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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1988

Figures for 1988, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1988 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.73; Burundi is lowest, at 2.17. The middle country reads 49.82. Against 1987, 162 values changed (145 up, 17 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1988

HighestSouth Korea

99.73

LowestBurundi

2.17

Shaded 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, 1988, 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

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1988: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.7399.70499.754
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.6599.69199.611
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.5499.52599.555
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.5399.54599.515
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.4799.46599.475
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.4399.46699.396
7BelarusBLREastern Europe99.2399.33999.119
8UkraineUKREastern Europe99.2199.26199.161
9LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.1399.28498.984
10SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe98.9798.93099.010
11TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia98.9498.75999.109
12ArmeniaARMWestern Asia98.8899.17598.595
13IcelandISLNorthern Europe98.7698.73598.785
14LatviaLVANorthern Europe98.2099.19297.292
15KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia97.9397.84098.020
16SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe97.8398.45297.222
17MaltaMLTSouthern Europe97.7297.68097.770
18SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe97.5997.09398.093
19GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia97.2397.04697.406
20CanadaCANNorthern America97.1497.58696.716
21SwedenSWENorthern Europe96.9696.00997.869
22EstoniaESTNorthern Europe96.8797.86795.997
23BarbadosBRBCaribbean96.8296.68496.964
24CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe96.7396.06797.377
25SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe96.6897.14996.229

02In 1988

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Korea99.73
  2. 2United Kingdom99.65
  3. 3Denmark99.54
  4. 4Finland99.53
  5. 5Norway99.47

Lowest

  1. 164Burundi2.17
  2. 163Mozambique3.00
  3. 162South Sudan3.61
  4. 161Burkina Faso4.61
  5. 160Chad4.86

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 49.82. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 162values changed, of 164 in both
  • 145 · 17rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 162 distinct values among 164

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 52.06. 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.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1988). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1988

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07Questions

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest lower secondary completion rate in Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1988?

South Korea, at 99.73, of the 164 countries in the file.

What year does Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1988 cover?

164.

Where can I download Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1988?

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, 1988 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2025.

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