Data for 2017

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2017

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2017
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2017 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.88; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.66. The middle country reads 60.45. Against 2016, 159 values changed (144 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2017

HighestSouth Korea

98.88

LowestSouth Sudan

1.66

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

160countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
160distinct values14 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.88	98.589	99.14
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	96.60	96.625	96.57
3	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	96.22	96.511	95.94
4	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	95.42	96.752	94.15
5	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	95.26	94.599	95.89
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.62	95.983	93.28
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	94.20	97.351	91.08
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.63	96.149	91.16
9	United States`USA`Northern America	92.65	93.790	91.59
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	92.58	93.991	91.22
11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	92.57	92.708	92.44
12	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	92.40	94.109	90.78
13	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	92.08	93.326	90.91
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	91.75	92.585	90.96
15	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	91.44	93.441	89.33
16	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.32	91.556	91.09
17	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.24	92.142	90.36
18	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	91.13	88.953	93.35
19	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	91.04	93.839	88.41
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	90.99	93.457	88.67
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	90.89	94.539	87.39
22	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90.85	93.121	88.68
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	90.35	92.960	87.87
24	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	89.97	91.272	88.72
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	89.86	90.669	89.10
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	88.79	90.478	87.20
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	88.55	89.867	87.30
28	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88.34	89.639	87.13
29	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	88.10	90.562	85.72
30	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	87.23	94.939	79.78
31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	86.84	89.865	84.05
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	86.46	89.472	83.59
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	85.33	85.520	85.15
34	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	85.32	87.893	82.78
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	84.75	89.687	80.11
36	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.73	87.094	82.51
37	France`FRA`Western Europe	84.66	87.012	82.39
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	84.36	85.259	83.51
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	84.22	88.276	80.32
40	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	83.79	87.902	79.86
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.48	88.816	78.30
42	Chile`CHL`South America	82.85	85.251	80.53
43	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	82.84	88.962	76.21
44	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	82.78	78.224	83.65
45	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	82.72	85.718	79.96
46	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	82.01	83.911	80.20
47	Peru`PER`South America	80.50	80.064	80.94
48	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	79.92	81.790	78.07
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	79.47	78.859	80.06
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	79.35	79.892	78.84
51	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.24	80.860	77.77
52	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.48	82.399	74.82
53	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	78.07	81.357	74.93
54	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	77.46	82.896	72.07
55	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	77.20	81.796	72.76
56	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	75.70	81.069	70.95
57	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.81	80.280	69.57
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	74.55	80.881	68.43
59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	74.43	65.180	84.21
60	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	74.23	79.361	69.31
61	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	72.69	80.146	66.19
62	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	72.38	75.443	69.46
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	71.92	72.704	71.15
64	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	71.00	76.704	65.55
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	70.44	73.995	67.00
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	69.98	77.527	62.74
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	67.15	68.460	65.89
68	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	66.47	77.847	54.88
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	66.35	71.535	61.36
70	Colombia`COL`South America	65.88	68.948	62.89
71	Argentina`ARG`South America	64.91	71.533	58.56
72	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.62	71.936	57.74
73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	63.60	65.101	62.17
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.31	66.194	60.52
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	63.19	68.509	57.99
76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	62.90	63.607	62.35
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	62.42	70.112	54.64
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	62.00	69.914	54.39
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	61.81	67.219	56.93
80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	60.95	65.048	57.20
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.96	65.749	54.37
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	57.63	65.470	50.04
83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	55.47	60.705	50.29
84	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.28	62.826	46.03
85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	54.02	55.444	52.60
86	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	53.31	58.001	48.80
87	India`IND`Southern Asia	53.20	49.703	56.37
88	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	52.96	46.880	58.82
89	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	52.40	60.437	45.58
90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	49.79	57.370	42.21
91	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	49.49	51.570	47.44
92	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	48.64	52.821	44.50
93	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.77	50.012	43.55
94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	43.26	47.886	38.72
95	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	42.06	44.635	39.64
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	41.68	46.776	36.78
97	Venezuela`VEN`South America	40.55	48.786	32.68
98	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	39.63	51.797	28.35
99	Uruguay`URY`South America	39.51	45.279	33.96
100	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.92	37.110	38.76
101	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	37.88	39.891	35.84
102	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	37.10	35.559	38.59
103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	35.84	37.888	33.92
104	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.28	40.423	30.25
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	34.86	34.628	35.09
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.65	36.039	31.34
107	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.60	37.422	30.06
108	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.21	36.603	29.72
109	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	32.86	27.352	38.16
110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	30.69	29.440	31.92
111	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	30.23	35.993	26.96
112	Suriname`SUR`South America	29.87	37.101	22.90
113	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	28.43	27.488	29.37
114	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	28.29	27.973	28.60
115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	27.41	26.563	28.24
116	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	27.25	26.616	27.88
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	27.06	31.481	22.34
118	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.53	23.188	29.85
119	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.20	24.324	28.10
120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.99	26.011	25.97
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	25.98	22.831	29.19
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.01	27.846	20.12
123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	23.90	23.486	24.30
124	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	22.15	19.345	24.96
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.37	17.205	23.57
126	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.36	23.674	17.17
127	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	19.57	13.549	25.52
128	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	18.79	21.707	15.98
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.56	17.540	19.58
130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.76	18.210	17.31
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	17.44	14.395	20.75
132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	16.99	15.542	18.45
133	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	16.41	11.169	21.54
134	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.28	14.937	15.63
135	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	15.26	18.728	11.65
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	14.70	14.794	14.60
137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14.21	13.163	15.29
138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.61	13.495	13.72
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13.49	8.245	18.59
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.67	9.449	15.89
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	12.64	13.808	11.50
142	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	12.63	11.387	13.87
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.54	9.633	15.48
144	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12.21	10.760	13.54
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.96	11.789	12.13
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	10.34	9.189	11.49
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	10.09	7.216	12.95
148	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.02	6.575	13.36
149	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.79	8.820	10.87
150	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	9.15	6.187	12.08
151	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.05	6.518	9.82
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.74	4.815	10.38
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.67	2.237	13.00
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.58	6.360	8.79
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.57	7.101	8.04
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.94	2.815	9.00
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.48	4.094	6.89
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.80	3.952	5.66
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.82	2.326	5.26
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.66	1.054	2.25

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.88
2Kazakhstan96.60
3Croatia96.22
4Ukraine95.42
5Uzbekistan95.26

Lowest

160South Sudan1.66
159Niger3.82
158Central African Republic4.80
157Mozambique5.48
156Chad5.94

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 60.45. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.589
LowestSouth Sudan1.054
Middle country: 65.074
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.14
LowestSouth Sudan2.25
Middle country: 54.76

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 160 in both
144 · 15rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Iraq33.20 → 37.10+3.90
São Tomé and Príncipe34.42 → 37.88+3.46
Mongolia71.70 → 74.55+2.85
China69.85 → 72.69+2.84
Mauritius33.00 → 35.84+2.84

Fell most

Colombia67.16 → 65.88−1.28
Cuba73.05 → 72.38−0.67
El Salvador34.02 → 33.65−0.37
Georgia91.52 → 91.24−0.28
Uganda15.50 → 15.28−0.22

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) (2017). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2017

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