Data for 1987

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1987

Figures for 1987, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1987 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.71; Burundi is lowest, at 2.05. The middle country reads 49.51. Against 1986, 161 values changed (146 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1987

HighestSouth Korea

99.71

LowestBurundi

2.05

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
1987the year it describes
163distinct 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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	99.71	99.684	99.734
2	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.64	99.681	99.601
=3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.52	99.505	99.535
=3	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.52	99.531	99.511
5	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.45	99.435	99.465
6	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	99.43	99.461	99.401
7	UkraineUKREastern Europe	99.22	99.280	99.160
8	BelarusBLREastern Europe	99.20	99.309	99.089
9	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	99.12	99.264	98.984
10	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	98.96	98.920	99.000
11	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	98.91	98.723	99.093
12	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	98.89	99.191	98.591
13	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.74	98.702	98.762
14	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	98.16	99.153	97.243
15	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	97.92	97.822	98.022
16	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	97.76	98.405	97.135
17	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	97.68	97.639	97.719
18	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	97.49	96.943	98.043
19	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	97.18	96.968	97.388
20	CanadaCANNorthern America	97.00	97.442	96.582
21	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	96.87	95.902	97.792
22	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	96.85	97.810	95.970
23	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	96.73	96.564	96.864
24	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	96.68	97.144	96.234
25	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	96.64	95.952	97.312
26	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	96.53	96.671	96.391
27	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	96.07	96.433	95.713
28	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	95.91	96.033	95.793
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	95.78	95.847	95.717
30	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	95.04	93.262	96.802
31	United StatesUSANorthern America	94.99	95.180	94.810
32	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	94.91	93.504	96.274
33	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	94.62	93.984	95.224
34	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	94.60	94.889	94.319
35	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	94.34	95.006	93.696
36	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	94.17	94.833	93.533
37	IsraelISRWestern Asia	93.86	93.108	94.578
38	ItalyITASouthern Europe	93.24	94.365	92.165
39	FranceFRAWestern Europe	92.98	92.410	93.530
40	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	92.93	92.450	93.390
41	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	92.84	91.953	93.693
42	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	92.57	92.337	92.777
43	SamoaWSMPolynesia	92.44	95.959	89.459
44	PolandPOLEastern Europe	91.35	94.238	88.578
45	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	91.30	88.388	94.308
46	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	91.01	89.416	92.526
47	CubaCUBCaribbean	90.77	92.489	89.149
48	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	89.37	90.867	87.787
49	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	88.49	86.192	90.692
50	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	86.95	86.368	87.508
51	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	85.57	81.019	89.899
52	ChileCHLSouth America	84.67	84.863	84.483
53	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	83.85	83.891	83.811
54	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	82.06	84.361	79.721
55	SpainESPSouthern Europe	81.51	81.879	81.159
56	QatarQATWestern Asia	80.09	70.158	85.918
57	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	75.32	75.448	75.198
58	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	75.11	81.891	68.291
59	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	73.75	72.626	74.856
60	JordanJORWestern Asia	70.42	70.996	69.876
61	TongaTONPolynesia	67.66	69.786	65.686
62	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	67.38	72.035	62.725
63	FijiFJIMelanesia	66.26	69.359	63.159
64	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	65.38	65.652	65.052
65	ArgentinaARGSouth America	64.30	66.249	62.379
66	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	63.01	54.052	72.112
67	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	62.00	61.899	62.099
68	MexicoMEXCentral America	61.67	60.689	62.689
69	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	61.45	62.472	60.472
70	UruguayURYSouth America	60.93	64.088	57.898
71	PanamaPANCentral America	57.65	60.495	54.885
72	PeruPERSouth America	57.06	52.518	61.548
73	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	55.32	58.431	52.361
74	GuyanaGUYSouth America	55.01	56.810	53.160
75	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	53.61	57.843	49.453
76	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	53.37	50.918	55.798
77	VenezuelaVENSouth America	51.65	54.692	48.672
78	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	51.53	51.652	51.412
79	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	51.06	49.717	52.297
80	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	50.70	41.636	59.186
81	BoliviaBOLSouth America	50.24	46.031	54.371
82	NauruNRUMicronesia	49.56	48.571	50.521
83	EcuadorECUSouth America	49.45	49.631	49.271
84	BrazilBRASouth America	46.95	50.796	43.146
85	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	46.48	52.891	40.261
86	IranIRNSouthern Asia	46.37	36.573	55.593
87	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	46.20	40.477	51.847
88	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	45.90	36.673	54.693
89	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	45.40	45.263	45.523
90	ParaguayPRYSouth America	43.03	42.371	43.671
91	ColombiaCOLSouth America	40.80	44.620	37.090
92	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	38.78	35.757	41.677
93	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	38.75	32.549	44.819
94	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	38.63	36.982	40.402
95	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	38.37	32.568	44.118
96	Costa RicaCRICentral America	38.31	37.584	39.014
97	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	37.65	25.827	48.667
98	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	37.61	33.319	41.899
99	SurinameSURSouth America	35.64	37.426	33.936
100	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	34.29	23.960	44.100
101	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	33.39	25.693	40.493
102	KenyaKENEastern Africa	32.82	29.642	35.992
103	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	31.89	26.264	37.474
104	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	31.70	31.161	32.281
105	IraqIRQWestern Asia	30.95	24.787	36.997
106	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	30.03	19.856	40.176
107	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	29.46	23.047	35.987
108	GabonGABMiddle Africa	29.35	25.238	33.498
109	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	28.67	20.271	37.221
110	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	28.24	23.961	32.391
111	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	28.02	25.670	30.460
112	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	27.85	22.200	33.330
113	NicaraguaNICCentral America	26.82	29.263	24.363
114	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	26.70	21.348	31.498
115	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	25.29	24.989	25.579
116	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	25.14	20.438	29.738
117	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	24.03	12.422	34.982
118	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	22.02	19.853	23.933
119	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	21.87	17.102	26.332
120	HondurasHNDCentral America	21.48	22.760	20.170
121	BelizeBLZCentral America	21.39	20.842	21.942
122	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	20.56	13.169	27.759
123	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	20.47	14.250	26.660
124	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	20.35	10.152	30.972
125	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	20.20	8.523	31.883
126	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	19.59	16.495	22.725
127	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	19.56	10.138	29.268
128	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	19.41	11.473	26.863
129	YemenYEMWestern Asia	19.24	2.679	35.449
130	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	17.98	17.843	18.113
131	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	17.48	8.540	26.370
132	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	17.30	15.124	19.444
133	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	17.01	13.348	20.238
134	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	16.78	10.593	23.083
135	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	16.72	8.343	24.953
136	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	15.84	9.934	21.964
137	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	15.47	18.415	12.465
138	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	15.43	7.412	23.822
139	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	15.34	5.641	24.551
140	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	14.45	9.286	19.676
141	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	10.33	7.125	13.585
142	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	9.70	5.806	13.686
143	HaitiHTICaribbean	9.56	7.709	11.409
144	TogoTGOWestern Africa	9.25	3.611	14.921
145	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	9.06	3.437	15.047
146	BeninBENWestern Africa	8.74	4.295	13.225
147	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	8.22	2.609	13.579
148	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	7.84	4.396	11.546
149	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	7.60	4.385	10.745
150	SenegalSENWestern Africa	7.37	3.046	11.626
151	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	7.33	4.730	10.430
152	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	7.04	1.259	12.799
153	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	7.03	5.559	8.509
154	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	6.80	0.551	12.841
155	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	6.04	3.600	8.510
156	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5.51	2.919	8.069
157	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	5.38	3.448	7.368
158	NigerNERWestern Africa	5.18	2.954	7.314
159	GuineaGINWestern Africa	4.93	1.400	8.450
160	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	4.62	2.131	7.131
161	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	4.24	2.414	6.064
162	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	3.46	1.472	5.432
163	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	2.94	1.673	4.093
164	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2.05	1.620	2.480

02In 1987

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.71
2United Kingdom99.64
3Denmarkshared99.52
3Finlandshared99.52
5Norway99.45

Lowest

164Burundi2.05
163Mozambique2.94
162South Sudan3.46
161Burkina Faso4.24
160Chad4.62

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 49.51. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.684
LowestMaldives0.551
Middle country: 49.101
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.734
LowestBurundi2.480
Middle country: 50.966

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
161values changed, of 164 in both
146 · 15rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia43.26 → 45.40+2.14
Indonesia44.08 → 46.20+2.12
Thailand36.98 → 38.78+1.80
Trinidad and Tobago71.99 → 73.75+1.76
Palestine37.05 → 38.75+1.70

Fell most

Mongolia75.73 → 75.11−0.62
Costa Rica38.68 → 38.31−0.37
Moldova89.73 → 89.37−0.36
São Tomé and Príncipe19.74 → 19.41−0.33
DR Congo30.33 → 30.03−0.30

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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163 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 99.52. 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) (1987). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1987

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