Data for 1986

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1986

Figures for 1986, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1986 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.69; Burundi is lowest, at 1.92. The middle country reads 49.03. Against 1985, 162 values changed (146 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1986

HighestSouth Korea

99.69

LowestBurundi

1.92

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
1986the year it describes
161distinct values15 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1986, 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, 1986: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	99.69	99.659	99.719
2	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.63	99.671	99.591
=3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.51	99.489	99.529
=3	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.51	99.520	99.500
=5	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	99.43	99.461	99.401
=5	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.43	99.410	99.450
7	UkraineUKREastern Europe	99.23	99.295	99.165
8	BelarusBLREastern Europe	99.18	99.279	99.079
9	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	99.11	99.244	98.984
10	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	98.94	98.889	98.989
11	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	98.89	99.182	98.592
12	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	98.88	98.685	99.075
13	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.71	98.669	98.749
14	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	98.11	99.119	97.169
15	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	97.89	97.775	98.005
16	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	97.69	98.344	97.054
17	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	97.62	97.568	97.658
18	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	97.42	96.854	97.994
19	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	97.09	96.837	97.347
20	CanadaCANNorthern America	96.83	97.303	96.383
21	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	96.82	97.754	95.914
22	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	96.78	95.770	97.740
23	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	96.64	97.063	96.233
24	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	96.60	96.716	96.486
25	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	96.58	96.410	96.730
26	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	96.57	95.839	97.289
27	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	95.98	96.370	95.590
28	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	95.74	95.867	95.617
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	95.73	95.807	95.657
30	United StatesUSANorthern America	94.93	95.094	94.774
31	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	94.88	92.959	96.789
32	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	94.83	93.330	96.270
33	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	94.62	93.953	95.253
34	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	94.51	94.778	94.248
35	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	94.08	94.771	93.421
36	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	94.01	94.704	93.344
37	IsraelISRWestern Asia	93.69	92.839	94.499
38	ItalyITASouthern Europe	93.00	94.155	91.895
39	FranceFRAWestern Europe	92.86	92.225	93.475
40	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	92.82	92.279	93.339
41	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	92.77	91.782	93.722
42	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	92.44	92.061	92.781
43	SamoaWSMPolynesia	92.24	95.759	89.229
44	PolandPOLEastern Europe	91.28	94.134	88.544
45	CubaCUBCaribbean	90.92	92.422	89.502
46	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	90.89	89.257	92.437
47	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	90.86	87.620	94.140
48	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	89.73	91.088	88.278
49	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	88.33	85.990	90.710
50	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	86.85	86.253	87.423
51	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	85.16	80.321	89.761
52	ChileCHLSouth America	83.79	83.876	83.706
53	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	82.95	82.655	83.235
54	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	81.38	83.717	78.997
55	SpainESPSouthern Europe	80.51	80.643	80.383
56	QatarQATWestern Asia	79.52	69.298	85.778
57	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	75.73	82.132	69.242
58	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	74.75	74.801	74.701
59	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	71.99	70.798	73.178
60	JordanJORWestern Asia	69.76	69.920	69.610
61	TongaTONPolynesia	66.97	68.897	65.137
62	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	66.72	71.085	62.355
63	FijiFJIMelanesia	65.09	68.148	62.018
64	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	64.67	64.692	64.622
65	ArgentinaARGSouth America	63.47	65.295	61.675
66	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	62.63	53.252	71.812
67	MexicoMEXCentral America	60.80	59.422	62.222
68	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	60.68	60.463	60.893
69	UruguayURYSouth America	60.45	63.386	57.616
70	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	60.40	61.342	59.492
71	PanamaPANCentral America	57.44	60.461	54.501
72	PeruPERSouth America	55.99	51.263	60.663
73	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	55.10	57.863	52.473
74	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	53.67	50.620	56.690
75	GuyanaGUYSouth America	53.64	55.405	51.835
76	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	53.52	57.560	49.550
77	VenezuelaVENSouth America	51.15	54.131	48.231
78	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	50.66	50.422	50.892
79	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	50.03	48.652	51.302
80	BoliviaBOLSouth America	49.48	45.133	53.753
81	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	49.16	39.819	57.939
82	EcuadorECUSouth America	49.10	49.030	49.170
83	NauruNRUMicronesia	48.96	47.520	49.930
84	BrazilBRASouth America	46.66	50.360	43.000
85	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	45.01	35.375	54.195
86	IranIRNSouthern Asia	44.99	34.843	54.453
87	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	44.78	50.873	38.843
88	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	44.08	37.952	50.132
89	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	43.26	42.640	43.860
90	ParaguayPRYSouth America	42.39	41.601	43.161
91	ColombiaCOLSouth America	39.87	43.411	36.431
92	Costa RicaCRICentral America	38.68	37.939	39.399
93	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	37.71	35.719	39.859
94	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	37.48	31.424	43.464
95	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	37.06	32.755	41.375
96	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	37.05	30.384	43.584
97	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	36.98	33.677	40.147
98	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	36.04	24.248	47.028
99	SurinameSURSouth America	35.35	36.979	33.799
100	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	33.53	23.378	43.128
101	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	32.23	24.129	39.709
=102	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	31.22	25.581	36.841
=102	KenyaKENEastern Africa	31.22	27.717	34.717
104	IraqIRQWestern Asia	31.19	24.499	37.759
105	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	30.96	30.370	31.610
106	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	30.33	19.695	40.945
107	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	29.23	22.691	35.881
108	GabonGABMiddle Africa	29.21	24.712	33.752
109	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	28.51	20.032	37.152
110	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	27.87	23.284	32.314
111	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	27.41	24.702	30.222
112	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	27.36	21.299	33.239
113	NicaraguaNICCentral America	26.52	28.549	24.479
114	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	25.73	20.118	30.758
115	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	25.01	20.018	29.878
116	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	24.79	24.474	25.094
117	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	23.35	11.627	34.407
118	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	21.59	19.304	23.624
119	HondurasHNDCentral America	21.45	22.641	20.231
120	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	20.91	15.988	25.548
121	BelizeBLZCentral America	20.89	20.149	21.619
122	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	19.87	12.472	27.022
123	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	19.81	13.402	26.192
124	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	19.74	11.431	27.431
125	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	19.41	9.294	30.044
126	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	19.30	9.955	28.935
127	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	19.27	7.577	30.977
128	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	19.13	16.076	22.236
129	YemenYEMWestern Asia	18.35	1.895	34.485
130	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	17.55	17.321	17.771
131	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	17.44	15.088	19.758
132	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	17.04	8.054	25.984
133	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	16.90	13.155	20.175
134	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	16.53	8.286	24.636
135	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	16.32	10.122	22.582
136	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	15.14	18.041	12.131
137	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	15.01	6.765	23.625
138	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	14.64	8.847	20.677
139	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	14.46	4.838	23.588
140	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	14.24	9.062	19.482
141	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	10.36	6.983	13.793
142	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	9.40	5.540	13.360
143	BeninBENWestern Africa	9.03	4.380	13.720
144	TogoTGOWestern Africa	8.89	3.382	14.432
145	HaitiHTICaribbean	8.84	6.914	10.764
146	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	8.75	3.189	14.699
147	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	7.87	4.339	11.669
148	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	7.57	4.300	10.920
149	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	7.28	1.968	12.348
150	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	7.05	4.437	10.097
151	SenegalSENWestern Africa	7.00	2.720	11.220
152	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	6.62	5.143	8.103
153	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	6.59	1.030	12.140
154	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	5.97	3.403	8.553
155	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	5.69	0.000	11.323
156	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5.47	2.867	8.047
157	NigerNERWestern Africa	5.40	2.939	7.759
158	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	5.21	3.206	7.266
159	GuineaGINWestern Africa	4.61	1.221	8.001
160	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	4.42	2.056	6.796
161	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	3.92	2.189	5.649
162	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	3.31	1.375	5.225
163	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2.86	1.583	4.043
164	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	1.92	1.460	2.380

02In 1986

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.69
2United Kingdom99.63
3Denmarkshared99.51
3Finlandshared99.51
5Austriashared99.43

Lowest

164Burundi1.92
163Mozambique2.86
162South Sudan3.31
161Burkina Faso3.92
160Chad4.42

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 49.03. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestUnited Kingdom99.671
LowestMaldives0.000
Middle country: 48.086
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.719
LowestBurundi2.380
Middle country: 50.031

031985 → 1986

Since 1985

What changed between 1985 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 164 in both
146 · 16rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia40.90 → 43.26+2.36
Indonesia41.78 → 44.08+2.30
Trinidad and Tobago70.05 → 71.99+1.94
Thailand35.17 → 36.98+1.81
Egypt47.37 → 49.16+1.79

Fell most

Costa Rica39.36 → 38.68−0.68
Mongolia76.37 → 75.73−0.64
São Tomé and Príncipe20.14 → 19.74−0.40
Vietnam54.05 → 53.67−0.38
Moldova90.07 → 89.73−0.34

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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161 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 99.51. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1986). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1986 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1986

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