Data for 2019

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2019

Figures for 2019, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2019 covers 160 countries on 3 measures. South Korea is highest, at 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 11.78. The middle country reads 86.29. Against 2018, 157 values changed (150 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Lower Secondary Completion Rate · Data for 2019

HighestSouth Korea

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

11.78

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
2019the year it describes
157distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	100.00	100.000	100.00
2	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.81	99.872	99.75
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.69	99.690	99.69
4	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.65	99.664	99.63
5	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	99.61	99.610	99.61
6	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.60	99.615	99.58
7	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	99.52	99.586	99.46
8	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	99.48	99.434	99.52
9	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	99.34	99.224	99.43
10	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	99.19	99.264	99.11
11	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	99.11	99.238	99.00
12	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	99.07	99.294	98.86
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	99.01	99.339	98.70
14	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	98.98	98.944	99.01
15	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	98.92	98.808	99.06
16	ItalyITASouthern Europe	98.89	99.154	98.64
=17	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	98.87	99.331	98.44
=17	BelarusBLREastern Europe	98.87	98.901	98.84
19	United StatesUSANorthern America	98.81	98.980	98.65
20	UkraineUKREastern Europe	98.75	98.945	98.57
21	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	98.65	98.992	98.33
22	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	98.62	98.586	98.66
23	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	98.55	98.641	98.46
24	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	98.51	98.877	98.17
25	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	98.45	98.638	98.27
26	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	98.44	98.677	98.22
27	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	98.41	98.730	98.10
28	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	98.39	98.718	98.08
29	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	98.33	99.239	97.47
=30	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	98.32	98.496	98.16
=30	PolandPOLEastern Europe	98.32	99.046	97.63
=32	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	98.30	98.685	97.95
=32	IsraelISRWestern Asia	98.30	99.063	97.57
34	FranceFRAWestern Europe	98.07	98.733	97.44
35	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	97.82	97.757	97.84
36	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	97.62	98.212	97.03
37	QatarQATWestern Asia	97.49	96.564	98.15
38	ChileCHLSouth America	97.22	98.201	96.27
39	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	97.19	98.246	96.26
40	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	96.93	97.380	96.50
41	SamoaWSMPolynesia	96.82	98.834	94.88
42	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	96.76	98.191	95.42
43	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	96.50	97.147	95.89
44	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	96.30	97.276	95.36
45	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	96.20	98.923	93.54
46	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	96.16	96.705	95.61
47	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	95.68	95.767	95.60
48	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	95.65	94.313	97.04
49	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	95.53	96.266	94.84
50	CubaCUBCaribbean	95.33	96.413	94.29
51	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	95.32	96.898	93.83
52	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	95.31	95.878	94.79
53	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	94.83	93.797	95.80
54	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	94.24	94.373	94.11
55	SpainESPSouthern Europe	94.17	95.699	92.74
56	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	94.16	95.549	92.84
57	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	93.89	93.458	94.30
58	FijiFJIMelanesia	93.75	95.413	92.08
59	GuyanaGUYSouth America	93.64	95.817	91.56
60	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	93.07	97.900	90.03
61	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	93.01	96.228	89.95
62	BoliviaBOLSouth America	92.99	93.796	92.21
63	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	92.81	92.851	92.77
64	EcuadorECUSouth America	92.25	92.408	92.10
65	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	92.09	92.347	91.86
66	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	91.73	95.769	88.27
67	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	91.18	92.982	89.46
68	JordanJORWestern Asia	90.94	91.021	90.86
69	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	90.87	96.728	84.86
70	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	90.56	94.115	87.11
71	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	89.96	90.920	89.05
72	PeruPERSouth America	89.95	90.256	89.65
73	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	88.85	91.270	86.45
74	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	88.59	90.359	86.91
75	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	88.41	90.383	86.52
76	IranIRNSouthern Asia	88.27	88.563	87.99
77	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	87.54	90.414	84.72
78	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	87.31	92.096	82.80
79	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	86.89	87.953	85.87
80	MexicoMEXCentral America	86.78	87.873	85.71
81	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	85.80	91.193	80.60
82	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	85.46	85.229	85.67
83	BrazilBRASouth America	85.20	89.020	81.50
84	TongaTONPolynesia	85.16	90.170	79.83
85	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	84.70	86.845	82.65
86	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	82.46	93.130	71.79
87	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	79.84	82.791	76.94
88	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	78.92	89.183	68.83
89	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	78.85	80.529	77.11
90	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	78.77	82.502	75.49
91	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	78.43	85.384	71.60
92	ArgentinaARGSouth America	77.51	82.555	72.70
93	ParaguayPRYSouth America	77.17	81.861	72.66
94	ColombiaCOLSouth America	77.13	80.157	74.20
95	PanamaPANCentral America	76.35	80.168	72.69
96	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	74.05	78.033	69.93
97	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	72.82	75.280	70.48
98	Costa RicaCRICentral America	70.61	74.745	66.66
99	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	70.21	70.357	70.07
100	UruguayURYSouth America	69.39	73.730	65.24
101	NauruNRUMicronesia	67.61	72.453	62.38
102	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	67.33	77.490	57.55
103	VenezuelaVENSouth America	67.32	77.290	58.04
104	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	66.50	72.041	60.69
105	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	63.40	60.089	66.59
106	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	60.91	55.570	66.18
107	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	60.61	66.908	54.48
108	KenyaKENEastern Africa	60.33	65.488	55.09
109	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	59.38	61.899	56.91
110	SurinameSURSouth America	57.85	66.156	49.76
111	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	55.53	62.325	48.92
112	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	54.79	45.505	63.99
113	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	52.34	51.299	53.36
114	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	51.80	59.434	44.14
115	YemenYEMWestern Asia	51.79	44.528	58.75
116	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	51.40	53.273	49.55
117	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	50.66	49.187	52.10
118	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	50.05	48.130	51.85
119	HondurasHNDCentral America	49.97	55.458	44.72
120	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	49.61	50.089	49.13
121	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	49.11	53.669	44.74
122	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	48.19	50.990	45.51
123	IraqIRQWestern Asia	48.08	49.709	46.52
124	NicaraguaNICCentral America	47.67	54.810	40.71
125	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	47.06	48.551	45.58
126	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	46.25	47.501	44.98
127	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	44.76	44.505	45.01
128	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	44.44	42.550	46.22
129	GabonGABMiddle Africa	42.96	46.890	39.06
130	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	42.21	41.584	42.82
131	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	41.96	43.312	40.56
132	TogoTGOWestern Africa	41.28	36.003	46.44
133	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	39.03	39.892	38.18
134	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	38.78	35.946	41.63
135	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	38.20	48.535	27.78
136	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	37.90	35.532	40.40
137	HaitiHTICaribbean	34.41	39.045	29.80
138	GuineaGINWestern Africa	34.17	28.466	39.74
139	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	33.95	27.374	39.90
140	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	33.63	37.208	30.41
141	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	31.99	29.167	34.75
142	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	30.03	22.627	36.73
143	BeninBENWestern Africa	29.50	22.978	35.81
144	SenegalSENWestern Africa	28.64	29.913	27.38
145	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	28.00	29.136	26.88
146	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	27.35	27.511	27.19
147	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	27.29	29.206	25.30
148	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	25.64	24.853	26.43
149	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	25.54	20.933	30.14
150	NigerNERWestern Africa	25.36	14.441	35.86
151	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	25.22	26.088	24.34
152	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	24.49	27.840	21.21
153	MaliMLIWestern Africa	21.56	18.074	24.94
154	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	21.29	12.321	30.04
155	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	20.84	21.540	20.15
156	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	16.45	10.889	21.88
157	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	14.42	14.002	14.83
158	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	13.85	10.576	17.17
159	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	12.62	9.728	15.52
160	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	11.78	7.545	15.93

02In 2019

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 Kingdom99.81
3Norway99.69
4Denmark99.65
5Turkmenistan99.61

Lowest

160South Sudan11.78
159Central African Republic12.62
158Mozambique13.85
157Guinea-Bissau14.42
156Chad16.45

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 86.29. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestSouth Korea100.000
LowestSouth Sudan7.545
Middle country: 89.677
Male
HighestSouth Korea100.00
LowestGuinea-Bissau14.83
Middle country: 83.76

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
157values changed, of 160 in both
150 · 7rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia43.84 → 47.06+3.22
Niger22.50 → 25.36+2.86
São Tomé and Príncipe76.01 → 78.85+2.84
Burkina Faso29.22 → 31.99+2.77
Nepal68.01 → 70.21+2.20

Fell most

Zambia46.41 → 46.25−0.16
Cyprus94.32 → 94.16−0.16
Cuba95.43 → 95.33−0.10
Hungary95.59 → 95.53−0.06
Slovakia99.01 → 98.98−0.03

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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157 distinct values among 160
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 98.87. 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) (2019). Lower Secondary Completion Rate, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/lower-secondary-completion/2019

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