Data for 2014

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2014

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2014
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2014 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.70; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.49. The middle country reads 57.05. Against 2013, 160 values changed (150 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2014

HighestSouth Korea

98.70

LowestSouth Sudan

1.49

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

160countries
3measures per country
2014the year it describes
159distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.70	98.389	98.97
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	95.97	96.139	95.80
3	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	95.39	95.799	95.00
4	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	94.63	96.070	93.27
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.23	95.656	92.85
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	93.49	96.779	90.15
7	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.25	95.745	90.59
8	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	92.88	93.175	92.59
9	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.33	92.927	91.73
10	United States`USA`Northern America	92.13	93.244	91.09
11	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.46	91.610	91.30
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	91.44	92.273	90.63
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	91.43	93.265	89.66
14	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	91.15	92.466	89.91
15	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	90.98	92.866	89.01
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90.88	93.433	88.43
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	90.75	93.642	88.21
18	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	90.47	91.123	89.85
19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	90.44	93.070	87.95
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	90.32	92.157	88.56
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	90.18	93.786	86.73
22	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	90.14	92.875	87.56
23	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	89.66	90.815	88.55
24	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	89.16	87.924	90.33
25	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	88.53	86.038	91.10
26	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88.30	89.486	87.18
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	88.29	89.996	86.65
28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	87.48	88.794	86.22
29	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	86.91	89.722	84.19
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86.17	89.153	83.39
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	85.43	88.087	82.90
32	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.11	86.563	83.72
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	84.20	84.113	84.28
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	83.93	84.706	83.20
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	83.75	88.805	78.98
36	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.54	88.234	78.96
37	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	83.49	91.628	75.81
38	France`FRA`Western Europe	83.39	85.424	81.41
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	83.26	87.252	79.51
40	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	82.84	84.866	80.87
41	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	82.23	86.304	78.27
42	Chile`CHL`South America	81.26	84.021	78.60
43	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	80.94	87.070	74.80
44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	80.01	83.452	76.72
45	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	79.36	77.166	79.88
46	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	79.27	80.585	78.03
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	78.55	78.335	78.76
48	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.41	79.645	77.24
49	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	77.53	80.688	74.55
50	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	77.27	80.978	73.77
51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	76.57	81.414	71.87
52	Peru`PER`South America	76.52	76.160	76.89
53	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	75.93	75.934	75.92
54	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	75.23	77.763	72.85
55	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.15	79.366	69.13
56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	73.79	79.753	67.79
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	72.64	73.325	71.96
58	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	72.55	78.052	67.44
59	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	68.87	74.909	63.10
60	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	68.54	74.598	62.61
61	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	68.48	58.060	79.52
62	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	68.38	76.171	61.08
63	Colombia`COL`South America	68.33	72.236	64.52
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.22	66.947	67.49
65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	66.74	74.062	59.58
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	64.36	66.914	61.88
67	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.30	70.192	58.78
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	63.96	68.681	59.77
69	Argentina`ARG`South America	63.72	70.051	57.65
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	62.72	66.799	58.81
71	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	62.55	72.537	52.52
=72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	62.22	67.213	57.74
=72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	62.22	61.383	63.02
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	60.74	63.639	57.94
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	59.97	64.974	55.46
76	Guyana`GUY`South America	58.81	65.663	51.82
77	Brazil`BRA`South America	58.74	64.941	52.67
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	58.39	63.974	52.98
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	58.29	65.508	51.25
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	57.32	57.602	57.05
81	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	56.77	55.342	57.92
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.41	61.985	47.05
83	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	52.59	60.339	45.15
84	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	51.91	46.154	57.46
85	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	51.68	56.002	47.38
86	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	50.91	56.046	45.98
87	Mexico`MEX`Central America	50.61	52.333	48.88
88	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	50.06	50.768	49.36
89	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48.30	54.814	42.57
90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.88	51.256	44.58
91	India`IND`Southern Asia	47.24	43.040	51.08
92	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	45.95	52.200	39.70
93	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	41.37	43.608	39.17
94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	39.65	43.359	36.01
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.42	44.175	34.83
96	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	39.34	41.444	37.27
97	Venezuela`VEN`South America	39.15	46.937	31.67
98	Uruguay`URY`South America	38.15	43.831	32.70
99	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.06	34.794	37.35
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	35.96	45.979	26.67
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.54	36.537	32.59
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.50	38.199	28.86
103	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.56	35.691	29.66
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	32.22	32.129	32.31
105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31.59	34.348	28.73
106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	29.55	23.216	35.63
107	Suriname`SUR`South America	28.91	35.947	22.29
108	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	28.59	26.710	30.44
109	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	27.93	28.590	27.27
110	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	27.22	26.800	27.64
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	27.06	28.747	25.45
112	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.05	26.913	27.18
113	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	26.89	24.839	28.94
114	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	25.49	28.576	23.56
115	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	24.57	22.218	26.90
116	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	24.51	22.170	26.88
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	23.39	26.180	20.57
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	22.89	22.068	23.68
119	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	21.87	25.013	18.66
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	21.51	21.314	21.69
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.34	20.325	22.34
122	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	21.19	17.977	24.39
123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.17	16.558	23.78
124	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	19.68	16.395	22.97
125	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19.52	22.250	16.89
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19.45	15.476	23.47
127	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	17.40	11.182	23.61
128	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.33	17.118	17.54
129	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	17.28	19.128	15.52
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.38	14.904	17.85
131	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	16.31	15.161	17.47
132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	14.83	13.396	16.35
133	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	13.34	9.318	17.28
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	13.16	11.425	15.01
135	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	13.11	15.631	10.49
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.74	9.644	16.14
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.68	12.104	13.25
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.52	9.193	15.82
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12.10	6.867	17.22
140	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	11.79	11.438	12.16
141	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.72	10.152	13.29
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	11.57	12.051	11.10
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	11.41	8.766	14.18
144	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11.24	9.379	12.96
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	10.84	10.371	11.30
146	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.17	6.221	14.01
147	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.18	8.164	10.28
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	8.95	6.182	11.70
149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.69	6.974	10.43
150	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.50	7.137	10.08
151	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.37	2.048	12.59
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.34	4.209	10.13
153	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.16	5.774	8.56
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.90	4.436	9.34
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6.68	5.879	7.49
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.92	2.611	9.18
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.88	3.600	6.19
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.51	3.577	5.49
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.03	1.661	4.34
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.49	0.916	2.07

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.70
2Kazakhstan95.97
3Croatia95.39
4Ukraine94.63
5Turkmenistan94.23

Lowest

160South Sudan1.49
159Niger3.03
158Central African Republic4.51
157Mozambique4.88
156Chad5.92

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 57.05. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.389
LowestSouth Sudan0.916
Middle country: 59.199
Male
HighestSouth Korea98.97
LowestSouth Sudan2.07
Middle country: 52.17

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 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

China60.48 → 63.96+3.48
Mauritius23.94 → 27.06+3.12
Albania69.65 → 72.64+2.99
São Tomé and Príncipe25.01 → 27.93+2.92
Uzbekistan86.33 → 89.16+2.83

Fell most

Cuba76.44 → 75.23−1.21
Georgia92.59 → 92.33−0.26
Kyrgyzstan91.70 → 91.46−0.24
Czechia90.69 → 90.47−0.22
El Salvador34.69 → 34.54−0.15

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 62.22. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2014). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2014

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