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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2001

Figures for 2001, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2001 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.90; Burundi is lowest, at 4.42. The middle country reads 67.30. Against 2000, 152 values changed (148 up, 4 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2001

HighestSouth Korea

99.90

LowestBurundi

4.42

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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.9099.90099.900
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.6599.69699.606
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.5699.54499.574
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.5399.54699.516
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.4899.47699.486
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.4599.46699.436
7BelarusBLREastern Europe99.1399.25399.013
8TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.0798.99499.144
9SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe98.9898.95499.004
10IcelandISLNorthern Europe98.7998.75498.854
11SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe98.7799.03798.517
12LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe98.6799.06998.289
13UkraineUKREastern Europe98.5698.87698.266
14KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia98.5598.77498.324
15RussiaRUSEastern Europe98.4299.07697.776
16BarbadosBRBCaribbean98.3998.24098.520
17ArmeniaARMWestern Asia98.3398.91797.697
18CanadaCANNorthern America98.1498.60397.703
19MaltaMLTSouthern Europe97.9797.90898.028
20SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe97.9097.92097.880
21LatviaLVANorthern Europe97.8898.84496.954
22SwedenSWENorthern Europe97.7397.51097.940
23CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe97.5397.19197.851
24SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe97.4897.87997.099
25KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia97.4297.58497.244

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Korea99.90
  2. 2United Kingdom99.65
  3. 3Denmark99.56
  4. 4Finland99.53
  5. 5Norway99.48

Lowest

  1. 160Burundi4.42
  2. 159Niger5.20
  3. 158Mozambique5.26
  4. 157South Sudan5.99
  5. 156Rwanda6.82

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 67.30. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 152values changed, of 160 in both
  • 148 · 4rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

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

  • 158 distinct values among 160

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 25.25. 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) (2001). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2001

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07Questions

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest lower secondary completion rate in Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2001?

South Korea, at 99.90, of the 160 countries in the file.

What year does Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2001 cover?

160.

Where can I download Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2001?

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, 2001 the newest?

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

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