Data for 2021

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2021

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2021
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2021 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.10; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.87. The middle country reads 62.95. Against 2020, 160 values changed (160 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2021

HighestSouth Korea

99.10

LowestSouth Sudan

1.87

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

160countries
3measures per country
2021the year it describes
158distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.10	98.83	99.35
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.10	98.08	98.12
3	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	97.34	97.60	97.10
4	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	97.27	97.23	97.30
5	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	96.46	97.67	95.31
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	95.01	97.96	92.13
7	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	94.97	96.29	93.66
8	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	94.03	96.45	91.63
9	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	93.94	95.68	92.35
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	93.90	95.06	92.77
11	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	93.82	92.14	95.43
12	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	93.42	94.36	92.54
13	United States`USA`Northern America	93.21	94.23	92.25
14	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	92.93	93.09	92.78
15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	92.23	93.40	91.14
16	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	92.19	94.93	89.57
17	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	92.18	92.19	92.17
18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	92.16	94.65	89.95
19	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	92.11	94.14	90.06
20	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	92.03	95.70	88.53
21	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	91.83	93.01	90.73
22	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	91.42	98.20	84.79
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	91.28	93.51	89.14
24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	91.21	93.80	88.82
25	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	90.52	92.02	89.07
26	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	90.23	92.54	88.00
27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	89.91	90.83	89.04
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	89.55	91.25	87.96
29	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	89.23	90.52	88.02
30	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88.57	90.24	87.13
31	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	88.32	82.33	90.35
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	88.10	91.06	85.33
33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	87.56	90.68	84.67
34	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	87.22	90.04	84.49
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	86.43	86.89	86.00
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	86.29	88.90	83.80
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	86.03	90.85	81.54
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	85.46	86.73	84.26
39	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	85.45	87.68	83.34
40	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.35	88.16	82.70
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	85.30	87.77	82.94
42	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	85.17	87.81	82.80
43	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	85.11	89.32	81.09
44	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	84.89	89.27	80.72
45	Chile`CHL`South America	84.76	87.14	82.44
=46	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	84.59	89.46	79.98
=46	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	84.59	90.75	77.47
48	Peru`PER`South America	84.32	84.36	84.28
49	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.40	89.14	77.89
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	83.01	84.09	81.95
51	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	82.95	92.36	74.86
52	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	81.07	73.60	88.87
53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	80.92	80.26	81.56
54	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	80.66	85.59	75.71
55	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.34	82.67	78.23
56	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	80.01	85.84	74.89
57	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	79.79	83.45	76.33
58	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79.68	83.52	76.11
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	79.14	83.87	74.61
60	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	78.53	83.23	73.98
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	77.90	79.30	76.53
62	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	75.62	81.29	70.17
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	74.55	78.28	70.93
64	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	73.96	76.14	71.86
65	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	72.84	78.96	67.08
66	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	72.01	75.58	68.59
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	71.64	79.59	63.78
68	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	71.43	84.37	58.15
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	71.07	77.53	64.93
70	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.37	73.40	67.70
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	69.03	73.32	64.86
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	68.64	71.66	65.76
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	67.31	75.17	59.87
74	Argentina`ARG`South America	66.63	73.67	59.90
75	Guyana`GUY`South America	66.60	75.16	58.27
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	65.43	69.22	61.77
77	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.31	73.77	57.30
78	Colombia`COL`South America	64.42	66.94	61.96
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	64.13	70.27	58.55
80	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	63.85	68.39	59.43
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.05	68.13	56.20
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	61.12	69.61	52.92
83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	60.54	67.22	53.91
84	India`IND`Southern Asia	59.97	57.72	62.01
85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58.84	60.91	56.79
=86	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	58.07	67.40	49.91
=86	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	58.07	67.84	48.74
88	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	55.82	60.88	50.97
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	55.22	49.84	60.41
90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	53.60	62.50	44.70
91	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	52.90	56.66	49.20
92	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	52.83	57.44	48.19
93	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51.32	56.31	46.38
94	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	50.19	44.27	55.88
95	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	48.89	52.66	44.97
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	47.87	52.91	42.92
97	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	46.17	48.87	43.61
98	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	45.40	48.35	42.40
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.89	50.03	39.95
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	44.62	58.47	31.23
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	42.40	51.64	33.85
102	Uruguay`URY`South America	41.10	47.03	35.42
103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	39.85	39.64	40.07
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	37.56	37.77	37.36
105	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	37.46	43.19	31.87
106	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.62	34.55	38.65
107	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	35.82	31.64	39.86
108	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	35.34	39.56	31.12
109	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	35.25	43.76	30.43
110	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	35.07	39.77	30.53
111	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.80	34.51	35.08
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.25	37.74	30.91
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	33.61	33.52	33.69
114	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	32.67	31.39	34.17
115	Suriname`SUR`South America	32.07	40.07	24.25
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	31.96	38.92	25.02
117	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.15	32.92	29.40
118	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	30.91	30.49	31.32
119	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	30.62	31.31	29.93
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.53	26.44	32.60
121	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.19	26.38	30.09
122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.82	25.90	27.76
123	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	26.09	30.85	21.28
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25.44	25.43	25.45
125	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.18	22.65	25.72
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	22.41	20.42	24.42
127	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	22.17	26.11	18.39
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	21.88	16.30	27.34
129	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	21.42	25.27	17.61
130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21.06	21.83	20.28
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	20.72	18.48	23.10
132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	20.71	20.43	20.99
133	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	19.22	13.28	25.03
134	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	18.80	19.56	18.01
135	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	18.31	23.09	13.51
136	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	16.45	16.79	16.10
137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	16.27	16.09	16.45
138	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.20	10.47	21.75
139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	15.76	16.19	15.34
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14.78	10.85	18.38
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	14.08	15.98	12.22
142	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	13.53	12.68	14.37
143	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.40	12.22	14.57
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	13.39	13.40	13.39
145	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13.26	12.15	14.27
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.16	8.91	17.34
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.48	9.40	15.54
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	11.42	8.76	14.06
149	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.60	9.84	11.41
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.39	7.29	13.40
151	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	8.84	8.83	8.85
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	8.41	5.74	10.81
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	8.27	2.71	13.73
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.20	7.17	9.23
155	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7.74	5.98	9.64
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.07	5.33	8.84
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.96	3.07	8.80
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.19	4.58	5.83
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.53	2.90	6.09
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.87	1.21	2.52

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.10
2Uzbekistan98.10
3Croatia97.34
4Kazakhstan97.27
5Ukraine96.46

Lowest

160South Sudan1.87
159Niger4.53
158Central African Republic5.19
157Chad5.96
156Mozambique7.07

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 62.95. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.83
LowestSouth Sudan1.21
Middle country: 68.26
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.35
LowestSouth Sudan2.52
Middle country: 58.21

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

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

Rose most

Nepal24.35 → 28.19+3.84
Ghana33.90 → 36.62+2.72
Iraq47.75 → 50.19+2.44
China80.61 → 82.95+2.34
Mauritius43.87 → 46.17+2.30

Fell most

None.

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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158 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 84.59. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2021). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2021

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