Data for 2015

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2015

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2015
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2015 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.76; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.54. The middle country reads 58.86. Against 2014, 159 values changed (145 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2015

HighestSouth Korea

98.76

LowestSouth Sudan

1.54

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

160countries
3measures per country
2015the year it describes
160distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.76	98.45	99.03
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	96.17	96.28	96.06
3	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	95.68	96.08	95.30
4	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	94.90	96.31	93.56
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.39	95.81	93.01
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	93.71	96.93	90.45
7	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.40	95.93	90.77
8	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	92.76	93.01	92.53
9	United States`USA`Northern America	92.46	93.55	91.45
10	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.94	92.61	91.28
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	91.89	93.57	90.27
12	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	91.71	90.66	92.71
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	91.52	92.34	90.73
14	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	91.39	92.73	90.14
15	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.31	91.49	91.11
16	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	91.16	93.10	89.12
17	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	91.13	92.85	89.47
18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90.87	93.33	88.52
19	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	90.83	93.74	88.21
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	90.60	93.19	88.15
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	90.39	94.03	86.91
22	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	90.28	92.92	87.77
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	90.26	90.97	89.59
24	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	89.84	91.04	88.70
25	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	89.55	87.17	91.99
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	88.48	90.17	86.86
27	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88.39	89.58	87.26
28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	87.95	89.24	86.72
29	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	87.26	89.96	84.65
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86.38	89.36	83.63
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	85.74	88.43	83.18
32	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.94	86.68	83.29
33	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	84.75	92.71	77.13
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	84.53	84.58	84.48
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	84.19	89.18	79.46
36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	84.02	84.78	83.30
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	83.82	86.00	81.68
38	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	83.75	87.65	80.06
39	France`FRA`Western Europe	83.70	85.85	81.61
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.54	88.50	78.71
41	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	82.81	86.88	78.89
42	Chile`CHL`South America	81.87	84.50	79.34
43	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	81.62	87.77	75.38
44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	81.01	84.32	77.87
45	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	80.37	77.41	81.02
46	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	80.22	81.76	78.77
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	79.01	78.59	79.41
48	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.73	80.07	77.49
49	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	77.66	81.47	74.08
50	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	77.64	80.89	74.50
51	Peru`PER`South America	77.49	77.17	77.81
52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	77.22	77.46	76.98
53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	76.77	81.53	72.17
54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	75.34	76.55	74.12
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	75.08	80.85	69.30
56	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.43	79.70	69.38
57	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	74.04	76.60	71.60
58	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	73.65	79.10	68.66
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	70.69	76.40	65.14
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	70.34	60.19	81.08
61	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	69.93	75.77	64.37
62	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	69.22	76.90	61.98
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	69.08	76.08	62.26
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.91	69.09	68.74
65	Colombia`COL`South America	68.02	71.69	64.43
66	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	66.95	72.76	61.82
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	66.72	69.70	63.84
68	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.47	70.85	58.53
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	64.02	68.49	59.75
70	Argentina`ARG`South America	63.97	70.44	57.76
71	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	63.82	74.33	53.21
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	63.42	63.32	63.52
73	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	61.64	66.34	57.46
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	61.63	64.54	58.81
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	60.53	65.59	56.00
76	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.03	67.23	52.70
77	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.90	66.12	53.81
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	59.71	60.28	59.17
79	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	59.51	66.93	52.31
80	Panama`PAN`Central America	58.96	64.60	53.50
81	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	58.77	58.02	59.36
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.62	63.28	48.18
83	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	53.11	61.03	45.44
84	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52.90	57.56	48.28
85	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	52.32	46.55	57.88
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51.77	53.41	50.14
87	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	51.63	56.57	46.88
88	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	49.77	51.03	48.52
89	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	49.56	56.54	43.52
90	India`IND`Southern Asia	49.39	45.45	52.98
91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.83	51.55	44.22
92	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	47.24	53.95	40.53
93	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	43.39	45.90	40.92
94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	40.50	44.68	36.41
95	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	40.33	42.73	38.21
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.10	45.07	35.30
97	Venezuela`VEN`South America	39.68	47.59	32.08
98	Uruguay`URY`South America	38.61	44.26	33.19
99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	37.23	48.02	27.21
100	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.87	35.69	38.09
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.27	36.38	32.23
102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	34.10	38.95	29.33
103	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	33.19	32.98	33.39
104	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	32.98	36.32	29.93
105	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.15	35.13	29.06
106	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	31.13	32.29	29.99
107	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	30.63	24.66	36.36
108	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	30.08	31.82	28.42
109	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	29.79	29.41	30.16
110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	29.37	27.68	31.03
111	Suriname`SUR`South America	29.15	36.29	22.38
112	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	27.51	27.13	27.89
113	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	27.35	25.65	29.04
114	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	27.07	31.12	24.57
115	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	25.36	23.56	27.14
116	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25.04	22.93	27.18
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	24.52	27.85	21.08
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	23.46	22.65	24.25
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	23.41	20.03	26.76
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23.19	22.50	23.85
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	22.76	22.73	22.78
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	22.69	26.08	19.23
123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	22.18	18.55	25.82
124	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	20.35	17.15	23.56
125	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19.91	22.79	17.14
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19.66	15.81	23.54
127	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	18.22	11.97	24.45
128	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	17.74	19.94	15.64
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.61	17.73	17.50
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	17.20	15.83	18.57
131	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.97	15.05	16.89
132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	15.44	13.95	16.98
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.43	11.27	17.89
134	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	14.42	9.98	18.76
135	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	13.78	16.54	10.89
136	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	13.37	11.94	14.87
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.04	12.63	13.44
138	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.85	12.66	13.05
139	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.71	9.40	16.00
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12.57	7.34	17.68
141	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	12.07	10.63	13.51
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	11.89	12.61	11.18
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	11.78	9.16	14.50
144	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11.55	9.83	13.13
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.24	10.89	11.59
146	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.30	6.44	14.06
147	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.41	8.38	10.54
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9.33	6.50	12.14
149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.22	7.61	10.84
150	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.38	6.94	10.04
151	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.57	4.97	10.14
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.46	4.39	10.21
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.42	2.05	12.68
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.24	5.97	8.52
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.02	6.30	7.74
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.00	2.72	9.23
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.01	3.72	6.32
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.58	3.67	5.53
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.27	1.87	4.61
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.54	0.95	2.12

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.76
2Kazakhstan96.17
3Croatia95.68
4Ukraine94.90
5Turkmenistan94.39

Lowest

160South Sudan1.54
159Niger3.27
158Central African Republic4.58
157Mozambique5.01
156Chad6.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 58.86. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.45
LowestSouth Sudan0.95
Middle country: 60.65
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.03
LowestSouth Sudan2.12
Middle country: 53.10

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 160 in both
145 · 14rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe27.93 → 31.13+3.20
Mauritius27.06 → 30.08+3.02
China63.96 → 66.95+2.99
Iraq27.05 → 29.79+2.74
Albania72.64 → 75.34+2.70

Fell most

Cuba75.23 → 74.04−1.19
Jordan62.22 → 61.64−0.58
Georgia92.33 → 91.94−0.39
Uganda16.31 → 15.97−0.34
Colombia68.33 → 68.02−0.31

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.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2015). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2015

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