83.71	84.588	82.88
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	83.62	83.312	83.91
35	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	83.45	82.090	84.74
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	82.78	84.716	80.90
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	82.39	87.584	77.47
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	82.17	86.642	77.99
39	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	81.00	85.026	77.08
40	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	80.49	88.558	72.87
41	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	80.43	82.282	78.61
42	Chile`CHL`South America	80.08	82.956	77.32
43	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	79.85	85.785	73.71
44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	78.20	81.682	74.85
45	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77.96	79.407	76.57
46	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	77.67	76.747	77.89
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	77.50	77.822	77.19
48	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	77.34	80.309	74.53
49	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	77.23	77.973	76.52
50	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	77.07	79.824	74.47
51	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.56	80.052	73.20
52	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	76.20	80.972	71.55
53	Peru`PER`South America	74.97	74.283	75.67
54	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.86	79.090	68.80
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	73.30	72.788	73.80
56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	71.10	77.292	64.88
57	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	69.64	75.227	64.35
58	Colombia`COL`South America	67.08	70.875	63.37
59	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	66.92	74.335	59.95
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	66.46	65.606	67.29
61	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	65.75	72.025	59.74
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	64.81	54.272	76.07
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	64.08	63.097	65.04
64	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63.88	70.586	57.32
65	Argentina`ARG`South America	63.85	69.601	58.34
66	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	63.81	69.071	58.79
67	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	62.48	70.764	54.35
68	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	61.53	66.721	56.55
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	60.48	58.380	62.49
70	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	60.29	69.225	51.38
71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	60.02	63.362	56.78
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	59.04	61.945	56.24
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	58.90	63.366	54.78
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	58.85	60.419	57.33
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	57.27	63.094	51.56
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.84	62.237	51.62
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	56.52	63.306	49.91
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.49	62.672	50.21
79	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	56.39	58.849	54.18
80	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	52.55	49.552	55.11
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	52.25	52.096	52.40
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	51.94	59.410	44.66
83	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	51.13	58.222	44.44
84	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	51.05	45.051	56.86
85	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	49.96	49.287	50.63
86	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	49.42	54.765	44.29
87	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.98	50.603	47.34
88	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	48.73	52.164	45.27
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.62	50.581	44.74
90	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.98	51.566	40.93
91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	43.58	48.725	38.44
92	India`IND`Southern Asia	43.27	38.360	47.78
93	Venezuela`VEN`South America	38.29	45.756	31.12
94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	37.86	40.368	35.34
95	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	37.47	39.160	35.83
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	37.41	42.022	32.96
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	37.33	39.213	35.49
98	Uruguay`URY`South America	37.01	42.845	31.43
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.76	36.536	32.98
100	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.71	32.387	35.05
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.28	41.680	25.48
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32.58	36.883	28.28
103	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31.82	34.402	29.34
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	30.16	29.973	30.34
105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	29.94	32.051	27.75
106	Suriname`SUR`South America	28.21	34.493	22.30
107	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	28.03	20.777	34.99
108	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	27.35	24.966	29.69
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	26.22	23.081	29.36
110	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	26.19	25.734	26.65
111	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	23.76	23.638	23.88
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	23.21	20.383	26.06
113	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	22.87	19.548	26.16
114	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	22.78	24.275	21.84
115	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	22.74	22.080	23.39
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.23	21.095	23.31
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	21.43	22.971	19.88
118	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.59	22.249	18.98
119	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	20.44	23.021	17.80
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	19.54	18.824	20.21
121	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	19.12	15.814	22.43
122	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19.03	14.852	23.25
123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	17.99	20.633	15.44
124	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	17.31	14.647	19.97
125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16.89	15.319	18.43
126	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	16.42	15.423	17.39
127	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	16.30	17.373	15.27
128	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.26	12.530	19.98
129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.94	14.569	17.33
130	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	15.71	9.701	21.75
131	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	15.12	13.544	16.69
132	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	12.97	10.780	15.38
133	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12.83	11.595	14.19
134	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	11.87	13.887	9.79
135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11.75	10.738	12.76
136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	11.66	8.249	15.05
137	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11.29	6.086	16.41
138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	11.19	7.841	14.47
139	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.06	9.220	12.91
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	10.82	8.052	13.69
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	10.73	10.552	10.90
142	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10.65	8.711	12.46
143	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10.04	9.679	10.42
144	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.01	7.142	13.15
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	9.99	9.390	10.58
146	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.82	5.870	13.66
147	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.91	7.555	10.48
148	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	8.74	7.664	9.88
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	8.19	5.639	10.73
150	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.62	5.927	9.36
151	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.12	1.889	12.23
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.01	3.743	9.84
153	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.79	5.217	8.40
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.84	3.651	8.00
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.74	2.417	9.03
156	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.73	4.860	6.61
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.63	3.352	5.94
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.50	3.474	5.59
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.59	1.364	3.76
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.37	0.819	1.93

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.58
2Kazakhstan95.46
3Croatia94.58
4Ukraine94.06
5Turkmenistan94.01

Lowest

160South Sudan1.37
159Niger2.59
158Central African Republic4.50
157Mozambique4.63
156Burundi5.73

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 52.40. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.262
LowestSouth Sudan0.819
Middle country: 56.494
Male
HighestSouth Korea98.85
LowestSouth Sudan1.93
Middle country: 51.01

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 160 in both
152 · 8rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

China51.92 → 56.39+4.47
Mauritius17.19 → 20.59+3.40
Albania63.15 → 66.46+3.31
Uzbekistan80.83 → 83.45+2.62
Ecuador56.60 → 58.85+2.25

Fell most

Zimbabwe9.28 → 8.91−0.37
Poland91.14 → 90.92−0.22
Czechia91.09 → 90.89−0.20
Kyrgyzstan92.11 → 91.93−0.18
Nigeria51.15 → 51.05−0.10

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.

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159 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 89.91. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2012). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2012

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