Data for 2013

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2013

Figures for 2013, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2013 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 99.98; South Sudan is lowest, at 9.97. The middle country reads 81.42. Against 2012, 157 values changed (142 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2013

HighestSouth Korea

99.98

LowestSouth Sudan

9.97

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
2013the year it describes
155distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	99.98	99.985	99.98
2	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.68	99.731	99.63
3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.60	99.600	99.60
4	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.57	99.569	99.57
5	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.55	99.565	99.54
=6	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	99.43	99.548	99.32
=6	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	99.43	99.384	99.47
8	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	99.41	99.435	99.38
9	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	99.10	98.984	99.23
10	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	99.08	99.049	99.11
=11	BelarusBLREastern Europe	98.91	98.951	98.87
=11	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	98.91	99.141	98.69
13	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.87	98.772	98.95
14	CanadaCANNorthern America	98.77	99.132	98.43
15	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	98.75	98.786	98.72
16	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	98.71	99.006	98.44
17	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	98.68	99.038	98.32
18	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	98.63	98.702	98.56
19	UkraineUKREastern Europe	98.59	98.795	98.40
20	United StatesUSANorthern America	98.55	98.829	98.29
21	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	98.51	98.408	98.61
22	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	98.41	98.708	98.12
23	ItalyITASouthern Europe	98.40	98.725	98.10
24	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	98.37	98.718	98.04
25	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	98.24	98.255	98.23
26	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	98.09	99.032	97.19
27	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	98.08	98.325	97.84
28	IsraelISRWestern Asia	98.00	98.620	97.41
=29	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	97.97	98.208	97.73
=29	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	97.97	97.876	98.06
31	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	97.92	97.961	97.88
32	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	97.91	98.123	97.71
33	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	97.87	98.137	97.62
34	PolandPOLEastern Europe	97.73	98.597	96.90
35	FranceFRAWestern Europe	97.38	98.074	96.71
36	CubaCUBCaribbean	97.10	97.600	96.62
37	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	97.05	97.445	96.67
38	ChileCHLSouth America	97.02	97.908	96.17
39	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	96.49	97.712	95.33
40	SamoaWSMPolynesia	96.25	98.468	94.16
=41	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	96.10	96.656	95.55
=41	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	96.10	96.566	95.66
43	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	95.89	95.957	95.83
44	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	95.46	95.511	95.41
45	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	95.45	96.621	94.38
46	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	95.33	95.885	94.75
47	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	95.11	96.218	94.04
48	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	95.10	95.430	94.78
49	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	94.54	95.954	93.28
50	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	93.62	92.038	95.22
51	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	93.30	92.905	93.67
52	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	93.12	93.302	92.94
53	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	92.39	96.532	88.44
54	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	92.16	92.155	92.16
55	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	92.11	88.866	95.57
56	QatarQATWestern Asia	90.95	89.052	91.87
57	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	90.70	93.619	87.87
58	SpainESPSouthern Europe	90.19	91.838	88.64
59	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	90.17	93.348	87.06
60	FijiFJIMelanesia	90.06	92.741	87.43
61	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	89.80	91.334	88.33
62	JordanJORWestern Asia	89.32	89.773	88.89
63	BoliviaBOLSouth America	89.24	89.453	89.03
64	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	88.95	86.661	91.13
65	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	88.29	91.296	85.66
66	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	87.97	90.083	85.95
67	GuyanaGUYSouth America	87.38	90.267	84.49
68	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	87.14	90.510	83.88
69	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	85.58	90.694	80.66
70	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	85.09	91.621	78.50
71	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	85.03	86.468	83.66
72	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	84.80	86.046	83.62
73	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	84.45	87.632	81.33
74	MexicoMEXCentral America	83.92	85.561	82.30
75	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	83.77	89.306	79.94
76	IranIRNSouthern Asia	83.19	82.227	84.11
77	PeruPERSouth America	82.86	82.969	82.75
78	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	82.55	84.917	80.20
79	TongaTONPolynesia	81.69	86.933	76.57
80	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	81.55	86.923	76.35
81	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	81.29	83.547	79.15
82	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	80.38	81.301	79.51
83	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	79.71	90.205	69.21
84	EcuadorECUSouth America	78.98	80.771	77.25
85	ArgentinaARGSouth America	77.68	81.909	73.64
86	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	77.61	75.576	79.46
87	BrazilBRASouth America	77.20	82.449	72.10
88	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	76.78	85.953	67.39
89	ColombiaCOLSouth America	76.63	80.657	72.72
90	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	75.68	78.343	73.09
91	PanamaPANCentral America	73.65	77.097	70.34
92	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	72.27	80.148	64.90
93	ParaguayPRYSouth America	69.46	72.925	66.12
94	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	69.04	69.773	68.33
95	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	68.99	71.304	66.47
96	UruguayURYSouth America	68.80	73.539	64.25
97	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	65.39	66.202	64.73
98	NauruNRUMicronesia	65.11	69.076	61.53
99	VenezuelaVENSouth America	64.42	73.364	55.88
100	Costa RicaCRICentral America	64.04	68.557	59.71
101	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	60.81	57.060	64.42
102	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	59.50	68.086	51.56
103	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	58.83	56.299	61.30
104	KenyaKENEastern Africa	57.26	61.991	52.48
105	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	56.64	60.468	52.87
106	SurinameSURSouth America	56.24	63.667	49.17
107	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	54.92	58.261	51.64
108	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	53.87	57.666	50.17
109	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	53.63	54.565	52.71
110	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	53.12	45.492	60.64
111	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	47.76	53.489	41.83
112	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	46.78	44.140	49.37
113	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	45.82	44.122	47.48
114	YemenYEMWestern Asia	45.43	35.209	55.22
115	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	45.20	44.773	45.62
116	HondurasHNDCentral America	45.02	50.765	39.49
117	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	44.94	47.985	42.07
118	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	44.74	44.324	45.16
119	NicaraguaNICCentral America	44.06	50.156	38.07
120	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	43.54	40.968	46.11
121	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	42.94	39.444	46.21
122	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	42.50	45.004	40.04
123	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	41.35	42.732	40.02
124	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	40.86	37.897	43.69
125	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	38.43	39.474	37.40
126	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	38.16	38.813	37.47
127	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	37.94	35.081	40.78
128	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	37.70	36.418	38.98
129	GabonGABMiddle Africa	37.13	40.175	34.15
130	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	36.09	36.450	35.74
131	IraqIRQWestern Asia	36.06	36.809	35.34
132	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	35.09	33.268	36.91
133	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	34.73	30.223	39.26
134	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	34.19	35.704	32.83
135	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	32.36	40.486	24.12
136	TogoTGOWestern Africa	31.63	24.632	38.49
137	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	30.96	26.759	35.53
138	HaitiHTICaribbean	29.24	32.626	25.88
139	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	27.62	19.711	34.93
140	GuineaGINWestern Africa	27.26	19.184	35.19
141	BeninBENWestern Africa	26.27	18.324	33.99
142	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	26.13	23.563	28.71
143	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	25.71	23.758	27.68
144	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	25.57	19.514	31.75
145	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	22.75	22.573	22.92
146	SenegalSENWestern Africa	21.34	18.714	23.97
147	MaliMLIWestern Africa	20.21	14.781	25.49
148	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	19.89	11.148	28.40
149	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	19.83	19.319	20.37
150	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	19.61	20.402	18.84
151	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	19.47	20.520	18.38
152	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	19.32	18.780	19.86
153	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	16.08	12.767	19.34
154	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	16.02	11.924	20.13
155	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	13.78	7.991	19.44
156	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	12.32	10.251	14.37
157	NigerNERWestern Africa	10.67	6.668	14.51
=158	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	10.42	7.673	13.19
=158	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	10.42	7.974	12.90
160	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	9.97	6.118	13.76

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea99.98
2United Kingdom99.68
3Denmark99.60
4Norway99.57
5Finland99.55

Lowest

160South Sudan9.97
158Mozambiqueshared10.42
158Central African Republicshared10.42
157Niger10.67
156Guinea-Bissau12.32

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 81.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea99.985
LowestSouth Sudan6.118
Middle country: 84.232
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.98
LowestMozambique12.90
Middle country: 78.82

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
157values changed, of 160 in both
142 · 15rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe52.10 → 56.64+4.54
Republic of the Congo34.72 → 37.94+3.22
Ecuador75.82 → 78.98+3.16
Bhutan62.72 → 65.39+2.67
Nepal56.47 → 58.83+2.36

Fell most

Sudan38.89 → 38.43−0.46
Argentina78.10 → 77.68−0.42
Netherlands90.04 → 89.80−0.24
Cuba97.31 → 97.10−0.21
Malawi20.00 → 19.83−0.17

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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155 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.43. 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) (2013). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2013

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