Data for 2018

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2018

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2018
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2018 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.94; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.72. The middle country reads 60.94. Against 2017, 160 values changed (149 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2018

HighestSouth Korea

98.94

LowestSouth Sudan

1.72

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

160countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
156distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.94	98.656	99.196
2	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	96.82	96.820	96.820
3	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	96.50	96.743	96.273
4	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	96.36	95.894	96.804
5	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	95.68	96.980	94.440
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.74	96.096	93.406
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	94.39	97.513	91.363
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.71	96.222	91.292
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	92.92	94.236	91.656
10	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	92.85	94.580	91.230
11	United States`USA`Northern America	92.73	93.869	91.669
12	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	92.62	92.724	92.524
13	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	92.45	93.624	91.344
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	91.83	92.749	90.959
15	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	91.81	89.768	93.888
16	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	91.61	93.619	89.509
17	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.46	91.679	91.249
=18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	91.29	94.050	88.670
=18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	91.29	93.726	89.066
20	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	91.20	94.880	87.670
21	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.18	92.150	90.250
22	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90.88	93.116	88.746
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	90.46	93.099	87.959
24	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	90.05	91.386	88.766
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	89.72	90.565	88.925
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	88.94	90.643	87.333
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	88.71	89.988	87.498
28	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	88.58	90.977	86.267
29	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	88.41	95.943	81.103
30	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88.30	89.727	86.977
31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	87.05	90.067	84.277
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	86.93	89.951	84.061
33	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	85.90	88.630	83.240
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	85.68	85.964	85.414
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	85.14	87.581	82.801
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	85.01	89.914	80.474
37	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.78	87.321	82.401
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	84.63	85.666	83.656
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	84.26	88.452	80.222
=40	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	84.12	88.220	80.190
=40	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	84.12	78.934	85.184
42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.46	88.942	78.232
43	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	83.31	86.138	80.747
44	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	83.30	89.400	76.510
45	Chile`CHL`South America	83.19	85.538	80.918
46	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	82.84	84.868	80.908
47	Peru`PER`South America	81.85	81.432	82.272
48	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	81.62	83.565	79.715
49	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	80.25	80.816	79.716
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	79.85	79.218	80.458
51	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.57	81.405	77.905
52	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.83	82.731	75.191
53	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	78.47	83.729	73.249
54	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	78.46	81.794	75.284
55	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	77.45	83.450	71.690
56	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	77.38	81.971	72.931
57	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	76.77	82.281	71.991
58	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	76.50	67.702	85.792
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	75.72	80.674	70.944
60	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	75.43	83.598	68.338
61	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.97	80.516	69.656
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	73.45	74.355	72.565
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	71.88	75.167	68.767
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	71.76	75.346	68.286
65	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	71.36	77.190	65.800
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	70.16	77.744	62.804
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	69.34	71.159	67.589
68	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	67.78	79.583	55.703
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	67.59	73.118	62.268
70	Argentina`ARG`South America	65.33	72.102	58.842
71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.08	67.108	63.148
72	Brazil`BRA`South America	65.03	69.830	60.340
73	Colombia`COL`South America	64.81	67.675	62.015
74	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	64.78	66.087	63.727
75	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.66	72.401	57.471
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.88	67.004	60.864
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	63.51	71.458	55.688
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	63.17	71.164	55.524
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	62.52	68.130	57.440
80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	61.44	65.483	57.673
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.45	66.344	54.764
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.50	66.485	50.775
83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	56.78	62.449	51.169
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	55.25	56.721	53.791
85	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	55.14	63.865	46.485
86	India`IND`Southern Asia	54.93	51.772	57.792
87	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	54.11	58.833	49.573
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	53.88	62.396	46.666
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	53.38	47.310	59.230
90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	50.98	58.950	43.010
91	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	50.01	52.530	47.540
92	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	49.25	53.611	44.911
93	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	48.45	52.057	44.867
94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	44.74	49.420	40.130
95	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	42.88	45.542	40.292
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	42.49	47.522	37.652
97	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	41.18	43.612	38.692
98	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.07	38.354	43.694
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	41.00	49.466	32.996
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	40.74	53.344	28.974
101	Uruguay`URY`South America	39.93	45.783	34.303
102	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	38.53	40.668	36.528
103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.42	37.793	39.073
104	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.88	41.189	30.699
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.54	35.419	35.659
106	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	34.09	38.088	30.338
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.71	37.301	30.041
108	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	33.61	28.381	38.651
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.44	36.096	30.876
110	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	31.56	38.074	27.994
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	31.47	30.566	32.356
112	Suriname`SUR`South America	30.32	37.605	23.245
113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	29.53	28.521	30.521
114	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	28.92	28.523	29.313
115	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	28.79	28.407	29.167
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	28.42	33.552	23.022
117	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	28.28	28.042	28.502
118	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	28.13	28.035	28.225
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	27.78	25.131	30.571
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	27.51	24.303	30.693
121	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.55	24.803	28.323
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.60	28.681	20.461
123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	24.22	23.918	24.508
124	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	22.84	20.260	25.430
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.86	18.068	23.678
126	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.76	24.265	17.395
127	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	20.05	14.223	25.793
128	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	19.55	22.807	16.387
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19.13	18.315	19.945
130	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	18.64	15.771	21.741
131	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.60	17.161	20.051
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18.09	18.447	17.727
133	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	17.27	11.760	22.660
134	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	16.11	19.934	12.154
135	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.57	15.792	15.342
136	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.47	15.281	15.661
137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	14.82	13.977	15.687
138	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.07	8.746	19.246
139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.97	13.935	14.005
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13.08	9.891	16.251
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	13.04	14.400	11.710
142	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	12.91	11.781	14.031
143	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.51	9.379	15.639
144	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12.47	11.155	13.675
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.31	12.184	12.434
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.07	10.052	12.082
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	10.46	7.620	13.280
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	10.09	6.829	13.309
149	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	9.95	9.047	10.947
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.86	6.601	13.021
=151	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.86	4.898	10.518
=151	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7.86	6.267	9.677
153	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.85	7.501	8.201
=154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.83	2.358	13.198
=154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.83	6.629	9.019
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.87	2.876	8.806
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.76	4.319	7.229
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.87	4.061	5.691
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.07	2.535	5.545
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.72	1.091	2.331

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.94
2Kazakhstan96.82
3Croatia96.50
4Uzbekistan96.36
5Ukraine95.68

Lowest

160South Sudan1.72
159Niger4.07
158Central African Republic4.87
157Mozambique5.76
156Chad5.87

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 60.94. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.656
LowestSouth Sudan1.091
Middle country: 66.215
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.196
LowestSouth Sudan2.331
Middle country: 55.696

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 160 in both
149 · 11rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Iraq37.10 → 41.07+3.97
São Tomé and Príncipe37.88 → 41.18+3.30
Mongolia74.55 → 77.45+2.90
China72.69 → 75.43+2.74
Mauritius35.84 → 38.53+2.69

Fell most

Colombia65.88 → 64.81−1.07
Cuba72.38 → 71.88−0.50
El Salvador33.65 → 33.44−0.21
Zimbabwe8.05 → 7.86−0.19
Mali10.02 → 9.86−0.16

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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156 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 91.29. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2018). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2018

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