Data for 1982

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1982

Figures for 1982, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1982 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.61; Burundi is lowest, at 1.38. The middle country reads 45.97. Against 1981, 164 values changed (159 up, 5 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1982

HighestSouth Korea

99.61

LowestBurundi

1.38

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

164countries
3measures per country
1982the year it describes
160distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1982, 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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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1982: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	99.61	99.563	99.65
2	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.56	99.596	99.53
3	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.43	99.436	99.43
=4	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	99.42	99.445	99.40
=4	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.42	99.384	99.45
6	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.34	99.294	99.38
7	UkraineUKREastern Europe	99.24	99.266	99.22
8	BelarusBLREastern Europe	99.11	99.205	99.02
9	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	99.00	99.123	98.88
10	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	98.86	99.109	98.61
11	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	98.77	98.718	98.82
12	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	98.74	98.515	98.97
13	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.59	98.473	98.70
14	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	97.94	98.977	96.96
15	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	97.73	97.559	97.90
16	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	97.50	97.437	97.55
17	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	97.43	98.135	96.73
18	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	97.18	96.498	97.87
19	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	96.80	96.413	97.20
20	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	96.63	97.610	95.69
21	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	96.44	96.360	96.52
22	CanadaCANNorthern America	96.39	96.984	95.82
23	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	96.38	95.189	97.52
24	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	96.34	96.630	96.06
25	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	96.23	95.423	97.02
26	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	96.09	95.943	96.22
27	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	95.48	95.531	95.43
28	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	95.36	95.855	94.95
29	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	95.04	95.152	94.93
30	United StatesUSANorthern America	94.74	94.882	94.60
31	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	94.52	93.429	95.55
32	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	94.37	92.477	96.26
=33	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	93.98	93.833	94.12
=33	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	93.98	91.337	96.63
35	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	93.29	93.987	92.62
36	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	93.23	93.901	92.58
37	IsraelISRWestern Asia	92.76	91.297	94.11
38	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	92.57	91.121	93.97
39	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	92.43	91.871	92.96
40	FranceFRAWestern Europe	91.91	90.894	92.89
41	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	91.86	91.181	92.47
42	ItalyITASouthern Europe	91.85	93.114	90.63
43	SamoaWSMPolynesia	91.63	95.058	88.52
44	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	90.68	91.658	89.66
=45	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	90.55	88.738	92.26
=45	PolandPOLEastern Europe	90.55	92.816	88.41
47	CubaCUBCaribbean	90.32	91.305	89.37
48	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	88.51	83.313	93.58
49	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	87.20	84.168	90.27
50	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	86.39	85.551	87.19
51	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	82.81	76.584	88.68
52	ChileCHLSouth America	80.49	80.263	80.71
53	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	79.07	77.393	80.70
54	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	77.94	79.695	76.13
55	SpainESPSouthern Europe	77.79	77.571	78.00
56	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	77.09	82.608	71.51
57	QatarQATWestern Asia	76.86	63.291	82.67
58	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	72.47	72.378	72.56
59	JordanJORWestern Asia	65.30	64.858	65.72
60	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	64.88	67.800	61.96
61	TongaTONPolynesia	64.59	65.532	63.70
62	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	63.41	62.283	64.48
63	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	62.86	61.312	64.32
64	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	60.82	50.509	71.10
65	FijiFJIMelanesia	60.05	63.123	56.99
66	ArgentinaARGSouth America	59.60	61.504	57.73
67	UruguayURYSouth America	59.07	61.791	56.40
68	PanamaPANCentral America	57.79	60.872	54.78
69	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	56.71	57.544	55.89
70	MexicoMEXCentral America	55.42	52.420	58.41
71	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	55.32	51.626	58.97
72	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	55.25	54.738	55.75
73	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	52.40	55.083	49.76
=74	PeruPERSouth America	51.42	45.704	57.08
=74	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	51.42	53.692	49.26
76	GuyanaGUYSouth America	48.93	50.298	47.54
77	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	48.40	46.111	50.54
78	VenezuelaVENSouth America	48.37	50.499	46.29
79	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	48.05	38.517	57.15
80	EcuadorECUSouth America	46.56	45.800	47.31
81	NauruNRUMicronesia	46.55	44.567	48.39
82	BrazilBRASouth America	46.05	48.758	43.37
83	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	45.89	43.449	48.30
84	BoliviaBOLSouth America	44.99	39.878	50.05
85	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	42.39	32.113	52.16
86	Costa RicaCRICentral America	41.34	41.381	41.30
87	IranIRNSouthern Asia	39.14	27.848	49.42
88	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	39.12	44.518	33.79
89	ParaguayPRYSouth America	38.83	37.523	40.12
90	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	36.02	29.345	42.62
91	ColombiaCOLSouth America	36.01	38.742	33.35
92	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	34.43	29.926	39.03
93	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	34.39	31.943	36.75
94	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	33.63	26.578	40.48
95	SurinameSURSouth America	33.40	33.920	32.91
96	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	33.33	30.290	36.63
97	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	32.18	28.517	35.70
98	IraqIRQWestern Asia	31.68	22.588	40.59
99	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	30.19	20.048	39.59
100	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	30.05	17.813	42.29
101	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	30.04	21.697	38.26
102	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	29.85	17.697	41.14
103	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	28.98	23.117	34.80
104	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	28.55	27.624	29.63
105	GabonGABMiddle Africa	28.34	22.759	34.01
106	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	27.80	18.291	36.77
107	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	27.67	20.586	34.90
108	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	27.10	18.314	35.93
109	KenyaKENEastern Africa	26.01	21.744	30.27
110	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	25.91	20.651	31.03
111	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	25.13	18.248	31.81
112	NicaraguaNICCentral America	25.04	26.457	23.62
113	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	24.97	21.626	28.44
114	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	23.54	18.181	28.83
115	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	22.59	13.727	30.79
116	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	22.57	21.890	23.23
117	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	21.84	15.226	27.79
118	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	21.06	8.998	32.41
119	HondurasHNDCentral America	20.31	20.974	19.63
120	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	19.78	17.271	22.17
121	BelizeBLZCentral America	18.99	17.706	20.26
122	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	18.33	8.931	27.98
123	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	17.51	12.101	22.85
124	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	17.39	9.756	24.76
125	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	17.06	14.140	20.05
126	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	16.93	10.682	23.18
127	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	16.85	14.208	19.46
128	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	16.13	6.262	26.82
129	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	16.00	11.883	19.38
130	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	15.97	4.593	27.41
131	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	15.79	15.297	16.27
132	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	15.69	7.587	23.67
133	YemenYEMWestern Asia	15.61	0.000	31.46
134	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	15.29	6.241	24.32
135	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	14.47	8.113	20.53
136	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	13.38	8.052	18.78
137	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	13.34	15.792	10.75
138	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	12.47	3.941	21.64
139	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	10.59	2.162	18.55
140	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	9.46	5.978	13.01
141	BeninBENWestern Africa	8.92	4.009	13.88
142	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	8.85	3.977	13.98
143	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	7.93	4.391	11.54
144	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	7.75	4.026	12.07
145	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	7.74	2.379	13.49
146	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	7.54	3.792	11.50
147	TogoTGOWestern Africa	7.43	2.517	12.39
148	HaitiHTICaribbean	6.77	4.590	8.96
149	NigerNERWestern Africa	6.47	3.206	9.61
150	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	6.13	3.513	9.05
151	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	5.62	2.884	8.45
152	SenegalSENWestern Africa	5.39	1.473	9.27
153	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	5.24	0.481	9.89
154	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5.03	2.489	7.56
155	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	4.40	3.134	5.66
156	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	4.39	2.431	6.40
157	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	4.32	0.274	8.15
158	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	3.61	1.700	5.53
159	GuineaGINWestern Africa	3.38	0.620	6.18
160	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2.91	1.426	4.40
161	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	2.81	1.028	4.57
162	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	2.76	0.000	6.63
163	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2.38	1.358	3.56
164	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	1.38	0.836	1.93

02In 1982

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.61
2United Kingdom99.56
3Finland99.43
4Austriashared99.42
4Denmarkshared99.42

Lowest

164Burundi1.38
163Mozambique2.38
162Maldives2.76
161South Sudan2.81
160Burkina Faso2.91

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 45.97. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestUnited Kingdom99.596
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 43.984
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.65
LowestBurundi1.93
Middle country: 47.92

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
164values changed, of 164 in both
159 · 5rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Trinidad and Tobago61.19 → 63.41+2.22
Saint Lucia32.18 → 34.39+2.21
Indonesia34.51 → 36.02+1.51
Portugal37.63 → 39.12+1.49
Palestine28.56 → 30.04+1.48

Fell most

China49.01 → 48.05−0.96
São Tomé and Príncipe23.36 → 22.59−0.77
Niger6.66 → 6.47−0.19
Mongolia77.20 → 77.09−0.11
Vietnam55.42 → 55.32−0.10

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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160 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 99.42. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1982). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1982

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