Data for 2005

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2005

Figures for 2005, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2005 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.92; Niger is lowest, at 6.06. The middle country reads 72.08. Against 2004, 155 values changed (147 up, 8 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2005

HighestSouth Korea

99.92

LowestNiger

6.06

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
2005the year it describes
159distinct 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	99.92	99.920	99.920
2	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.65	99.695	99.605
3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.58	99.570	99.590
4	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.54	99.550	99.530
5	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.50	99.495	99.505
6	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	99.21	99.221	99.201
7	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	99.13	99.019	99.239
8	BelarusBLREastern Europe	99.09	99.208	98.978
9	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	99.01	99.124	98.894
10	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	98.97	98.950	98.990
11	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.81	98.765	98.855
12	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	98.79	99.126	98.466
13	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	98.76	99.023	98.503
14	UkraineUKREastern Europe	98.71	99.029	98.409
15	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	98.65	98.465	98.835
16	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	98.63	99.257	98.007
17	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	98.50	98.989	97.979
18	CanadaCANNorthern America	98.34	98.762	97.942
19	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	98.15	98.145	98.155
20	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	98.08	98.998	97.198
21	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	98.00	97.918	98.078
22	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	97.91	98.044	97.774
23	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	97.86	98.237	97.497
24	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	97.80	97.479	98.109
25	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	97.46	97.596	97.316
26	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	97.45	97.648	97.238
27	United StatesUSANorthern America	97.44	97.911	97.001
28	IsraelISRWestern Asia	97.42	97.824	97.034
29	ItalyITASouthern Europe	97.32	97.838	96.828
30	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	97.18	97.547	96.827
31	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	97.14	97.634	96.664
32	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	97.07	96.947	97.187
33	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	97.00	96.918	97.078
34	FranceFRAWestern Europe	96.47	96.842	96.112
35	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	96.22	97.627	94.897
36	PolandPOLEastern Europe	96.12	98.733	93.603
37	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	95.98	96.052	95.912
38	ChileCHLSouth America	95.97	96.715	95.255
39	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	95.89	95.597	96.187
40	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	95.59	96.453	94.833
41	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	95.42	95.922	94.922
42	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	95.30	95.433	95.173
43	CubaCUBCaribbean	95.23	96.607	93.927
44	SamoaWSMPolynesia	95.22	97.896	92.706
45	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	94.27	95.039	93.459
46	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	93.49	94.303	92.693
47	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	92.63	92.111	93.151
48	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	92.53	93.913	91.193
49	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	92.48	92.054	92.894
50	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	92.38	92.886	91.906
51	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	91.79	90.749	92.779
52	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	91.44	89.311	93.651
53	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	89.58	90.213	88.973
54	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	88.69	90.393	87.033
55	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	87.48	89.476	85.646
56	JordanJORWestern Asia	86.72	87.715	85.765
57	SpainESPSouthern Europe	86.24	87.697	84.867
58	FijiFJIMelanesia	85.16	89.287	81.167
59	QatarQATWestern Asia	82.67	81.513	83.553
60	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	82.31	75.366	89.826
61	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	82.21	87.912	76.632
62	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	82.03	85.448	78.688
63	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	81.33	82.795	79.945
64	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	81.19	82.121	80.301
65	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	81.01	87.553	74.753
66	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	80.85	83.794	77.974
67	BoliviaBOLSouth America	80.05	78.645	81.405
68	ArgentinaARGSouth America	78.54	81.784	75.434
69	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	77.68	81.109	74.429
70	TongaTONPolynesia	77.51	82.247	72.857
71	MexicoMEXCentral America	77.29	78.566	75.996
72	GuyanaGUYSouth America	77.00	80.875	73.145
73	IranIRNSouthern Asia	76.96	75.910	77.980
74	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	76.32	73.893	78.553
75	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	75.95	85.310	66.590
76	PeruPERSouth America	75.52	73.781	77.231
77	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	74.08	80.699	67.389
78	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	73.95	77.368	70.438
79	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	73.76	71.675	75.745
80	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	72.22	79.177	65.237
81	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	71.93	63.558	79.908
82	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	71.58	76.639	66.609
83	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	71.57	77.226	66.056
84	UruguayURYSouth America	71.06	75.328	66.968
85	BrazilBRASouth America	70.50	75.658	65.458
86	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	69.55	69.714	69.394
87	PanamaPANCentral America	68.17	72.404	64.104
88	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	67.66	75.162	60.582
89	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	67.20	66.413	68.073
90	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	66.97	66.443	67.483
91	ColombiaCOLSouth America	66.56	71.043	62.203
92	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	65.17	66.312	64.112
93	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	62.54	56.381	68.201
94	EcuadorECUSouth America	61.29	61.976	60.626
95	ParaguayPRYSouth America	60.89	62.456	59.386
96	VenezuelaVENSouth America	60.48	68.177	53.027
=97	NauruNRUMicronesia	59.35	61.676	56.826
=97	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	59.35	55.101	63.491
99	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	57.08	54.451	59.871
100	Costa RicaCRICentral America	53.24	56.418	50.188
101	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	48.20	47.340	49.040
102	SurinameSURSouth America	45.47	50.183	41.103
103	KenyaKENEastern Africa	44.06	46.599	41.519
104	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	42.86	46.784	39.194
105	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	42.81	32.323	53.143
106	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	42.14	42.589	41.719
107	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	41.69	43.018	40.398
108	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	40.62	34.839	45.339
109	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	40.30	43.212	37.292
110	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	40.04	35.665	44.275
111	YemenYEMWestern Asia	38.62	24.070	52.620
112	NicaraguaNICCentral America	38.54	43.289	33.659
113	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	38.01	32.207	43.797
114	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	37.59	39.221	36.011
115	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	36.65	37.142	36.152
116	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	36.31	30.836	41.776
117	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	36.17	32.462	39.792
118	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	35.71	33.216	38.246
119	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	35.57	30.105	40.705
120	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	34.17	31.734	36.544
121	GabonGABMiddle Africa	33.75	34.388	33.118
122	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	33.72	32.184	35.214
123	HondurasHNDCentral America	33.41	37.581	29.371
124	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	33.27	32.638	33.908
125	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	32.46	31.735	33.125
126	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	31.65	32.073	31.243
127	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	31.02	28.370	33.960
128	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	30.89	25.651	36.121
129	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	28.89	23.623	34.193
130	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	28.44	25.593	31.273
131	IraqIRQWestern Asia	28.40	25.685	31.025
132	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	27.18	23.267	30.977
133	HaitiHTICaribbean	25.20	26.348	24.058
134	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	25.11	16.315	32.645
135	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	24.11	23.468	24.748
136	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	24.02	19.464	28.614
137	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	23.90	28.978	18.668
138	TogoTGOWestern Africa	22.15	15.123	29.053
139	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	18.36	12.702	24.022
140	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	18.16	13.244	23.044
141	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	17.83	9.136	26.266
142	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	17.53	15.104	19.994
143	GuineaGINWestern Africa	17.22	9.306	25.136
144	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	17.07	14.598	19.858
145	BeninBENWestern Africa	16.53	9.390	23.600
146	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	16.13	13.396	18.866
147	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	15.72	14.486	16.926
148	MaliMLIWestern Africa	13.33	8.330	18.170
149	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	11.79	9.867	13.647
150	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	11.46	9.205	13.735
151	SenegalSENWestern Africa	10.96	7.450	14.490
152	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	10.13	4.964	15.264
153	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10.12	9.822	10.432
154	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	9.91	7.936	11.876
155	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	9.05	6.860	11.180
156	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	8.77	5.966	11.546
157	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	7.22	4.122	10.362
158	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	6.69	4.850	8.570
159	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	6.49	5.034	7.954
160	NigerNERWestern Africa	6.06	3.712	8.302

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.92
2United Kingdom99.65
3Denmark99.58
4Finland99.54
5Norway99.50

Lowest

160Niger6.06
159Burundi6.49
158Mozambique6.69
157South Sudan7.22
156Central African Republic8.77

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 72.08. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.920
LowestNiger3.712
Middle country: 75.347
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.920
LowestBurundi7.954
Middle country: 68.137

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 160 in both
147 · 8rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Türkiye67.72 → 71.93+4.21
Maldives60.97 → 65.17+4.20
Mongolia68.61 → 72.22+3.61
Palestine68.85 → 71.58+2.73
Bhutan38.06 → 40.62+2.56

Fell most

Zimbabwe67.26 → 67.20−0.06
Spain86.29 → 86.24−0.05
Austria99.25 → 99.21−0.04
Belarus99.13 → 99.09−0.04
Moldova94.31 → 94.27−0.04

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 14 decimals. 2 countries share 59.35. 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) (2005). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2005

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