Data for 2016

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2016

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2016
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2016 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.82; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.60. The middle country reads 60.15. Against 2015, 158 values changed (143 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2016

HighestSouth Korea

98.82

LowestSouth Sudan

1.60

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

160countries
3measures per country
2016the year it describes
160distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.82	98.526	99.076
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	96.37	96.435	96.305
3	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	95.95	96.301	95.611
4	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	95.17	96.536	93.876
5	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.50	95.876	93.156
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	93.94	97.094	90.774
7	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	93.74	92.879	94.559
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.52	96.062	90.952
9	United States`USA`Northern America	92.63	93.780	91.560
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	92.62	92.794	92.454
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	92.27	93.792	90.802
12	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	91.84	93.522	90.222
13	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	91.70	93.015	90.465
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	91.61	92.405	90.845
15	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.52	92.312	90.742
16	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	91.33	93.334	89.214
17	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.23	91.472	90.982
18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	90.88	93.758	88.228
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90.85	93.211	88.591
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	90.79	93.327	88.387
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	90.58	94.229	87.079
22	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	90.48	88.132	92.872
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	90.29	92.895	87.795
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	90.06	90.837	89.327
25	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	89.91	91.147	88.727
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	88.61	90.300	87.010
27	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88.40	89.612	87.262
28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	88.31	89.604	87.074
29	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	87.64	90.229	85.139
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86.63	89.613	83.883
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	86.05	88.869	83.369
32	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	86.01	93.822	78.462
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	84.91	85.060	84.770
34	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.78	86.875	82.815
35	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	84.63	87.000	82.280
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	84.51	89.476	79.786
37	France`FRA`Western Europe	84.21	86.447	82.037
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	84.15	84.971	83.371
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	84.09	88.019	80.339
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.49	88.652	78.472
41	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	83.37	87.484	79.444
42	Chile`CHL`South America	82.44	84.964	80.004
43	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	82.30	88.453	75.883
44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	81.94	85.121	78.951
45	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	81.48	77.695	82.235
46	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	81.12	82.843	79.483
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	79.24	78.680	79.780
48	Peru`PER`South America	79.06	78.679	79.449
49	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.04	80.463	77.743
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	78.36	78.769	77.979
51	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.07	81.929	74.459
52	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	77.85	81.159	74.669
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	77.84	79.467	76.217
54	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	77.02	81.658	72.538
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	76.35	81.940	70.780
56	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.69	80.034	69.574
57	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	74.63	80.026	69.766
58	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	73.05	75.776	70.446
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.58	77.976	67.386
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	72.33	62.579	82.639
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	71.70	78.383	65.213
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	70.65	76.376	65.196
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	70.42	70.926	69.926
64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	69.85	76.532	63.992
65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	69.80	77.362	62.612
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	68.78	72.122	65.542
67	Colombia`COL`South America	67.16	70.486	63.916
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	65.23	70.112	60.552
69	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	65.22	76.112	54.172
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	65.03	65.703	64.383
71	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.54	71.425	58.075
72	Argentina`ARG`South America	64.41	70.971	58.121
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	62.49	65.323	59.753
74	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.73	62.653	60.853
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	61.48	67.345	55.745
76	Guyana`GUY`South America	61.29	68.773	53.703
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	61.23	66.445	56.545
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	61.12	65.584	57.094
79	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	60.81	60.839	60.789
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	60.80	68.521	53.341
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.50	65.251	53.941
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.78	64.529	49.269
83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	54.24	59.212	49.312
84	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	53.59	61.813	45.693
85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	52.86	54.438	51.288
86	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	52.74	46.776	58.486
87	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	52.44	57.249	47.819
88	India`IND`Southern Asia	51.46	47.752	54.832
89	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	51.09	58.576	44.686
90	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	49.44	51.154	47.744
91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	48.57	55.690	41.450
92	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	48.12	52.108	44.228
93	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	45.19	48.038	42.368
94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	41.75	46.197	37.397
95	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	41.23	43.717	38.937
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	40.92	46.003	36.023
97	Venezuela`VEN`South America	40.11	48.193	32.343
98	Uruguay`URY`South America	39.04	44.733	33.563
99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	38.46	49.964	27.784
100	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.45	36.422	38.512
101	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	34.73	39.740	29.820
102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	34.42	36.014	32.834
103	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	34.05	33.798	34.298
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.02	36.225	31.885
105	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.28	36.801	30.051
106	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.20	32.361	34.011
107	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	33.00	34.883	31.223
108	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.70	35.852	29.442
109	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.80	26.054	37.324
110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	30.10	28.714	31.464
111	Suriname`SUR`South America	29.46	36.665	22.585
112	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	28.78	33.763	25.833
113	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	27.95	26.617	29.277
114	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	27.84	27.478	28.198
115	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	26.32	25.114	27.514
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	25.72	29.531	21.671
117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25.62	23.640	27.630
118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	25.45	24.648	26.238
119	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	25.25	21.858	28.618
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.14	24.156	24.126
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	24.11	20.550	27.680
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23.52	22.892	24.122
123	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	23.37	26.969	19.709
124	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	21.26	18.230	24.300
125	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.09	23.158	17.138
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19.99	16.467	23.547
127	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	18.96	12.773	25.093
128	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	18.17	20.769	15.679
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	17.94	16.720	19.160
130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.73	18.086	17.376
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	16.04	12.873	19.493
132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16.03	14.552	17.532
133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.50	14.838	16.168
134	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	15.48	10.644	20.214
135	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	14.48	17.602	11.212
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	13.84	13.801	13.881
137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	13.75	12.532	15.022
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.27	13.040	13.500
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	12.99	7.804	18.044
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.71	9.439	15.969
141	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	12.41	11.094	13.724
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	12.26	13.227	11.317
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.12	9.409	14.899
144	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	11.89	10.295	13.355
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.64	11.373	11.903
146	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.23	6.548	13.808
147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.74	8.333	11.153
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9.72	6.821	12.601
149	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.55	8.549	10.659
150	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8.32	5.560	11.050
151	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.24	6.758	9.958
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.59	4.556	10.326
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.52	2.111	12.821
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.40	6.149	8.649
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.30	6.692	7.912
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.00	2.770	9.170
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.22	3.894	6.574
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.69	3.796	5.606
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.53	2.081	4.921
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.60	1.018	2.178

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.82
2Kazakhstan96.37
3Croatia95.95
4Ukraine95.17
5Turkmenistan94.50

Lowest

160South Sudan1.60
159Niger3.53
158Central African Republic4.69
157Mozambique5.22
156Chad6.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 60.15. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.526
LowestSouth Sudan1.018
Middle country: 62.616
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.076
LowestSouth Sudan2.178
Middle country: 54.056

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
158values changed, of 160 in both
143 · 15rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Iraq29.79 → 33.20+3.41
São Tomé and Príncipe31.13 → 34.42+3.29
Mauritius30.08 → 33.00+2.92
China66.95 → 69.85+2.90
Mongolia69.08 → 71.70+2.62

Fell most

Cuba74.04 → 73.05−0.99
Colombia68.02 → 67.16−0.86
Jordan61.64 → 61.12−0.52
Uganda15.97 → 15.50−0.47
Georgia91.94 → 91.52−0.42

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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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2016). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2016

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