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Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2009

Figures for 2009, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2009 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.95; Niger is lowest, at 7.44. The middle country reads 77.40. Against 2008, 157 values changed (147 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2009

HighestSouth Korea

99.95

LowestNiger

7.44

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.9599.955499.9454
2United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.6699.705999.6159
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.5999.589599.5895
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.5499.550299.5302
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.5399.535199.5251
6TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.2899.178599.3785
7KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia99.2799.374599.1645
8AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.1099.151499.0514
9RussiaRUSEastern Europe99.0699.388898.7388
10BelarusBLREastern Europe99.0099.108398.8983
11SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe98.9598.909198.9891
=12BarbadosBRBCaribbean98.9298.745699.0956
=12LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe98.9299.169598.6795
14IcelandISLNorthern Europe98.8598.794098.9040
15SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe98.7299.015698.4456
16ArmeniaARMWestern Asia98.6399.059498.1694
=17SwedenSWENorthern Europe98.5998.533298.6432
=17UkraineUKREastern Europe98.5998.882098.3120
19CanadaCANNorthern America98.5698.952798.1827
20CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe98.2497.974098.4940
21United StatesUSANorthern America98.2098.525897.8958
22SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe98.1298.493097.7630
23LatviaLVANorthern Europe98.1099.012297.2222
24MaltaMLTSouthern Europe98.0597.932398.1623
25GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia98.0198.237997.7779

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Korea99.95
  2. 2United Kingdom99.66
  3. 3Denmark99.59
  4. 4Finland99.54
  5. 5Norway99.53

Lowest

  1. 160Niger7.44
  2. 159Mozambique8.42
  3. 158South Sudan8.54
  4. 157Central African Republic9.44
  5. 156Burundi9.93

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 77.40. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 160 in both
  • 147 · 10rose · fell
  • 3unchanged

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
  • 156 distinct values among 160

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 98.92. 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) (2009). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2009

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07Questions

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest lower secondary completion rate in Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2009?

South Korea, at 99.95, of the 160 countries in the file.

What year does Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2009 cover?

160.

Where can I download Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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