Data for 1991

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1991

Figures for 1991, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1991 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.78; Burundi is lowest, at 2.58. The middle country reads 54.70. Against 1990, 152 values changed (119 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1991

HighestSouth Korea

99.78

LowestBurundi

2.58

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

160countries
3measures per country
1991the year it describes
159distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	99.78	99.759	99.799
2	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.65	99.696	99.606
3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.55	99.535	99.565
4	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.53	99.540	99.520
5	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.47	99.469	99.469
6	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	99.43	99.461	99.401
7	BelarusBLREastern Europe	99.28	99.410	99.150
8	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	99.11	99.322	98.912
9	UkraineUKREastern Europe	98.99	99.118	98.858
10	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	98.98	98.870	99.090
11	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	98.96	98.920	99.000
12	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	98.81	99.094	98.514
13	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.76	98.714	98.804
14	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	98.24	99.192	97.352
15	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	98.04	98.630	97.480
16	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	97.90	97.836	97.966
17	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	97.86	97.542	98.182
18	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	97.83	97.787	97.837
19	CanadaCANNorthern America	97.42	97.862	97.002
20	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	97.39	97.198	97.588
21	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	97.23	96.422	98.002
22	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	97.16	97.053	97.263
23	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	96.96	96.375	97.535
24	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	96.91	97.987	95.897
25	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	96.50	96.939	96.079
26	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	96.45	96.578	96.328
27	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	96.44	96.712	96.172
28	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	95.95	96.022	95.882
29	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	95.75	96.147	95.357
30	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	95.57	94.404	96.714
31	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	95.47	96.094	94.874
32	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	95.03	94.027	96.037
33	IsraelISRWestern Asia	94.91	94.451	95.351
34	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	94.89	94.710	95.060
=35	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	94.86	95.534	94.214
=35	United StatesUSANorthern America	94.86	95.242	94.502
37	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	94.65	95.061	94.241
38	ItalyITASouthern Europe	94.32	95.209	93.469
39	FranceFRAWestern Europe	94.23	93.863	94.583
40	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	93.28	92.867	93.677
41	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	93.25	93.340	93.170
42	SamoaWSMPolynesia	93.19	96.591	90.231
43	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	93.15	92.491	93.781
44	PolandPOLEastern Europe	91.70	94.782	88.752
45	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	91.61	88.807	94.597
46	CubaCUBCaribbean	91.12	92.995	89.345
47	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	91.11	89.785	92.375
48	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	89.41	90.911	87.871
49	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	88.47	86.472	90.502
50	ChileCHLSouth America	87.76	88.308	87.228
51	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	87.24	88.098	86.428
52	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	87.20	86.818	87.568
53	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	87.17	84.153	90.063
54	SpainESPSouthern Europe	84.73	86.030	83.500
55	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	84.27	86.810	81.710
56	QatarQATWestern Asia	81.55	72.444	86.164
57	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	78.49	77.963	79.003
58	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	77.12	77.489	76.769
59	JordanJORWestern Asia	71.62	72.786	70.586
60	FijiFJIMelanesia	70.63	74.519	66.789
61	TongaTONPolynesia	70.36	73.205	67.695
62	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	69.53	75.435	63.625
63	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	69.06	76.765	61.335
64	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	68.15	69.161	67.191
65	ArgentinaARGSouth America	67.46	70.177	64.797
66	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	67.28	68.985	65.485
67	UruguayURYSouth America	65.94	69.703	62.333
68	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	64.90	66.072	63.802
69	MexicoMEXCentral America	64.13	63.831	64.441
70	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	63.01	55.882	70.692
71	PeruPERSouth America	61.92	58.021	65.751
72	GuyanaGUYSouth America	60.14	63.299	56.849
73	PanamaPANCentral America	59.25	62.316	56.276
74	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	58.26	62.451	54.271
75	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	55.72	47.713	63.143
76	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	55.62	63.418	47.998
77	BoliviaBOLSouth America	55.53	51.354	59.614
78	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	55.08	56.643	53.563
79	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	54.90	55.220	54.600
80	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	54.79	56.758	52.838
81	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	54.62	59.920	49.430
82	IranIRNSouthern Asia	53.94	45.655	61.755
83	VenezuelaVENSouth America	53.07	58.016	48.246
84	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	51.86	47.502	56.142
85	NauruNRUMicronesia	51.65	51.572	51.522
86	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	51.53	44.247	58.447
87	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	50.36	49.479	51.229
88	EcuadorECUSouth America	49.84	50.511	49.181
89	BrazilBRASouth America	49.20	53.813	44.643
90	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	46.25	42.829	49.569
91	ColombiaCOLSouth America	45.80	50.427	41.297
92	ParaguayPRYSouth America	45.75	45.658	45.838
93	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	45.36	44.317	46.367
94	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	43.54	32.293	53.983
95	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	42.10	36.510	47.710
96	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	40.99	37.169	44.789
97	Costa RicaCRICentral America	39.28	39.021	39.531
98	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	37.76	36.413	39.173
99	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	37.63	27.335	47.505
100	SurinameSURSouth America	37.12	39.397	34.957
101	KenyaKENEastern Africa	36.62	35.514	37.724
102	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	34.71	29.129	40.219
103	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	31.68	30.938	32.448
104	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	30.94	27.166	34.366
105	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	29.98	24.635	35.445
106	GabonGABMiddle Africa	29.73	26.666	32.806
107	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	29.28	20.674	37.844
108	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	28.50	26.085	30.845
109	IraqIRQWestern Asia	28.46	24.124	32.704
110	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	28.33	21.038	35.538
111	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	28.11	23.858	32.228
112	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	27.52	27.480	27.560
113	NicaraguaNICCentral America	27.03	30.036	24.016
114	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	26.82	15.923	37.103
115	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	26.14	22.117	30.137
116	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	25.35	21.360	28.850
117	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	23.77	16.541	30.871
118	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	23.73	21.606	25.536
119	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	23.60	11.775	35.385
120	YemenYEMWestern Asia	23.41	6.244	40.034
121	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	22.94	13.007	33.227
122	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	21.57	16.427	26.687
123	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	21.45	18.414	24.514
124	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	21.37	15.694	27.194
125	HondurasHNDCentral America	20.50	21.724	19.274
126	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	20.48	10.880	30.260
127	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	19.84	20.125	19.565
128	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	18.96	10.501	27.341
129	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	18.63	9.042	27.722
130	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	18.61	12.613	24.733
131	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	17.73	14.686	20.406
132	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	16.97	11.745	22.345
133	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	16.74	9.588	24.398
134	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	16.49	8.141	24.731
135	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	16.30	19.329	13.229
136	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	15.95	14.510	17.370
137	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	14.83	10.136	19.606
138	HaitiHTICaribbean	13.26	11.901	14.611
139	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	13.07	5.390	20.520
140	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	12.75	6.137	19.117
141	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	10.86	4.974	16.974
142	TogoTGOWestern Africa	10.81	4.817	16.807
143	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	9.83	7.577	12.107
144	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	9.79	6.480	13.150
145	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	8.99	5.734	12.694
146	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	8.17	5.412	10.732
147	SenegalSENWestern Africa	8.11	3.962	12.192
148	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	7.79	4.555	11.125
149	BeninBENWestern Africa	7.58	3.982	11.212
150	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	7.36	6.030	8.700
151	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	6.69	4.631	8.861
152	GuineaGINWestern Africa	6.28	2.061	10.441
153	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	5.93	4.617	7.297
154	MaliMLIWestern Africa	5.84	3.266	8.346
155	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	5.74	3.548	7.928
156	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	5.64	2.403	8.903
157	NigerNERWestern Africa	4.54	2.832	6.182
158	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	4.04	1.897	6.177
159	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	3.29	2.201	4.311
160	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2.58	2.100	3.060

02In 1991

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.78
2United Kingdom99.65
3Denmark99.55
4Finland99.53
5Norway99.47

Lowest

160Burundi2.58
159Mozambique3.29
158South Sudan4.04
157Niger4.54
156Chad5.64

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 54.70. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.759
LowestSouth Sudan1.897
Middle country: 54.517
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.799
LowestBurundi3.060
Middle country: 54.127

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
152values changed, of 160 in both
119 · 33rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia52.26 → 54.79+2.53
Iran51.62 → 53.94+2.32
Portugal53.57 → 55.62+2.05
Palestine44.31 → 46.25+1.94
Maldives11.14 → 13.07+1.93

Fell most

Mongolia71.35 → 69.06−2.29
Vietnam51.72 → 50.36−1.36
Iraq29.37 → 28.46−0.91
Botswana38.23 → 37.76−0.47
Madagascar16.42 → 15.95−0.47

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 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 94.86. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1991). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1991

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