Data for 2019

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2019

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2019
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2019 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 98.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.78. The middle country reads 61.49. Against 2018, 160 values changed (153 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2019

HighestSouth Korea

98.99

LowestSouth Sudan

1.78

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

160countries
3measures per country
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	98.99	98.713	99.243
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	97.15	96.863	97.423
3	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	97.01	96.990	97.030
4	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	96.80	97.031	96.581
5	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	95.91	97.170	94.710
6	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.82	96.148	93.508
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	94.62	97.670	91.690
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	93.82	96.314	91.424
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	93.26	94.523	92.043
10	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	93.19	94.935	91.585
11	United States`USA`Northern America	92.92	94.038	91.878
12	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	92.79	93.867	91.777
13	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	92.69	92.793	92.593
14	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	92.60	90.660	94.540
15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	91.92	92.933	90.963
16	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	91.78	93.838	89.648
17	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.67	91.793	91.553
18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	91.59	94.314	88.984
19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	91.57	94.046	89.406
20	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	91.47	95.156	87.936
21	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.36	92.400	90.370
22	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	90.95	93.160	88.840
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	90.69	93.314	88.234
24	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	90.19	91.582	88.852
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	89.71	90.585	88.885
26	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	89.48	96.803	82.333
27	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	89.17	91.526	86.896
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	89.12	90.809	87.529
29	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	88.86	90.130	87.660
30	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88.32	89.881	86.891
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	87.39	90.358	84.588
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	87.23	90.286	84.426
33	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	86.38	89.165	83.685
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	85.98	86.356	85.626
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	85.54	88.036	83.156
36	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	85.50	79.850	86.890
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	85.38	90.302	80.862
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	84.94	86.066	83.886
39	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	84.93	87.578	82.448
40	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	84.44	88.568	80.488
41	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	84.35	88.649	80.269
42	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	83.90	86.593	81.483
43	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	83.79	89.880	76.830
44	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	83.67	85.841	81.601
45	Chile`CHL`South America	83.62	85.955	81.355
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.37	88.943	78.093
47	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	83.16	85.183	81.203
48	Peru`PER`South America	82.78	82.501	83.061
49	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	81.15	81.890	80.440
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	80.28	79.612	80.922
51	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	80.18	85.739	74.889
52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	79.88	81.904	78.044
53	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	79.34	84.387	74.307
54	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79.14	83.034	75.504
55	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	78.84	82.316	75.546
56	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	78.23	69.905	86.985
57	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	78.08	86.788	70.548
58	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	77.84	83.457	72.987
59	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	77.69	82.310	73.210
60	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	76.95	81.774	72.284
61	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	75.20	80.829	69.809
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	75.03	76.087	73.997
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	72.83	76.466	69.306
64	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	71.79	77.689	66.189
65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	71.60	75.011	68.371
66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	71.32	73.391	69.331
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	70.53	78.236	62.976
68	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	69.05	81.289	56.499
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	68.73	74.557	63.137
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	66.70	71.112	62.392
71	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	66.67	68.601	65.071
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.37	68.895	63.965
73	Argentina`ARG`South America	65.70	72.525	59.165
74	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	64.73	72.851	57.201
75	Guyana`GUY`South America	64.56	72.776	56.586
76	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	64.31	72.318	56.688
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	64.28	67.719	60.959
78	Colombia`COL`South America	64.18	66.842	61.582
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	63.05	68.754	57.874
80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	62.03	66.155	58.115
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.95	66.851	55.261
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	59.34	67.495	51.455
83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	58.12	64.158	52.138
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	56.80	58.413	55.203
85	India`IND`Southern Asia	56.65	53.779	59.249
86	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.13	65.040	47.130
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	55.27	64.179	47.699
88	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	54.61	59.468	49.948
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	54.04	48.178	59.688
90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	51.90	60.285	43.515
91	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	50.93	53.870	48.050
92	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	49.97	54.506	45.446
93	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	49.95	53.880	46.030
94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	46.04	50.799	41.359
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	44.69	40.862	48.382
96	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.28	47.264	41.204
97	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	43.77	46.564	41.074
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	43.21	48.197	38.417
99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	41.85	54.822	29.562
100	Venezuela`VEN`South America	41.42	50.152	33.272
101	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	41.32	43.596	39.186
102	Uruguay`URY`South America	40.31	46.177	34.677
103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.89	38.391	39.411
104	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	36.40	41.812	31.122
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.15	36.200	36.100
106	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	34.42	38.738	30.308
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	34.32	38.160	30.420
108	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	34.19	29.259	38.949
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.56	36.568	30.668
110	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	32.72	40.038	28.768
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	32.15	31.628	32.658
112	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	31.70	30.389	32.989
113	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.01	30.586	31.406
114	Suriname`SUR`South America	30.88	38.423	23.523
115	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	29.83	35.669	23.799
116	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	29.52	29.102	29.932
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.46	27.366	31.746
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	29.37	29.390	29.350
119	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	29.09	29.612	28.572
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.17	25.048	31.268
121	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.69	25.206	28.196
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	25.16	29.475	20.785
123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	24.59	24.359	24.809
124	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	23.32	21.025	25.625
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	21.37	18.817	23.947
126	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	21.28	24.960	17.750
127	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	21.08	19.566	22.626
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	20.59	14.912	26.172
129	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	20.31	23.769	16.929
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	19.72	19.005	20.435
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	19.57	16.911	22.431
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18.62	18.995	18.235
133	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	17.92	12.273	23.443
134	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	16.91	21.018	12.698
135	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.54	16.958	16.108
136	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.78	15.765	15.795
137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15.37	14.772	15.982
138	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.77	9.312	20.072
139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	14.49	14.570	14.410
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13.62	10.109	17.019
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	13.40	14.991	11.841
142	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	13.14	12.125	14.145
143	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	12.76	11.517	13.897
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.63	12.529	12.729
145	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.34	9.245	15.425
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.93	10.911	12.941
147	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.17	7.550	14.740
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	10.79	8.025	13.535
149	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.17	9.311	11.111
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	9.90	6.762	12.942
151	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	8.20	7.950	8.450
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	8.02	5.152	10.582
153	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.01	6.885	9.125
154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.96	2.463	13.353
155	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7.74	6.059	9.629
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.11	4.565	7.685
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.83	2.922	8.682
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.99	4.255	5.745
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.27	2.694	5.784
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.78	1.142	2.402

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea98.99
2Uzbekistan97.15
3Kazakhstan97.01
4Croatia96.80
5Ukraine95.91

Lowest

160South Sudan1.78
159Niger4.27
158Central African Republic4.99
157Chad5.83
156Mozambique6.11

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.49. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.713
LowestSouth Sudan1.142
Middle country: 66.847
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.243
LowestSouth Sudan2.402
Middle country: 56.637

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 160 in both
153 · 7rose · fell
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Rose most

Iraq41.07 → 44.69+3.62
São Tomé and Príncipe41.18 → 44.28+3.10
Mauritius38.53 → 41.32+2.79
Mongolia77.45 → 80.18+2.73
Pakistan28.28 → 31.01+2.73

Fell most

Colombia64.81 → 64.18−0.63
Cuba71.88 → 71.60−0.28
Sierra Leone12.51 → 12.34−0.17
Zimbabwe7.86 → 7.74−0.12
Trinidad and Tobago83.46 → 83.37−0.09

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) (2019). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2019

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