Data for 1998

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1998

Figures for 1998, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1998 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.87; Mozambique is lowest, at 4.28. The middle country reads 63.25. Against 1997, 152 values changed (132 up, 20 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 1998

HighestSouth Korea

99.87

LowestMozambique

4.28

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
1998the year it describes
156distinct values14 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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	99.87	99.865	99.87
2	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.65	99.696	99.61
3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.56	99.555	99.57
4	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.53	99.540	99.52
5	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.49	99.484	99.49
6	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	99.43	99.461	99.40
=7	BelarusBLREastern Europe	99.06	99.218	98.91
=7	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	99.06	99.016	99.11
9	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	98.96	98.929	98.99
10	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.78	98.772	98.80
11	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	98.73	99.130	98.34
12	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	98.64	98.970	98.33
13	UkraineUKREastern Europe	98.41	98.680	98.15
14	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	98.34	98.932	97.73
15	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	98.08	97.984	98.17
16	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	98.05	98.616	97.50
17	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	98.01	98.298	97.72
=18	CanadaCANNorthern America	97.93	98.424	97.46
=18	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	97.93	97.874	97.99
20	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	97.91	97.845	97.98
21	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	97.84	98.852	96.86
22	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	97.54	97.043	98.01
23	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	97.44	97.546	97.33
24	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	97.39	97.012	97.75
25	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	97.35	97.227	97.48
26	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	97.19	97.610	96.79
27	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	96.64	97.111	96.18
28	IsraelISRWestern Asia	96.46	96.547	96.38
29	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	96.17	97.648	94.78
30	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	96.09	95.655	96.53
31	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	96.04	96.633	95.47
32	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	95.96	96.037	95.89
33	ItalyITASouthern Europe	95.87	96.619	95.16
34	FranceFRAWestern Europe	95.86	95.947	95.78
35	United StatesUSANorthern America	95.81	96.390	95.27
36	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	95.30	95.562	95.05
37	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	95.06	94.261	95.86
38	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	94.73	95.095	94.34
39	SamoaWSMPolynesia	94.23	97.333	91.46
=40	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	94.03	94.692	93.44
=40	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	94.03	94.654	93.38
42	PolandPOLEastern Europe	93.14	96.903	89.51
43	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	92.81	93.572	92.06
44	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	92.26	91.630	92.86
45	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	92.24	91.623	92.82
46	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	91.86	91.041	92.65
47	ChileCHLSouth America	91.76	92.223	91.31
48	CubaCUBCaribbean	90.39	92.876	88.06
49	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	89.80	91.036	88.66
50	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	89.62	88.991	90.25
51	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	88.95	91.010	86.95
52	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	88.40	86.403	90.58
53	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	87.96	88.267	87.67
54	SpainESPSouthern Europe	86.77	88.312	85.31
55	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	81.93	74.600	89.79
56	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	80.71	81.990	79.47
57	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	79.96	80.287	79.65
58	FijiFJIMelanesia	79.46	84.196	74.87
59	QatarQATWestern Asia	79.32	72.895	83.63
60	JordanJORWestern Asia	77.79	79.470	76.22
61	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	76.74	79.163	74.15
62	TongaTONPolynesia	74.28	78.099	70.68
63	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	72.83	80.635	65.03
64	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	72.73	74.261	71.27
65	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	72.49	79.089	66.08
66	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	70.52	74.713	66.57
67	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	70.50	74.562	66.38
68	ArgentinaARGSouth America	70.40	73.303	67.60
69	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	70.25	75.226	65.45
70	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	69.95	71.648	68.33
71	IranIRNSouthern Asia	69.28	66.335	72.15
72	MexicoMEXCentral America	68.46	68.484	68.43
73	GuyanaGUYSouth America	68.22	72.763	63.60
74	PeruPERSouth America	68.13	65.938	70.28
75	BoliviaBOLSouth America	66.73	63.774	69.58
76	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	66.23	62.739	70.37
77	UruguayURYSouth America	66.20	70.385	62.12
78	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	65.46	61.161	69.51
79	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	64.85	70.923	59.09
80	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	63.57	69.221	58.06
81	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	62.94	58.521	67.10
82	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	62.74	66.152	59.54
83	PanamaPANCentral America	62.37	66.177	58.70
84	BrazilBRASouth America	59.74	64.477	55.08
85	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	59.00	56.384	61.53
86	ColombiaCOLSouth America	58.67	63.582	53.88
87	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	57.27	58.827	55.77
88	VenezuelaVENSouth America	56.59	62.789	50.57
89	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	55.93	64.410	47.37
90	NauruNRUMicronesia	55.43	56.807	54.17
91	ParaguayPRYSouth America	54.27	55.054	53.51
92	EcuadorECUSouth America	52.99	54.225	51.78
93	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	51.93	43.011	60.11
94	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	49.91	40.249	59.23
95	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	49.88	48.570	51.26
96	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	49.13	47.170	51.04
97	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	48.50	43.578	53.33
98	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	47.82	43.466	52.33
99	Costa RicaCRICentral America	45.67	46.602	44.76
100	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	41.60	37.770	45.35
101	KenyaKENEastern Africa	38.58	40.994	36.17
102	SurinameSURSouth America	38.56	42.396	34.90
103	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	37.00	39.030	34.93
104	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	35.70	35.606	35.79
105	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	33.06	32.984	33.13
106	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	32.76	28.581	36.86
107	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	32.48	26.364	38.23
108	YemenYEMWestern Asia	31.93	14.729	48.39
109	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	31.87	29.120	34.28
110	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	31.81	23.973	39.24
111	NicaraguaNICCentral America	31.63	34.865	28.35
112	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	31.58	28.171	35.07
113	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	31.43	19.866	42.92
114	GabonGABMiddle Africa	30.29	28.507	32.07
115	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	30.12	25.148	34.92
116	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	28.77	25.361	32.14
117	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	28.09	26.237	29.84
118	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	27.65	23.754	31.52
=119	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	27.49	22.030	32.92
=119	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	27.49	27.789	27.20
121	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	26.72	18.457	34.94
122	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	26.69	23.882	29.43
123	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	26.03	18.079	33.64
124	IraqIRQWestern Asia	25.38	21.824	28.82
125	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	25.31	22.210	28.39
126	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	24.19	22.312	25.91
127	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	23.91	16.670	30.91
128	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	23.72	24.779	22.70
129	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	22.84	14.043	31.28
130	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	22.67	16.917	28.48
131	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	22.33	19.225	25.43
132	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	21.86	15.750	28.58
133	HondurasHNDCentral America	21.68	24.344	19.08
134	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	21.39	15.123	27.57
135	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	20.05	23.593	16.29
136	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	19.12	13.972	24.61
137	HaitiHTICaribbean	19.03	18.543	19.51
138	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	15.37	7.086	23.49
139	TogoTGOWestern Africa	15.05	8.727	21.32
140	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	15.01	8.755	21.42
141	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	14.79	11.294	18.33
142	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	14.56	11.108	18.03
143	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	12.95	12.371	13.52
144	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	12.22	9.458	15.02
145	GuineaGINWestern Africa	10.06	4.074	16.00
146	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	10.01	7.362	12.66
147	BeninBENWestern Africa	9.27	4.860	13.68
148	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	8.79	7.074	10.47
149	SenegalSENWestern Africa	8.51	5.191	11.82
150	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	8.41	5.658	11.11
151	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	8.25	6.467	10.04
152	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	8.05	3.899	12.22
153	MaliMLIWestern Africa	7.88	4.423	11.23
154	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	7.07	5.224	8.89
155	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	7.02	6.183	7.84
156	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	6.01	5.673	6.37
157	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	5.18	2.752	7.67
158	NigerNERWestern Africa	4.94	3.099	6.69
159	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	4.35	3.795	4.90
160	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	4.28	3.191	5.39

02In 1998

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.87
2United Kingdom99.65
3Denmark99.56
4Finland99.53
5Norway99.49

Lowest

160Mozambique4.28
159Burundi4.35
158Niger4.94
157South Sudan5.18
156Rwanda6.01

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 63.25. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.865
LowestSouth Sudan2.752
Middle country: 64.443
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.87
LowestBurundi4.90
Middle country: 60.82

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
152values changed, of 160 in both
132 · 20rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Botswana45.63 → 49.88+4.25
Thailand65.72 → 69.95+4.23
Maldives28.83 → 32.48+3.65
Malaysia67.06 → 70.52+3.46
Vietnam46.73 → 49.13+2.40

Fell most

Tajikistan82.74 → 81.93−0.81
DR Congo27.79 → 27.49−0.30
Qatar79.60 → 79.32−0.28
Iraq25.65 → 25.38−0.27
Republic of the Congo26.94 → 26.69−0.25

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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156 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.06. 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) (1998). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/1998

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