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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1990

Figures for 1990, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1990 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.77; Burundi is lowest, at 2.41. The middle country reads 53.16. Against 1989, 155 values changed (124 up, 31 down), 4 left.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1990

HighestSouth Korea

99.77

LowestBurundi

2.41

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, 1990, 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 160 countries · select a heading to sort

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1990: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.7799.749599.789
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.6499.685999.596
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.5599.534699.565
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.5399.545399.515
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.4899.479599.479
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.4299.450299.390
7BelarusBLREastern Europe99.2899.400099.160
8LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.1399.317998.958
9UkraineUKREastern Europe99.1199.199399.019
10TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia98.9898.843199.113
11SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe98.9698.914199.004
12ArmeniaARMWestern Asia98.8499.121198.551
13IcelandISLNorthern Europe98.7798.729398.809
14LatviaLVANorthern Europe98.2399.203897.334
15SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe97.9798.581197.381
16KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia97.9397.845598.015
=17MaltaMLTSouthern Europe97.8097.762697.813
=17SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe97.8097.411698.192
=19CanadaCANNorthern America97.3397.786696.897
=19GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia97.3397.136697.527
21SwedenSWENorthern Europe97.1596.285997.976
22BarbadosBRBCaribbean97.0496.897697.138
=23CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe96.9096.272697.513
=23EstoniaESTNorthern Europe96.9097.960395.950
25SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe96.5697.004296.134

02In 1990

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Korea99.77
  2. 2United Kingdom99.64
  3. 3Denmark99.55
  4. 4Finland99.53
  5. 5Norway99.48

Lowest

  1. 160Burundi2.41
  2. 159Mozambique3.18
  3. 158South Sudan3.88
  4. 157Niger4.54
  5. 156Chad5.37

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 53.16. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −4countries joined / left
  • 155values changed, of 160 in both
  • 124 · 31rose · fell
  • 5unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Afghanistan− Belize− Eswatini− Tunisia

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
  • 157 distinct values among 160

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 97.80. 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 160 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) (1990). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1990

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07Questions

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest lower secondary completion rate in Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1990?

South Korea, at 99.77, of the 160 countries in the file.

What year does Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1990 cover?

160.

Where can I download Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1990?

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, 1990 the newest?

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

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