Data for 2010

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2010

Figures for 2010, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2010 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.96; Niger is lowest, at 7.86. The middle country reads 78.38. Against 2009, 154 values changed (142 up, 12 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2010

HighestSouth Korea

99.96

LowestNiger

7.86

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
2010the year it describes
156distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	99.96	99.965	99.955
2	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.66	99.706	99.616
3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.59	99.589	99.589
4	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.54	99.556	99.526
5	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.53	99.541	99.521
6	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	99.32	99.410	99.230
7	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	99.31	99.224	99.394
8	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	99.20	99.464	98.944
9	BelarusBLREastern Europe	98.98	99.083	98.883
10	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	98.96	98.778	99.108
=11	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	98.95	98.996	98.906
=11	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	98.95	99.185	98.725
=11	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	98.95	98.915	98.985
14	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.85	98.785	98.885
15	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	98.71	99.014	98.424
16	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	98.65	99.055	98.215
=17	CanadaCANNorthern America	98.63	99.008	98.268
=17	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	98.63	98.605	98.655
19	UkraineUKREastern Europe	98.55	98.827	98.287
20	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	98.33	98.106	98.546
21	United StatesUSANorthern America	98.30	98.584	98.034
22	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	98.17	98.533	97.823
23	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	98.16	98.398	97.918
24	ItalyITASouthern Europe	98.08	98.549	97.639
25	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	98.06	98.999	97.159
=26	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	98.03	97.912	98.142
=26	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	98.03	98.115	97.945
28	IsraelISRWestern Asia	97.88	98.417	97.367
29	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	97.84	98.056	97.626
30	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	97.71	97.705	97.715
31	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	97.69	97.891	97.491
32	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	97.64	97.776	97.516
33	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	97.60	97.897	97.317
34	PolandPOLEastern Europe	97.33	98.204	96.494
35	CubaCUBCaribbean	97.14	97.779	96.539
36	FranceFRAWestern Europe	96.94	97.563	96.343
37	ChileCHLSouth America	96.80	97.790	95.850
38	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	96.65	96.775	96.535
39	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	96.31	97.532	95.162
40	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	95.94	97.013	95.033
41	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	95.93	96.007	95.857
42	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	95.85	96.368	95.338
43	SamoaWSMPolynesia	95.84	98.187	93.667
44	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	95.71	96.140	95.300
45	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	94.91	95.572	94.222
46	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	94.46	95.634	93.324
47	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	94.41	94.207	94.607
48	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	94.18	94.540	93.840
49	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	93.48	94.025	92.955
50	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	93.04	91.262	94.882
51	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	92.62	91.945	93.255
52	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	92.59	92.310	92.860
53	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	92.51	94.113	91.023
54	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	91.06	93.157	89.017
55	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	90.11	91.291	88.981
56	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	89.35	94.301	84.671
57	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	88.50	83.647	93.697
58	JordanJORWestern Asia	88.46	89.185	87.765
59	FijiFJIMelanesia	88.40	91.647	85.237
60	SpainESPSouthern Europe	87.73	89.576	85.996
61	QatarQATWestern Asia	87.33	85.992	88.022
62	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	86.64	89.202	84.142
63	BoliviaBOLSouth America	86.41	86.162	86.652
64	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	85.96	89.057	82.967
65	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	85.77	90.565	81.075
66	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	85.38	87.002	83.932
67	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	84.51	88.989	80.159
68	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	84.42	80.056	88.576
69	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	84.17	87.216	81.206
70	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	83.85	85.119	82.669
71	GuyanaGUYSouth America	83.08	86.331	79.821
72	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	82.87	84.317	81.487
73	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	81.86	88.145	75.595
74	MexicoMEXCentral America	81.77	83.591	79.951
75	IranIRNSouthern Asia	81.02	80.116	81.886
76	PeruPERSouth America	80.57	80.063	81.083
77	TongaTONPolynesia	79.91	85.009	74.809
78	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	78.91	83.823	75.503
79	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	78.58	78.513	78.643
80	ArgentinaARGSouth America	78.47	82.331	74.781
81	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	78.28	88.545	68.015
82	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	77.88	83.206	72.706
83	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	77.85	80.383	75.303
84	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	76.62	84.767	68.427
85	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	75.47	77.042	73.922
86	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	75.41	77.011	73.891
87	BrazilBRASouth America	74.23	79.738	68.868
88	ColombiaCOLSouth America	74.15	78.532	69.892
89	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	72.10	68.616	75.286
90	PanamaPANCentral America	72.08	75.646	68.646
91	EcuadorECUSouth America	70.78	71.843	69.753
92	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	70.21	77.549	63.299
93	UruguayURYSouth America	70.10	74.579	65.819
94	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	67.63	68.786	66.386
95	ParaguayPRYSouth America	65.75	68.777	62.837
96	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	65.05	64.763	65.333
97	VenezuelaVENSouth America	62.94	71.561	54.721
98	NauruNRUMicronesia	62.72	66.078	59.478
99	Costa RicaCRICentral America	61.36	66.043	56.873
100	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	60.24	56.628	63.728
101	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	56.46	54.846	57.886
102	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	53.92	61.038	47.338
103	KenyaKENEastern Africa	53.08	56.257	49.897
104	SurinameSURSouth America	52.50	59.170	46.250
105	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	51.72	47.942	55.512
106	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	51.34	51.208	51.469
107	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	49.67	52.037	47.357
108	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	49.03	40.070	57.860
109	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	49.02	51.617	46.497
110	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	46.25	50.721	41.621
111	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	44.79	41.544	47.964
112	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	43.95	46.334	41.614
113	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	43.00	40.656	45.336
114	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	42.80	45.075	40.615
115	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	42.72	40.678	44.788
116	HondurasHNDCentral America	42.59	47.980	37.400
117	NicaraguaNICCentral America	42.30	47.815	36.795
118	YemenYEMWestern Asia	41.63	29.903	52.873
119	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	41.43	39.908	42.918
120	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	39.98	35.697	43.997
121	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	39.33	40.287	38.367
122	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	39.12	35.972	42.112
123	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	38.28	34.422	42.132
124	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	37.33	38.660	36.050
125	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	37.22	37.641	36.811
126	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	36.34	36.591	36.081
127	GabonGABMiddle Africa	35.99	37.947	34.067
128	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	33.75	31.692	35.802
129	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	33.72	32.595	34.795
130	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	33.26	33.355	33.175
131	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	33.12	28.105	38.165
132	IraqIRQWestern Asia	32.82	32.510	33.120
133	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	29.81	36.204	23.294
134	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	29.73	28.993	30.463
135	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	28.69	25.020	32.330
136	TogoTGOWestern Africa	27.72	20.543	34.763
137	HaitiHTICaribbean	27.68	30.462	24.912
138	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	26.67	18.533	33.923
139	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	26.08	21.778	30.578
140	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	23.23	21.794	24.684
141	GuineaGINWestern Africa	23.15	14.797	31.407
142	BeninBENWestern Africa	22.86	14.630	30.900
143	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	22.68	16.718	28.758
144	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	20.92	17.193	24.703
145	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	20.39	19.354	21.404
146	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	20.29	18.341	22.431
147	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	19.20	10.456	27.716
148	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	18.52	16.681	20.361
149	MaliMLIWestern Africa	18.42	12.656	24.036
150	SenegalSENWestern Africa	17.35	13.929	20.819
151	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	17.33	16.614	18.024
152	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	16.96	17.141	16.771
153	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	12.32	6.517	18.027
154	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	12.30	9.188	15.348
155	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	11.49	9.291	13.671
156	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	11.09	7.849	14.349
157	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	9.65	6.880	12.550
158	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	9.02	6.800	11.280
159	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	9.00	5.296	12.676
160	NigerNERWestern Africa	7.86	4.871	10.721

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.96
2United Kingdom99.66
3Denmark99.59
4Finland99.54
5Norway99.53

Lowest

160Niger7.86
159South Sudan9.00
158Mozambique9.02
157Central African Republic9.65
156Burundi11.09

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 78.38. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.965
LowestNiger4.871
Middle country: 80.249
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.955
LowestNiger10.721
Middle country: 75.048

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
154values changed, of 160 in both
142 · 12rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan52.67 → 56.46+3.79
São Tomé and Príncipe40.83 → 43.95+3.12
Tanzania18.19 → 20.92+2.73
Nepal49.35 → 51.72+2.37
Sierra Leone26.33 → 28.69+2.36

Fell most

Uruguay70.85 → 70.10−0.75
Trinidad and Tobago91.22 → 91.06−0.16
Romania93.64 → 93.48−0.16
Austria99.10 → 98.95−0.15
Cyprus96.02 → 95.94−0.08

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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156 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 98.95. 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) (2010). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2010

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