Data for 2015

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2015

Figures for 2015, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2015 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 10.52. The middle country reads 83.81. Against 2014, 157 values changed (138 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2015

HighestSouth Korea

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

10.52

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
2015the year it describes
158distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	100.00	100.0000	99.995
2	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.73	99.7864	99.676
3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.61	99.6147	99.605
4	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.60	99.5907	99.611
5	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.55	99.5648	99.535
6	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	99.52	99.4945	99.544
7	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	99.45	99.4402	99.460
8	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	99.44	99.5167	99.367
9	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	99.19	99.0791	99.299
10	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	99.10	99.0794	99.119
11	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	98.93	99.1655	98.705
12	BelarusBLREastern Europe	98.88	98.8951	98.865
13	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	98.86	98.9270	98.797
14	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.85	98.7421	98.952
15	CanadaCANNorthern America	98.84	99.1917	98.512
16	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	98.80	99.0528	98.563
17	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	98.75	99.1423	98.372
18	United StatesUSANorthern America	98.70	98.9482	98.468
19	UkraineUKREastern Europe	98.64	98.8244	98.464
20	ItalyITASouthern Europe	98.56	98.8546	98.285
21	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	98.53	98.6543	98.414
22	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	98.50	98.4744	98.524
23	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	98.47	98.8084	98.148
24	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	98.44	98.7417	98.152
25	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	98.37	98.3395	98.400
26	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	98.23	99.1653	97.355
27	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	98.17	98.4261	97.916
28	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	98.15	98.3720	97.942
29	IsraelISRWestern Asia	98.11	98.7808	97.471
30	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	98.06	98.3319	97.802
31	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	98.05	98.1525	97.952
32	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	98.04	98.3225	97.783
33	PolandPOLEastern Europe	97.93	98.7631	97.133
34	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	97.88	97.8241	97.944
35	FranceFRAWestern Europe	97.68	98.3713	97.021
36	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	97.27	97.7602	96.790
37	ChileCHLSouth America	96.99	97.8887	96.129
38	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	96.57	97.9264	95.276
39	SamoaWSMPolynesia	96.43	98.5778	94.378
40	CubaCUBCaribbean	96.31	97.0337	95.624
41	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	96.23	96.8036	95.664
42	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	96.03	96.2080	95.868
43	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	95.98	96.4269	95.557
44	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	95.85	95.9220	95.782
45	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	95.60	96.1848	94.985
46	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	95.52	96.8262	94.376
47	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	95.44	96.4828	94.433
48	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	95.27	95.6312	94.921
49	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	95.17	96.2739	94.134
50	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	93.97	92.5520	95.372
51	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	93.96	97.5803	90.440
52	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	93.59	91.2015	96.121
53	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	93.56	93.2188	93.879
54	QatarQATWestern Asia	93.20	91.1250	94.085
55	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	93.09	93.0240	93.154
56	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	92.07	94.5743	89.624
57	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	92.03	92.2071	91.867
58	SpainESPSouthern Europe	91.94	93.4631	90.503
=59	FijiFJIMelanesia	91.52	93.7794	89.299
=59	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	91.52	94.6845	88.455
61	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	91.06	90.0320	92.042
62	BoliviaBOLSouth America	90.55	90.9858	90.126
63	GuyanaGUYSouth America	89.95	92.5337	87.384
64	JordanJORWestern Asia	89.81	90.1703	89.480
65	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	89.54	93.0625	86.482
66	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	89.35	91.1116	87.662
67	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	89.03	90.6839	87.454
68	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	88.23	91.8647	84.755
69	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	87.28	88.4674	86.147
70	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	87.24	93.5934	80.763
71	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	87.07	92.6356	83.206
72	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	85.86	91.1994	80.779
73	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	85.58	88.6572	82.587
74	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	85.51	86.5950	84.485
75	PeruPERSouth America	85.38	85.3998	85.360
76	MexicoMEXCentral America	85.04	86.5595	83.550
=77	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	84.96	87.3216	82.622
=77	IranIRNSouthern Asia	84.96	84.4443	85.454
79	EcuadorECUSouth America	84.88	86.4276	83.388
80	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	84.29	86.6480	82.048
81	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	83.34	88.8448	78.025
82	TongaTONPolynesia	82.92	88.1127	77.603
83	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	81.59	82.9444	80.304
84	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	80.63	91.1950	70.065
85	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	80.61	79.3977	81.708
86	BrazilBRASouth America	79.88	84.6856	75.216
87	ArgentinaARGSouth America	77.41	82.0686	72.959
88	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	77.11	86.7893	67.209
89	ColombiaCOLSouth America	76.62	79.9449	73.395
90	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	76.50	79.6013	73.501
91	PanamaPANCentral America	74.61	78.3552	71.015
92	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	74.15	81.6414	67.101
93	ParaguayPRYSouth America	72.06	76.0256	68.246
94	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	70.86	73.9842	67.504
95	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	70.35	71.8600	68.900
96	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	70.24	72.4273	68.477
97	UruguayURYSouth America	68.73	73.5801	64.080
98	Costa RicaCRICentral America	66.79	70.9458	62.806
99	NauruNRUMicronesia	66.13	70.2708	62.221
100	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	65.49	68.9450	62.035
101	VenezuelaVENSouth America	65.25	74.5128	56.423
102	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	62.88	61.4458	64.276
103	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	62.35	71.7122	53.632
104	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	61.36	57.5652	65.015
105	KenyaKENEastern Africa	58.87	64.1024	53.552
106	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	58.80	62.4670	55.207
107	SurinameSURSouth America	56.85	64.7512	49.231
108	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	56.33	61.1190	51.689
109	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	55.71	48.6387	62.689
110	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	55.18	56.7310	53.661
111	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	49.01	55.3185	42.519
112	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	48.34	46.7639	49.884
113	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	48.06	45.8413	50.231
114	YemenYEMWestern Asia	47.71	38.2643	56.754
115	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	46.92	51.1800	42.600
116	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	46.87	47.4379	46.308
117	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	46.40	49.9936	43.064
118	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	45.94	46.2176	45.658
119	NicaraguaNICCentral America	45.38	51.8071	39.097
120	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	45.37	43.6490	47.089
121	HondurasHNDCentral America	45.30	50.9425	39.883
122	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	45.01	41.7601	48.050
123	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	44.95	39.7242	50.134
124	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	44.34	46.2435	42.513
125	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	42.03	39.3058	44.616
126	IraqIRQWestern Asia	41.15	42.3943	39.954
127	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	40.29	39.2387	41.339
128	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	39.38	40.1916	38.522
129	GabonGABMiddle Africa	38.99	42.5342	35.524
130	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	38.32	37.6331	39.003
131	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	38.09	39.0749	37.125
132	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	37.24	37.9545	36.544
133	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	36.26	32.3359	40.206
134	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	34.61	30.8376	38.678
135	TogoTGOWestern Africa	34.59	28.0347	41.015
136	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	33.99	42.8968	24.987
137	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	33.89	36.1940	31.824
138	HaitiHTICaribbean	31.28	34.9111	27.671
139	GuineaGINWestern Africa	29.83	22.2795	37.220
140	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	28.47	20.7017	35.652
141	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	27.42	21.1150	33.675
142	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	26.70	25.3637	28.034
143	BeninBENWestern Africa	26.63	19.3540	33.684
144	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	25.32	23.6507	27.001
145	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	24.43	24.5814	24.281
146	SenegalSENWestern Africa	23.34	21.7802	24.890
147	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	21.89	23.6928	20.033
148	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	21.21	22.8674	19.597
149	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	20.48	11.7049	29.025
150	MaliMLIWestern Africa	20.35	15.4119	25.142
151	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	20.34	17.0306	23.591
152	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	20.18	20.1455	20.216
153	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	19.83	19.8452	19.815
154	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	19.56	15.2893	23.839
155	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	14.38	8.7482	19.878
156	NigerNERWestern Africa	14.36	8.7940	19.704
157	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	12.89	11.3380	14.428
158	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	11.16	8.5302	13.830
159	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	11.08	8.2344	13.924
160	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	10.52	6.5790	14.369

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

1South Korea100.00
2United Kingdom99.73
3Denmark99.61
4Norway99.60
5Finland99.55

Lowest

160South Sudan10.52
159Central African Republic11.08
158Mozambique11.16
157Guinea-Bissau12.89
156Niger14.36

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 83.81. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea100.0000
LowestSouth Sudan6.5790
Middle country: 86.5773
Male
HighestSouth Korea99.995
LowestMozambique13.830
Middle country: 80.771

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
157values changed, of 160 in both
138 · 19rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe61.13 → 65.49+4.36
Republic of the Congo41.34 → 44.95+3.61
Ecuador82.05 → 84.88+2.83
Iraq38.60 → 41.15+2.55
Burkina Faso17.97 → 20.34+2.37

Fell most

Netherlands89.47 → 89.03−0.44
Cuba96.74 → 96.31−0.43
Uganda25.65 → 25.32−0.33
Papua New Guinea34.21 → 33.89−0.32
Colombia76.83 → 76.62−0.21

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.

The site’s method

158 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 91.52. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
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Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2015). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2015

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