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Report year 2014Data year 2014
Upper secondary completion rate (%)Higher is better — rank 1 leadsPublished by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
45 editions (1981–2025), 160 to 164 countries. The share of young people who finish upper secondary school — the top of the schooling ladder, and the stage where the gap between rich and poor countries is widest: the leaders are above 90% while the lowest are under 10%. Female and male rates are stored beside the headline. ⚠ MODELLED DATA, like the primary completion rate: UIS harmonises MICS, DHS and national surveys with administrative data rather than publishing only what ministries report, which is what gives it 164 countries a year instead of the 50-odd the reported series manages. The recent years are therefore model estimates for countries that have not surveyed lately — nowcasts of an observed trend, not scenario projections. ⚠ ADDED AS A KEY ON 2026-09-12 to fix a balance problem, not a coverage one: three of this subject's four keys measured primary school, so a country's education standing was decided by what happens to its under-twelves. This replaced the pre-primary enrolment rate as a key; that indicator stays on the site as context. ⚠ LOWER SECONDARY COMPLETION IS NOT ON THIS SITE AS A KEY and cannot be: it correlates 0.93 with primary completion, over the Country Index's 0.92 bar. Upper secondary sits at 0.86. ⚠ UIS ranks nobody, so no rank is stored; the POSITION on the statistics page is derived here by ordering the score and labelled as ours.
Upper Secondary Completion Rate 2014 — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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| Country | ISO Code | Upper secondary completion rate (%) | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | KOR | 98.70 | 98.389 | 98.97 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 95.97 | 96.139 | 95.80 |
| Croatia | HRV | 95.39 | 95.799 | 95.00 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 94.63 | 96.070 | 93.27 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 94.23 | 95.656 | 92.85 |
| Barbados | BRB | 93.49 | 96.779 | 90.15 |
| Armenia | ARM | 93.25 | 95.745 | 90.59 |
| Slovakia | SVK | 92.88 | 93.175 | 92.59 |
| Georgia | GEO | 92.33 | 92.927 | 91.73 |
| United States | USA | 92.13 | 93.244 | 91.09 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 91.46 | 91.610 | 91.30 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 91.44 | 92.273 | 90.63 |
| Ireland | IRL | 91.43 | 93.265 | 89.66 |
| Belarus | BLR | 91.15 | 92.466 | 89.91 |
| Moldova | MDA | 90.98 | 92.866 | 89.01 |
| Poland | POL | 90.88 | 93.433 | 88.43 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 90.75 | 93.642 | 88.21 |
| Czechia | CZE | 90.47 | 91.123 | 89.85 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 90.44 | 93.070 | 87.95 |
| Greece | GRC | 90.32 | 92.157 | 88.56 |
| Israel | ISR | 90.18 | 93.786 | 86.73 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 90.14 | 92.875 | 87.56 |
| Russia | RUS | 89.66 | 90.815 | 88.55 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 89.16 | 87.924 | 90.33 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | 88.53 | 86.038 | 91.10 |
| Sweden | SWE | 88.30 | 89.486 | 87.18 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 88.29 | 89.996 | 86.65 |
| Finland | FIN | 87.48 | 88.794 | 86.22 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 86.91 | 89.722 | 84.19 |
| Canada | CAN | 86.17 | 89.153 | 83.39 |
| Australia | AUS | 85.43 | 88.087 | 82.90 |
| Austria | AUT | 85.11 | 86.563 | 83.72 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 84.20 | 84.113 | 84.28 |
| Hungary | HUN | 83.93 | 84.706 | 83.20 |
| Latvia | LVA | 83.75 | 88.805 | 78.98 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 83.54 | 88.234 | 78.96 |
| Saint Lucia | LCA | 83.49 | 91.628 | 75.81 |
| France | FRA | 83.39 | 85.424 | 81.41 |
| Estonia | EST | 83.26 | 87.252 | 79.51 |
| Montenegro | MNE | 82.84 | 84.866 | 80.87 |
| Belgium | BEL | 82.23 | 86.304 | 78.27 |
| Chile | CHL | 81.26 | 84.021 | 78.60 |
| Tonga | TON | 80.94 | 87.070 | 74.80 |
| Italy | ITA | 80.01 | 83.452 | 76.72 |
| Qatar | QAT | 79.36 | 77.166 | 79.88 |
| Egypt | EGY | 79.27 | 80.585 | 78.03 |
| Romania | ROU | 78.55 | 78.335 | 78.76 |
| Germany | DEU | 78.41 | 79.645 | 77.24 |
| Luxembourg | LUX | 77.53 | 80.688 | 74.55 |
| Norway | NOR | 77.27 | 80.978 | 73.77 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 76.57 | 81.414 | 71.87 |
| Peru | PER | 76.52 | 76.160 | 76.89 |
| North Macedonia | MKD | 75.93 | 75.934 | 75.92 |
| Cuba | CUB | 75.23 | 77.763 | 72.85 |
| Denmark | DNK | 74.15 | 79.366 | 69.13 |
| Serbia | SRB | 73.79 | 79.753 | 67.79 |
| Albania | ALB | 72.64 | 73.325 | 71.96 |
| Malta | MLT | 72.55 | 78.052 | 67.44 |
| Spain | ESP | 68.87 | 74.909 | 63.10 |
| Portugal | PRT | 68.54 | 74.598 | 62.61 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 68.48 | 58.060 | 79.52 |
| Philippines | PHL | 68.38 | 76.171 | 61.08 |
| Colombia | COL | 68.33 | 72.236 | 64.52 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 67.22 | 66.947 | 67.49 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 66.74 | 74.062 | 59.58 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 64.36 | 66.914 | 61.88 |
| Iceland | ISL | 64.30 | 70.192 | 58.78 |
| China | CHN | 63.96 | 68.681 | 59.77 |
| Argentina | ARG | 63.72 | 70.051 | 57.65 |
| Iran | IRN | 62.72 | 66.799 | 58.81 |
| Palestine | PSE | 62.55 | 72.537 | 52.52 |
| Jordan | JOR | 62.22 | 67.213 | 57.74 |
| Türkiye | TUR | 62.22 | 61.383 | 63.02 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 60.74 | 63.639 | 57.94 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 59.97 | 64.974 | 55.46 |
| Guyana | GUY | 58.81 | 65.663 | 51.82 |
| Brazil | BRA | 58.74 | 64.941 | 52.67 |
| Panama | PAN | 58.39 | 63.974 | 52.98 |
| Thailand | THA | 58.29 | 65.508 | 51.25 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 57.32 | 57.602 | 57.05 |
| Bhutan | BTN | 56.77 | 55.342 | 57.92 |
| Dominican Republic | DOM | 54.41 | 61.985 | 47.05 |
| Samoa | WSM | 52.59 | 60.339 | 45.15 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 51.91 | 46.154 | 57.46 |
| Botswana | BWA | 51.68 | 56.002 | 47.38 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 50.91 | 56.046 | 45.98 |
| Mexico | MEX | 50.61 | 52.333 | 48.88 |
| Timor-Leste | TLS | 50.06 | 50.768 | 49.36 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 48.30 | 54.814 | 42.57 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 47.88 | 51.256 | 44.58 |
| India | IND | 47.24 | 43.040 | 51.08 |
| Tuvalu | TUV | 45.95 | 52.200 | 39.70 |
| Fiji | FJI | 41.37 | 43.608 | 39.17 |
| Vietnam | VNM | 39.65 | 43.359 | 36.01 |
| Honduras | HND | 39.42 | 44.175 | 34.83 |
| Nauru | NRU | 39.34 | 41.444 | 37.27 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 39.15 | 46.937 | 31.67 |
| Uruguay | URY | 38.15 | 43.831 | 32.70 |
| Kenya | KEN | 36.06 | 34.794 | 37.35 |
| Algeria | DZA | 35.96 | 45.979 | 26.67 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 34.54 | 36.537 | 32.59 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 33.50 | 38.199 | 28.86 |
| Syria | SYR | 32.56 | 35.691 | 29.66 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 32.22 | 32.129 | 32.31 |
| Namibia | NAM | 31.59 | 34.348 | 28.73 |
| Yemen | YEM | 29.55 | 23.216 | 35.63 |
| Suriname | SUR | 28.91 | 35.947 | 22.29 |
| Laos | LAO | 28.59 | 26.710 | 30.44 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | STP | 27.93 | 28.590 | 27.27 |
| Sudan | SDN | 27.22 | 26.800 | 27.64 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 27.06 | 28.747 | 25.45 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 27.05 | 26.913 | 27.18 |
| Gambia | GMB | 26.89 | 24.839 | 28.94 |
| Maldives | MDV | 25.49 | 28.576 | 23.56 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 24.57 | 22.218 | 26.90 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 24.51 | 22.170 | 26.88 |
| Comoros | COM | 23.39 | 26.180 | 20.57 |
| Morocco | MAR | 22.89 | 22.068 | 23.68 |
| Lesotho | LSO | 21.87 | 25.013 | 18.66 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 21.51 | 21.314 | 21.69 |
| Ghana | GHA | 21.34 | 20.325 | 22.34 |
| Republic of the Congo | COG | 21.19 | 17.977 | 24.39 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 20.17 | 16.558 | 23.78 |
| DR Congo | COD | 19.68 | 16.395 | 22.97 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 19.52 | 22.250 | 16.89 |
| Angola | AGO | 19.45 | 15.476 | 23.47 |
| Guinea | GIN | 17.40 | 11.182 | 23.61 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 17.33 | 17.118 | 17.54 |
| Gabon | GAB | 17.28 | 19.128 | 15.52 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 16.38 | 14.904 | 17.85 |
| Uganda | UGA | 16.31 | 15.161 | 17.47 |
| Nepal | NPL | 14.83 | 13.396 | 16.35 |
| Togo | TGO | 13.34 | 9.318 | 17.28 |
| Malawi | MWI | 13.16 | 11.425 | 15.01 |
| Kiribati | KIR | 13.11 | 15.631 | 10.49 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 12.74 | 9.644 | 16.14 |
| Haiti | HTI | 12.68 | 12.104 | 13.25 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 12.52 | 9.193 | 15.82 |
| Benin | BEN | 12.10 | 6.867 | 17.22 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 11.79 | 11.438 | 12.16 |
| Liberia | LBR | 11.72 | 10.152 | 13.29 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 11.57 | 12.051 | 11.10 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | CIV | 11.41 | 8.766 | 14.18 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 11.24 | 9.379 | 12.96 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 10.84 | 10.371 | 11.30 |
| Mali | MLI | 10.17 | 6.221 | 14.01 |
| Vanuatu | VUT | 9.18 | 8.164 | 10.28 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 8.95 | 6.182 | 11.70 |
| Senegal | SEN | 8.69 | 6.974 | 10.43 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 8.50 | 7.137 | 10.08 |
| Somalia | SOM | 7.37 | 2.048 | 12.59 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 7.34 | 4.209 | 10.13 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 7.16 | 5.774 | 8.56 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 6.90 | 4.436 | 9.34 |
| Burundi | BDI | 6.68 | 5.879 | 7.49 |
| Chad | TCD | 5.92 | 2.611 | 9.18 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 4.88 | 3.600 | 6.19 |
| Central African Republic | CAF | 4.51 | 3.577 | 5.49 |
| Niger | NER | 3.03 | 1.661 | 4.34 |
| South Sudan | SSD | 1.49 | 0.916 | 2.07 |