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Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008

Figures for 2008, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008 covers 83 countries on 3 measures. Azerbaijan is highest, at 88.54; Tanzania is lowest, at 1.64. The middle country reads 51.86. Against 2007, 64 values changed (51 up, 13 down), 19 countries joined, 12 left.

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Upper Secondary Attainment · Data for 2008

HighestAzerbaijan

88.54

LowestTanzania

1.64

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 83 countries · select a heading to sort

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia88.5485.270192.11
2United StatesUSANorthern America86.6187.226485.95
3CzechiaCZEEastern Europe86.1480.052392.70
4EstoniaESTNorthern Europe85.3286.294784.17
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe84.4380.119089.06
6SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe82.7476.932089.18
7LatviaLVANorthern Europe82.1684.272779.68
8CanadaCANNorthern America81.2781.221281.31
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe80.1673.671587.11
10PolandPOLEastern Europe78.8475.504382.64
11DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe78.7978.097879.47
12LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe78.3575.925981.38
13Puerto RicoPRICaribbean77.7178.672676.60
14Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean77.2978.793475.74
15SwedenSWENorthern Europe76.2776.575575.96
16SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe75.8070.089381.86
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe74.9373.633276.27
18MoldovaMDAEastern Europe74.2071.122377.77
19HungaryHUNEastern Europe73.20—77.56
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe72.4762.957283.55
21South KoreaKOREastern Asia71.8464.331079.63
22AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand70.0967.177573.05
23FinlandFINNorthern Europe68.7968.759368.81
24BulgariaBGREastern Europe67.6165.848169.57
25CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe66.2958.324275.25

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Azerbaijan88.54
  2. 2United States86.61
  3. 3Czechia86.14
  4. 4Estonia85.32
  5. 5Switzerland84.43

Lowest

  1. 83Tanzania1.64
  2. 82Burundi7.42
  3. 81Sudan7.57
  4. 80Uganda8.77
  5. 79Lesotho13.81

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 51.86. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +19 / −12countries joined / left
  • 64values changed, of 64 in both
  • 51 · 13rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Burundi+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Algeria+ Egypt+ Hong Kong+ Iran+ Jamaica+ Jordan+ Lesotho+ Mongolia+ Nepal+ Oman+ Sudan+ Serbia+ South Sudan+ Trinidad and Tobago+ Tanzania+ Uganda+ Uruguay− Armenia− Cameroon− Ethiopia− Fiji− Iraq− Israel− Kazakhstan− Cambodia− Lebanon− French Polynesia− Thailand− Tajikistan

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • The position is ours

    UIS publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 1 empty cell

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2008). Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-attainment/2008

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07Questions

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest upper secondary attainment in Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008?

Azerbaijan, at 88.54, of the 83 countries in the file.

What year does Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008 cover?

83.

Where can I download Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Upper Secondary Attainment, 2008 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Upper Secondary Attainment, 2023.

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