Data for 2022

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2022

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2022
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2022 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.14; South Sudan is lowest, at 1.93. The middle country reads 63.64. Against 2021, 160 values changed (160 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2022

HighestSouth Korea

99.14

LowestSouth Sudan

1.93

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

160countries
3measures per country
2022the year it describes
156distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.14	98.87	99.389
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.36	98.41	98.316
3	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	97.58	97.85	97.329
4	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	97.39	97.34	97.434
5	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	96.67	97.84	95.562
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	95.21	98.12	92.387
7	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	95.06	96.36	93.790
8	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	94.31	92.75	95.777
9	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	94.30	96.03	92.738
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	94.23	95.33	93.159
11	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	94.14	96.50	91.770
12	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	93.72	94.58	92.909
13	United States`USA`Northern America	93.26	94.26	92.327
14	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.05	93.21	92.895
=15	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	92.48	95.21	89.860
=15	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	92.48	92.42	92.541
=17	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	92.45	94.96	90.172
=17	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	92.45	93.65	91.325
19	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	92.36	96.04	88.845
20	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	92.29	94.32	90.250
21	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	92.24	98.82	85.930
22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.08	93.26	90.973
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	91.52	94.04	89.147
24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	91.39	93.61	89.261
25	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	90.75	92.28	89.280
26	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	90.74	92.99	88.562
27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	90.03	90.94	89.163
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	89.73	91.45	88.109
29	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	89.61	83.68	91.884
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	89.30	90.61	88.074
31	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	88.73	90.42	87.269
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	88.37	91.36	85.560
33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	87.75	90.84	84.834
34	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	87.65	90.53	84.836
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	86.62	89.29	84.089
36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	86.61	87.06	86.186
37	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	86.50	88.88	84.262
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	86.36	91.07	81.899
39	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	86.31	90.92	81.969
40	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	86.06	88.64	83.598
41	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	85.82	88.45	83.425
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	85.65	86.99	84.384
43	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.54	88.41	82.830
=44	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	85.40	89.63	81.342
=44	Chile`CHL`South America	85.40	87.77	83.097
46	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	85.15	89.53	80.993
47	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	85.02	91.28	77.956
48	Peru`PER`South America	85.01	85.17	84.856
49	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	84.96	94.62	76.680
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	83.84	85.03	82.670
51	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.60	89.37	78.076
52	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	82.43	75.49	89.714
53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	81.27	80.61	81.901
54	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	81.16	86.09	76.197
55	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	81.12	87.03	75.892
56	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.51	82.94	78.299
57	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	80.23	83.99	76.670
58	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	80.14	84.88	75.625
59	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	79.94	83.80	76.333
60	Bolivia`BOL`South America	79.16	80.83	77.530
61	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	78.98	83.73	74.396
62	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	75.95	81.63	70.462
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	75.33	79.13	71.657
64	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	74.96	77.28	72.737
65	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	73.42	79.69	67.542
66	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	72.74	86.03	59.108
67	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	72.43	76.00	69.010
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	72.34	79.08	65.922
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	72.09	80.05	64.236
70	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	72.07	75.61	68.862
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	69.85	74.20	65.614
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	69.70	72.88	66.672
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	68.91	76.74	61.498
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	67.62	76.34	59.161
75	Argentina`ARG`South America	67.14	74.25	60.341
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.15	70.04	62.394
77	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	65.62	74.03	57.450
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	65.45	70.34	60.669
79	Colombia`COL`South America	65.10	67.58	62.684
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	64.61	70.82	58.947
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.67	68.95	56.623
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	61.90	70.51	53.589
83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	61.81	68.84	54.825
84	India`IND`Southern Asia	61.38	59.50	63.087
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.47	68.99	51.021
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	59.41	61.67	57.183
87	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	59.01	69.30	49.538
88	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.28	61.47	51.304
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	55.60	50.34	60.670
90	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	54.54	63.75	45.330
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.40	59.30	49.443
92	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	53.80	58.01	49.649
93	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	52.29	45.67	58.641
94	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	52.05	57.18	47.004
95	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	50.79	55.03	46.369
96	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	48.93	51.76	46.213
97	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	48.90	54.13	43.739
98	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	46.38	49.43	43.141
99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	46.10	60.64	32.075
100	Honduras`HND`Central America	45.69	50.91	40.688
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	43.00	52.53	34.168
102	Uruguay`URY`South America	41.38	47.44	35.564
103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	40.39	40.44	40.334
104	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	39.55	37.31	41.758
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.41	38.72	38.108
106	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	37.98	43.90	32.204
107	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.89	33.11	40.530
108	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	36.59	45.55	31.121
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	35.93	40.34	31.553
110	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	35.90	35.92	35.881
111	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	35.55	40.42	30.822
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.60	38.26	31.105
113	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	34.34	34.49	34.197
114	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	34.33	33.40	35.428
115	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	32.79	40.22	25.491
116	Suriname`SUR`South America	32.66	40.96	24.522
117	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	32.26	30.28	34.311
118	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	32.12	34.77	29.495
=119	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	31.43	32.45	30.426
=119	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	31.43	31.15	31.703
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.45	27.41	33.464
122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	26.88	26.24	27.535
123	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	26.51	31.48	21.498
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	25.87	26.07	25.680
125	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.85	23.71	25.998
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	22.94	21.33	24.566
127	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	22.71	26.77	18.813
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.66	17.12	28.083
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	22.52	23.59	21.447
130	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	21.84	26.04	17.664
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	21.27	19.15	23.513
132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	21.23	21.11	21.355
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	19.90	20.82	18.933
134	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	19.88	13.76	25.858
135	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	19.10	24.26	13.974
136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	16.93	11.16	22.524
137	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	16.79	17.32	16.253
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	16.68	16.70	16.660
139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.44	17.02	15.861
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15.41	11.39	19.059
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	14.49	16.58	12.436
142	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14.17	13.04	15.284
143	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.01	9.56	18.380
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	13.77	13.87	13.676
145	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	13.67	12.94	14.390
146	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13.53	12.56	14.412
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.73	9.62	15.802
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	11.75	9.09	14.382
149	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.84	10.09	11.621
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.68	7.62	13.656
151	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.18	9.30	9.060
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	8.54	6.00	10.830
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	8.38	2.80	13.858
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.25	7.16	9.332
155	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	7.85	6.07	9.744
156	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.61	5.78	9.470
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.11	3.17	8.994
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.28	4.74	5.862
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.65	3.00	6.239
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.93	1.24	2.609

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.14
2Uzbekistan98.36
3Croatia97.58
4Kazakhstan97.39
5Ukraine96.67

Lowest

160South Sudan1.93
159Niger4.65
158Central African Republic5.28
157Chad6.11
156Mozambique7.61

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 63.64. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea98.87
LowestSouth Sudan1.24
Middle country: 69.67
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.389
LowestSouth Sudan2.609
Middle country: 59.028

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 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

Nepal28.19 → 32.26+4.07
Ghana36.62 → 39.55+2.93
Mauritius46.17 → 48.93+2.76
Iraq50.19 → 52.29+2.10
China82.95 → 84.96+2.01

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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156 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 92.48. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2022). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2022

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