Data for 1989

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1989

Figures for 1989, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1989 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.75; Burundi is lowest, at 2.27. The middle country reads 50.88. Against 1988, 159 values changed (137 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1989

HighestSouth Korea

99.75

LowestBurundi

2.27

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
1989the year it describes
159distinct 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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	99.75	99.72	99.774
2	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.65	99.69	99.610
3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.54	99.53	99.550
4	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.53	99.54	99.521
5	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.48	99.47	99.484
6	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	99.43	99.46	99.400
7	BelarusBLREastern Europe	99.26	99.36	99.154
8	UkraineUKREastern Europe	99.18	99.25	99.116
9	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	99.13	99.31	98.967
=10	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	98.96	98.92	99.000
=10	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	98.96	98.79	99.115
12	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	98.87	99.16	98.586
13	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.78	98.74	98.806
14	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	98.24	99.21	97.341
15	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	97.94	97.85	98.029
16	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	97.92	98.54	97.318
17	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	97.77	97.74	97.799
18	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	97.71	97.26	98.168
19	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	97.28	97.09	97.463
20	CanadaCANNorthern America	97.24	97.69	96.816
21	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	97.04	96.12	97.914
22	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	96.94	96.80	97.073
23	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	96.89	97.94	95.981
24	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	96.82	96.18	97.442
25	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	96.63	97.10	96.179
26	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	96.27	96.57	95.982
27	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	96.22	96.46	95.980
28	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	96.21	96.34	96.091
29	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	95.89	95.96	95.827
30	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	95.35	93.89	96.785
31	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	95.01	93.82	96.158
=32	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	94.92	95.56	94.295
=32	United StatesUSANorthern America	94.92	95.26	94.600
34	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	94.82	94.37	95.248
35	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	94.66	95.04	94.291
36	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	94.49	95.15	93.851
37	IsraelISRWestern Asia	94.36	93.75	94.942
38	ItalyITASouthern Europe	93.67	94.70	92.684
39	FranceFRAWestern Europe	93.46	93.01	93.896
40	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	93.14	92.67	93.587
41	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	93.11	92.45	93.747
42	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	92.90	92.86	92.937
43	SamoaWSMPolynesia	92.77	96.24	89.819
44	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	91.89	89.34	94.630
45	PolandPOLEastern Europe	91.62	94.54	88.851
46	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	91.12	89.67	92.508
47	CubaCUBCaribbean	90.83	92.75	89.019
48	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	89.01	90.57	87.407
49	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	88.67	86.54	90.683
50	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	87.19	86.67	87.690
=51	ChileCHLSouth America	86.47	87.02	85.938
=51	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	86.47	82.72	90.034
53	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	85.60	86.11	85.119
54	SpainESPSouthern Europe	83.56	84.53	82.645
55	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	83.23	85.68	80.757
56	QatarQATWestern Asia	80.95	71.33	85.912
57	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	76.60	75.74	77.441
58	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	76.28	76.55	76.025
59	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	72.98	80.30	65.698
60	JordanJORWestern Asia	70.73	71.77	69.756
61	TongaTONPolynesia	69.06	71.62	66.674
62	FijiFJIMelanesia	68.45	71.84	65.081
63	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	68.42	73.68	63.160
64	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	66.38	67.46	65.221
65	ArgentinaARGSouth America	66.37	68.74	64.031
66	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	64.81	65.15	64.488
67	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	63.52	55.43	72.251
68	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	63.17	64.21	62.161
69	UruguayURYSouth America	62.85	66.17	59.689
70	MexicoMEXCentral America	62.67	61.98	63.385
71	PeruPERSouth America	59.45	55.11	63.724
72	PanamaPANCentral America	58.50	61.33	55.745
73	GuyanaGUYSouth America	57.73	59.98	55.406
74	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	56.44	60.01	53.045
75	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	54.27	59.04	49.590
76	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	53.31	44.80	61.237
77	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	53.23	53.99	52.491
78	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	52.86	52.15	53.526
79	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	52.62	51.24	53.988
80	VenezuelaVENSouth America	52.58	56.66	48.593
81	BoliviaBOLSouth America	52.43	48.23	56.542
82	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	51.15	58.47	44.053
83	NauruNRUMicronesia	50.60	49.89	51.065
84	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	49.86	50.86	48.870
85	EcuadorECUSouth America	49.69	50.21	49.179
86	IranIRNSouthern Asia	49.57	40.52	58.140
87	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	49.51	44.54	54.402
88	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	48.71	40.48	56.534
89	BrazilBRASouth America	48.02	52.17	43.915
90	ParaguayPRYSouth America	44.26	43.90	44.604
91	ColombiaCOLSouth America	43.07	47.40	38.861
92	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	42.33	37.55	46.984
93	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	42.09	39.93	44.155
94	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	40.72	28.95	51.673
95	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	40.20	34.50	45.895
96	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	39.05	34.94	43.148
97	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	38.76	37.35	40.245
98	Costa RicaCRICentral America	38.15	37.67	38.612
99	SurinameSURSouth America	36.49	38.39	34.678
100	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	35.76	28.98	42.033
101	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	35.65	25.23	45.611
102	KenyaKENEastern Africa	35.38	33.25	37.503
103	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	33.28	32.72	33.868
104	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	33.11	27.47	38.689
105	IraqIRQWestern Asia	30.09	24.93	35.157
106	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	29.91	23.99	35.949
107	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	29.57	28.01	31.191
108	GabonGABMiddle Africa	29.52	26.02	33.046
109	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	29.24	19.86	38.586
110	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	28.84	20.66	37.074
111	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	28.73	25.36	32.006
112	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	28.72	24.12	32.866
113	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	28.40	23.70	32.953
114	NicaraguaNICCentral America	26.67	29.69	23.638
115	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	26.21	25.99	26.421
116	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	25.50	14.15	36.214
117	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	25.49	21.26	29.659
118	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	23.70	19.37	27.658
119	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	22.94	20.86	24.755
120	BelizeBLZCentral America	22.49	22.39	22.584
121	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	22.09	14.66	29.399
122	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	21.90	11.71	32.449
123	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	21.88	10.24	33.499
124	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	21.26	15.51	26.974
125	YemenYEMWestern Asia	21.00	4.18	37.369
126	HondurasHNDCentral America	20.89	22.12	19.643
127	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	20.61	17.59	23.657
128	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	20.00	10.48	29.757
129	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	19.85	13.14	26.626
130	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	18.80	18.89	18.717
131	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	18.14	9.41	26.802
132	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	17.57	11.48	23.807
133	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	17.08	13.66	20.115
134	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	17.02	7.30	26.254
135	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	16.95	11.40	22.702
136	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	16.87	14.97	18.747
137	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	16.78	8.33	25.110
138	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	16.11	8.48	24.171
139	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	15.95	19.01	12.853
140	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	14.71	9.69	19.786
141	HaitiHTICaribbean	11.39	9.80	12.972
142	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	10.28	4.07	16.224
143	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	10.11	7.42	12.832
=144	TogoTGOWestern Africa	10.01	4.10	15.941
=144	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	10.01	6.20	13.884
146	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	9.90	4.19	15.918
147	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	9.48	2.39	16.367
148	BeninBENWestern Africa	8.14	4.16	12.159
149	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	8.02	5.24	11.329
150	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	7.99	1.69	14.209
=151	SenegalSENWestern Africa	7.93	3.66	12.124
=151	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	7.93	4.86	10.798
153	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	7.77	4.49	11.259
154	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	7.50	6.10	8.909
155	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	6.26	4.04	8.551
156	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	5.62	3.96	7.334
157	GuineaGINWestern Africa	5.61	1.73	9.458
158	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5.59	3.03	8.100
159	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	5.12	2.28	7.982
160	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	4.98	2.96	6.999
161	NigerNERWestern Africa	4.67	2.85	6.419
162	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	3.73	1.67	5.778
163	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	3.09	1.90	4.170
164	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2.27	1.86	2.685

02In 1989

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.75
2United Kingdom99.65
3Denmark99.54
4Finland99.53
5Norway99.48

Lowest

164Burundi2.27
163Mozambique3.09
162South Sudan3.73
161Niger4.67
160Burkina Faso4.98

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 50.88. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.72
LowestSouth Sudan1.67
Middle country: 50.53
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.774
LowestBurundi2.685
Middle country: 52.082

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 164 in both
137 · 22rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Portugal48.67 → 51.15+2.48
Saint Lucia47.54 → 49.86+2.32
Palestine40.47 → 42.33+1.86
Iran47.80 → 49.57+1.77
Indonesia47.85 → 49.51+1.66

Fell most

Mongolia74.25 → 72.98−1.27
Iraq30.62 → 30.09−0.53
Vietnam53.10 → 52.62−0.48
Honduras21.26 → 20.89−0.37
DR Congo29.56 → 29.24−0.32

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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159 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 98.96. 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) (1989). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1989

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