Upper Secondary Attainment, 2005

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Upper Secondary Attainment, 2005: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Adults 25+ who completed upper secondary or higher (%)	Female	Male
1	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	85.20	—	84.29
2	United StatesUSANorthern America	85.19	85.44	84.93
3	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	82.78	78.05	87.88
4	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	80.08	81.54	78.34
5	CanadaCANNorthern America	79.23	78.93	79.54
6	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	79.04	80.72	77.38
7	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	77.62	70.55	85.26
8	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	77.50	77.74	77.22
9	PolandPOLEastern Europe	76.45	72.79	80.59
10	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	74.20	66.92	82.15
11	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	74.18	71.76	77.18
12	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	73.62	67.32	80.45
13	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	72.11	68.43	76.44
14	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	71.27	68.44	74.22
15	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	69.25	61.96	77.24
16	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	66.20	65.75	66.68
17	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	65.03	60.29	69.87
18	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	64.95	59.26	70.88
19	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	63.55	57.38	70.81
20	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	63.02	61.51	64.69
21	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	62.53	55.59	70.14
22	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	60.84	51.33	71.87
23	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	60.74	54.84	66.60
24	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	60.59	—	67.27
25	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	59.38	55.97	63.02

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 43.91. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Female

  HighestUnited States85.44

  LowestEthiopia3.10

  Middle country: 39.30

• Male

  HighestSwitzerland87.88

  LowestEthiopia6.78

  Middle country: 43.00

• +19 / −14countries joined / left
• 46values changed, of 46 in both
• 34 · 12rose · fell
• 0unchanged

+ United Arab Emirates+ Belize+ Cameroon+ DR Congo+ Ecuador+ Ethiopia+ India+ Kenya+ Kuwait+ North Macedonia+ Malta+ Malawi+ Malaysia+ Nicaragua+ Pakistan+ Puerto Rico+ Singapore+ Solomon Islands+ Tunisia− Angola− Chile− Denmark− Ireland− Israel− Morocco− Philippines− Qatar− Saudi Arabia− Sierra Leone− Suriname− Chad− Thailand− Uruguay

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.

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