Data for 1981
Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1981
Figures for 1981, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1981 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.59; Burundi is lowest, at 1.28. The middle country reads 44.84.
Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1981
HighestSouth Korea
99.59LowestBurundi
1.28Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1981, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 164 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99.59 | 99.538 | 99.638 | |
| 2 | 99.54 | 99.586 | 99.496 | |
| 3 | 99.41 | 99.416 | 99.406 | |
| =4 | 99.40 | 99.425 | 99.375 | |
| =4 | 99.40 | 99.359 | 99.439 | |
| 6 | 99.32 | 99.280 | 99.360 | |
| 7 | 99.23 | 99.251 | 99.211 | |
| 8 | 99.09 | 99.182 | 99.002 | |
| 9 | 98.98 | 99.104 | 98.864 | |
| 10 | 98.82 | 99.059 | 98.579 | |
| 11 | 98.72 | 98.663 | 98.773 | |
| 12 | 98.70 | 98.471 | 98.931 | |
| 13 | 98.55 | 98.406 | 98.686 | |
| 14 | 97.91 | 98.928 | 96.948 | |
| 15 | 97.69 | 97.507 | 97.867 | |
| 16 | 97.44 | 97.363 | 97.523 | |
| 17 | 97.36 | 98.063 | 96.653 | |
| 18 | 97.12 | 96.434 | 97.814 | |
| 19 | 96.74 | 96.328 | 97.168 | |
| 20 | 96.58 | 97.569 | 95.639 | |
| 21 | 96.38 | 96.290 | 96.470 | |
| 22 | 96.29 | 96.882 | 95.722 | |
| 23 | 96.26 | 95.025 | 97.445 | |
| 24 | 96.22 | 96.463 | 95.983 | |
| 25 | 96.13 | 95.305 | 96.945 | |
| 26 | 95.94 | 95.774 | 96.104 | |
| 27 | 95.39 | 95.437 | 95.347 | |
| 28 | 95.19 | 95.746 | 94.746 | |
| 29 | 94.83 | 94.927 | 94.737 | |
| 30 | 94.65 | 94.752 | 94.552 | |
| 31 | 94.40 | 93.238 | 95.498 | |
| 32 | 94.25 | 92.236 | 96.226 | |
| 33 | 93.87 | 93.682 | 94.052 | |
| 34 | 93.70 | 90.859 | 96.529 | |
| 35 | 93.08 | 93.796 | 92.396 | |
| 36 | 92.97 | 93.681 | 92.281 | |
| 37 | 92.50 | 90.882 | 94.012 | |
| 38 | 92.39 | 90.840 | 93.890 | |
| 39 | 92.29 | 91.716 | 92.836 | |
| 40 | 91.76 | 91.010 | 92.440 | |
| 41 | 91.67 | 90.563 | 92.743 | |
| 42 | 91.58 | 92.899 | 90.309 | |
| 43 | 91.39 | 94.835 | 88.235 | |
| 44 | 90.58 | 91.501 | 89.621 | |
| 45 | 90.44 | 88.578 | 92.198 | |
| 46 | 90.24 | 92.344 | 88.254 | |
| 47 | 90.08 | 90.986 | 89.206 | |
| 48 | 88.03 | 82.423 | 93.513 | |
| 49 | 86.86 | 83.641 | 90.091 | |
| 50 | 86.26 | 85.386 | 87.096 | |
| 51 | 82.25 | 75.693 | 88.423 | |
| 52 | 79.92 | 79.623 | 80.213 | |
| 53 | 78.22 | 76.315 | 80.075 | |
| 54 | 77.20 | 82.665 | 71.725 | |
| =55 | 77.04 | 78.773 | 75.243 | |
| =55 | 77.04 | 76.693 | 77.373 | |
| 57 | 76.20 | 61.913 | 81.853 | |
| 58 | 72.02 | 71.846 | 72.186 | |
| 59 | 64.33 | 63.858 | 64.778 | |
| 60 | 64.29 | 66.985 | 61.595 | |
| 61 | 63.85 | 64.548 | 63.138 | |
| 62 | 62.29 | 60.388 | 64.168 | |
| 63 | 61.19 | 59.823 | 62.483 | |
| 64 | 60.45 | 49.981 | 71.321 | |
| 65 | 58.92 | 60.668 | 57.208 | |
| 66 | 58.86 | 61.947 | 55.787 | |
| 67 | 58.68 | 61.317 | 56.087 | |
| 68 | 57.24 | 60.134 | 54.414 | |
| 69 | 55.81 | 56.613 | 55.033 | |
| 70 | 55.42 | 51.825 | 58.965 | |
| 71 | 54.26 | 51.107 | 57.377 | |
| 72 | 54.20 | 53.522 | 54.852 | |
| 73 | 51.65 | 54.071 | 49.271 | |
| 74 | 50.26 | 44.315 | 56.165 | |
| 75 | 50.23 | 52.112 | 48.442 | |
| 76 | 49.01 | 39.908 | 57.698 | |
| 77 | 47.82 | 45.027 | 50.427 | |
| 78 | 47.70 | 48.897 | 46.477 | |
| 79 | 47.64 | 49.435 | 45.885 | |
| 80 | 45.99 | 43.638 | 47.968 | |
| 81 | 45.91 | 45.044 | 46.764 | |
| 82 | 45.27 | 47.716 | 42.846 | |
| 83 | 44.41 | 41.372 | 47.432 | |
| 84 | 43.60 | 38.342 | 48.812 | |
| 85 | 41.09 | 30.504 | 51.184 | |
| 86 | 41.07 | 41.015 | 41.125 | |
| 87 | 37.84 | 36.434 | 39.234 | |
| 88 | 37.68 | 26.254 | 48.164 | |
| 89 | 37.63 | 42.863 | 32.473 | |
| 90 | 35.08 | 37.593 | 32.633 | |
| 91 | 34.51 | 27.700 | 41.250 | |
| 92 | 33.69 | 29.174 | 38.314 | |
| 93 | 32.83 | 33.002 | 32.662 | |
| 94 | 32.68 | 25.412 | 39.692 | |
| 95 | 32.51 | 29.321 | 35.971 | |
| 96 | 32.18 | 29.463 | 34.853 | |
| 97 | 31.47 | 27.778 | 35.018 | |
| 98 | 31.41 | 21.708 | 40.888 | |
| 99 | 29.66 | 19.426 | 39.126 | |
| 100 | 29.65 | 17.173 | 42.143 | |
| 101 | 28.56 | 20.029 | 36.969 | |
| 102 | 28.46 | 16.278 | 39.758 | |
| 103 | 28.44 | 22.493 | 34.333 | |
| 104 | 28.06 | 22.282 | 33.932 | |
| 105 | 27.96 | 26.998 | 29.098 | |
| 106 | 27.02 | 19.951 | 34.251 | |
| 107 | 26.88 | 17.106 | 36.166 | |
| 108 | 26.61 | 17.646 | 35.566 | |
| 109 | 25.41 | 19.980 | 30.700 | |
| 110 | 24.97 | 20.630 | 29.310 | |
| 111 | 24.64 | 25.971 | 23.301 | |
| 112 | 24.51 | 17.573 | 31.243 | |
| 113 | 24.43 | 20.891 | 28.091 | |
| 114 | 23.36 | 14.369 | 31.639 | |
| 115 | 23.03 | 17.644 | 28.364 | |
| 116 | 22.14 | 21.386 | 22.876 | |
| 117 | 20.97 | 14.220 | 27.030 | |
| 118 | 20.40 | 8.261 | 31.811 | |
| 119 | 20.01 | 20.362 | 19.652 | |
| 120 | 19.42 | 16.952 | 21.802 | |
| 121 | 18.52 | 17.102 | 19.922 | |
| 122 | 18.05 | 8.681 | 27.691 | |
| 123 | 16.72 | 11.246 | 22.256 | |
| 124 | 16.59 | 8.957 | 24.007 | |
| 125 | 16.55 | 13.813 | 19.253 | |
| 126 | 16.46 | 13.533 | 19.433 | |
| 127 | 16.33 | 10.167 | 22.507 | |
| 128 | 15.59 | 11.522 | 18.872 | |
| 129 | 15.53 | 7.520 | 23.420 | |
| 130 | 15.41 | 5.525 | 26.095 | |
| 131 | 15.23 | 14.646 | 15.796 | |
| 132 | 15.21 | 3.991 | 26.501 | |
| 133 | 15.03 | 0.000 | 30.795 | |
| 134 | 14.82 | 5.734 | 23.894 | |
| 135 | 14.07 | 7.702 | 20.052 | |
| 136 | 13.22 | 7.828 | 18.688 | |
| 137 | 12.85 | 15.130 | 10.460 | |
| 138 | 11.87 | 3.396 | 21.116 | |
| 139 | 9.77 | 1.683 | 17.403 | |
| 140 | 9.26 | 5.834 | 12.754 | |
| 141 | 8.63 | 3.775 | 13.535 | |
| 142 | 8.02 | 3.367 | 12.937 | |
| 143 | 7.65 | 4.121 | 11.241 | |
| 144 | 7.60 | 3.801 | 11.971 | |
| 145 | 7.42 | 3.702 | 11.312 | |
| 146 | 7.40 | 2.120 | 13.030 | |
| 147 | 6.98 | 2.258 | 11.748 | |
| 148 | 6.66 | 3.265 | 9.925 | |
| 149 | 6.39 | 4.146 | 8.646 | |
| 150 | 5.89 | 3.241 | 8.801 | |
| 151 | 5.48 | 2.763 | 8.353 | |
| 152 | 5.04 | 1.178 | 8.868 | |
| 153 | 4.94 | 0.370 | 9.390 | |
| 154 | 4.81 | 2.316 | 7.296 | |
| 155 | 4.17 | 2.242 | 6.152 | |
| 156 | 4.08 | 2.829 | 5.329 | |
| 157 | 3.80 | 0.072 | 7.322 | |
| 158 | 3.45 | 1.610 | 5.290 | |
| 159 | 3.14 | 0.528 | 5.798 | |
| 160 | 2.73 | 1.307 | 4.157 | |
| 161 | 2.69 | 0.944 | 4.414 | |
| 162 | 2.36 | 0.000 | 5.807 | |
| 163 | 2.26 | 1.318 | 3.428 | |
| 164 | 1.28 | 0.741 | 1.821 |
02In 1981
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
South Korea99.59
- 2
United Kingdom99.54
- 3
Finland99.41
- 4
Austriashared99.40
- 4
Denmarkshared99.40
Lowest
- 164
Burundi1.28
- 163
Mozambique2.26
- 162
Maldives2.36
- 161
South Sudan2.69
- 160
Burkina Faso2.73
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 44.84. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest
United Kingdom99.586
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 42.118
Male
Highest
South Korea99.638
Lowest
Burundi1.821
Middle country: 47.098
03Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
162 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 99.40. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UIS publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1981). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1981
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06Questions
Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1981: questions and answers
Which country has the highest lower secondary completion rate in Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1981?
South Korea, at 99.59, of the 164 countries in the file.
What year does Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1981 describe?
1981.
How many countries does Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1981 cover?
164.
Where can I download Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1981?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1981 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2025.