Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2008

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2008: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Lower secondary completion rate (%)	Female	Male
1	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	99.94	99.945	99.9354
2	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.65	99.696	99.6059
3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.59	99.590	99.5900
4	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.54	99.556	99.5258
5	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.52	99.519	99.5195
6	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	99.24	99.133	99.3431
7	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	99.22	99.324	99.1144
8	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	99.20	99.241	99.1607
9	BelarusBLREastern Europe	99.00	99.108	98.8979
10	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	98.96	98.929	98.9889
11	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	98.90	99.304	98.5035
12	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	98.89	99.155	98.6346
13	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	98.86	98.679	99.0587
14	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.84	98.779	98.8986
15	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	98.73	99.011	98.4612
16	UkraineUKREastern Europe	98.63	98.939	98.3387
17	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	98.60	99.046	98.1259
18	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	98.53	98.464	98.5938
19	CanadaCANNorthern America	98.50	98.894	98.1236
20	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	98.14	99.039	97.2790
21	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	98.12	97.823	98.4031
22	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	98.09	98.453	97.7428
23	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	98.06	97.917	98.1970
24	United StatesUSANorthern America	98.05	98.438	97.6880
25	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	97.97	98.070	97.8697

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 76.77. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Female

  HighestSouth Korea99.945

  LowestNiger4.418

  Middle country: 78.395

• Male

  HighestSouth Korea99.9354

  LowestNiger9.5878

  Middle country: 72.4906

• +0 / −0countries joined / left
• 151values changed, of 160 in both
• 144 · 7rose · fell
• 9unchanged

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.

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