Data for 2024

Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2024

Name: Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2024
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2024 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.23; South Sudan is lowest, at 2.06. The middle country reads 65.03. Against 2023, 160 values changed (160 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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Upper Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2024

HighestSouth Korea

99.23

LowestSouth Sudan

2.06

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

160countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
158distinct values14 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.23	98.97	99.464
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	98.80	98.92	98.683
3	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	98.02	98.32	97.739
4	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	97.69	97.58	97.798
5	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	97.05	98.13	96.019
6	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	95.53	98.30	92.750
7	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	95.38	94.07	96.560
8	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	95.26	96.57	94.022
9	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	94.90	96.58	93.374
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	94.83	95.84	93.848
11	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	94.33	96.65	92.001
12	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	94.26	95.03	93.535
13	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	93.60	99.68	87.774
14	United States`USA`Northern America	93.40	94.42	92.441
15	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	93.22	93.41	93.040
16	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	93.09	92.91	93.276
17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	93.01	95.76	90.377
18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	92.98	95.47	90.646
19	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	92.87	96.48	89.407
20	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	92.79	94.05	91.613
21	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	92.65	94.72	90.554
22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	92.32	93.49	91.226
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	92.06	94.48	89.721
24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	91.66	93.89	89.523
=25	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	91.59	93.80	89.451
=25	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	91.59	86.42	94.540
27	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	91.23	92.87	89.656
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	90.26	91.20	89.355
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	90.10	91.84	88.455
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	89.67	90.99	88.426
31	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	89.11	93.03	85.448
32	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	89.04	90.73	87.480
33	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	88.90	91.90	86.050
34	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	88.52	91.45	85.676
35	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	88.38	97.98	80.183
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	88.19	91.24	85.232
37	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	88.13	90.76	85.701
38	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	87.49	90.17	84.916
39	France`FRA`Western Europe	87.20	89.89	84.651
40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	87.17	91.86	82.671
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	87.00	87.48	86.555
42	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	86.96	89.50	84.586
43	Chile`CHL`South America	86.39	88.76	84.090
44	Peru`PER`South America	86.14	86.52	85.769
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	86.06	87.59	84.617
46	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	86.05	90.36	81.940
47	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.93	88.91	83.106
48	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	85.80	92.16	78.787
49	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	85.59	89.90	81.474
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	85.53	86.98	84.115
51	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	84.52	78.56	91.056
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	84.35	90.04	78.901
53	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	83.11	89.16	77.644
54	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	82.22	87.19	77.207
55	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	82.19	86.84	77.757
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	81.80	81.18	82.393
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	81.46	83.43	79.539
58	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	81.23	85.23	77.449
59	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.83	83.35	78.489
60	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	80.48	84.29	76.846
61	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	79.74	84.55	75.106
62	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	77.09	79.87	74.424
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	76.96	80.92	73.134
64	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	76.46	82.14	70.981
65	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	75.30	79.68	71.214
66	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	75.02	88.86	60.796
67	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	74.56	81.87	67.578
68	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	74.33	80.80	68.237
69	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	73.59	77.26	70.074
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	73.06	81.15	65.147
71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	71.75	75.21	68.455
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71.59	79.50	64.042
73	Brazil`BRA`South America	71.47	75.92	67.144
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	69.73	78.79	60.992
75	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	68.93	74.65	63.298
76	Argentina`ARG`South America	67.99	75.17	61.131
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	67.85	72.03	63.821
78	Colombia`COL`South America	66.52	69.06	64.053
79	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	66.22	74.83	57.784
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	65.85	72.20	60.014
81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	64.21	71.70	56.715
82	India`IND`Southern Asia	63.93	62.52	65.210
=83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	63.77	72.61	55.257
=83	Panama`PAN`Central America	63.77	70.20	57.582
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.13	72.19	53.076
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.89	63.52	58.315
87	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	60.47	71.39	50.346
88	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	57.43	62.75	52.322
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.38	62.95	51.725
90	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	56.87	51.85	61.704
91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	56.39	66.29	46.495
92	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	55.59	60.60	50.689
93	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	55.48	47.98	62.653
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	53.78	57.04	50.568
95	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	53.74	58.95	48.296
96	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.52	59.09	48.113
97	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	50.98	56.64	45.350
98	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	49.24	64.98	34.109
99	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	48.44	52.08	44.776
100	Honduras`HND`Central America	47.23	52.70	41.993
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	45.03	42.63	47.399
102	Venezuela`VEN`South America	44.01	53.82	34.800
103	Uruguay`URY`South America	42.23	48.33	36.381
104	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	41.21	41.63	40.780
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.90	40.46	39.355
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.53	37.48	41.640
107	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	39.17	49.03	31.777
108	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.01	45.16	33.015
109	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	38.99	36.15	41.719
110	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.82	38.52	37.156
111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37.53	37.28	37.815
112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.08	41.83	32.384
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	36.45	41.71	31.317
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	35.74	36.54	34.955
115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	35.54	39.49	31.783
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	34.86	43.43	26.604
117	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.10	38.08	30.152
118	Suriname`SUR`South America	33.80	42.64	25.135
119	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	33.13	34.90	31.385
120	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	32.85	32.98	32.721
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.49	28.59	34.365
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	27.74	33.09	22.371
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	27.52	27.58	27.459
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.54	26.90	26.198
125	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	25.95	25.58	26.321
126	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	24.74	26.49	23.005
127	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	24.20	18.78	29.516
128	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23.92	22.91	24.932
129	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	23.89	28.34	19.621
130	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	22.47	27.38	17.580
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	22.36	20.59	24.209
132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.25	22.64	21.855
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	21.78	23.08	20.425
134	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	21.34	15.02	27.500
135	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	20.60	26.52	14.805
136	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.01	12.12	23.736
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	17.79	18.72	16.861
138	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.59	17.92	17.252
139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	17.45	18.45	16.445
140	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16.44	12.41	20.116
141	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15.70	14.83	16.551
142	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.44	10.66	20.132
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.15	17.62	12.717
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14.40	14.56	14.241
145	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	14.03	13.24	14.743
146	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	14.02	13.49	14.541
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	13.11	10.03	16.143
148	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12.33	9.77	14.866
149	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.24	10.46	12.019
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	11.10	7.98	14.139
151	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.89	10.27	9.504
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	8.86	6.53	10.982
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	8.67	3.04	14.205
154	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.47	7.33	9.609
155	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8.38	6.51	10.273
156	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	8.02	6.25	9.851
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.40	3.38	9.380
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	5.46	5.04	5.914
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.81	3.15	6.404
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.06	1.36	2.751

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.23
2Uzbekistan98.80
3Croatia98.02
4Kazakhstan97.69
5Ukraine97.05

Lowest

160South Sudan2.06
159Niger4.81
158Central African Republic5.46
157Chad6.40
156Zimbabwe8.02

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 65.03. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSaint Lucia99.68
LowestSouth Sudan1.36
Middle country: 72.11
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.464
LowestSouth Sudan2.751
Middle country: 60.894

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 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

Nepal36.30 → 39.53+3.23
Mauritius51.29 → 53.78+2.49
Ghana42.55 → 45.03+2.48
Jordan67.29 → 68.93+1.64
Algeria47.65 → 49.24+1.59

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 14 decimals. 2 countries share 91.59. 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) (2024). Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-completion/2024

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