Data for 2015

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2015

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

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2015 covers 107 countries on 3 measures. Armenia is highest, at 94.63; Tanzania is lowest, at 5.27. The middle country reads 50.37. Against 2014, 89 values changed (72 up, 17 down), 18 countries joined, 20 left.

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Upper Secondary Attainment · Data for 2015

HighestArmenia

94.63

LowestTanzania

5.27

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

107countries
3measures per country
2015the year it describes
107distinct values14 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Upper Secondary Attainment, 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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Upper Secondary Attainment, 2015: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	94.63	95.59	93.39
2	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	94.09	94.55	93.56
3	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	93.52	92.93	94.23
4	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	92.08	90.30	93.93
5	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	90.20	90.72	89.66
6	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	89.77	85.58	94.24
7	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	88.67	85.37	92.26
8	United StatesUSANorthern America	88.41	88.76	88.04
9	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	88.29	90.56	85.64
10	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	86.69	82.60	91.14
11	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	86.56	89.51	83.29
12	CanadaCANNorthern America	85.31	85.30	85.33
13	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	85.19	81.62	88.92
14	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	84.31	82.83	86.20
15	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	83.08	78.30	88.15
16	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	81.50	82.87	79.91
17	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	81.45	76.82	86.36
18	IsraelISRWestern Asia	81.44	81.30	81.60
19	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	81.27	80.73	81.88
20	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	79.01	72.47	86.02
21	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	78.66	72.19	85.61
22	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	78.08	78.73	77.35
23	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	77.75	77.81	77.69
24	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	77.49	76.89	78.10
25	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	76.45	70.38	82.75
26	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	75.55	73.38	77.76
27	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	75.10	71.07	79.77
28	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	75.03	74.32	75.76
29	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	74.91	73.66	76.29
30	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	74.73	73.52	76.13
31	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	74.02	74.72	73.27
32	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	73.93	67.19	81.45
33	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	73.45	75.31	71.48
34	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	72.38	70.77	73.99
35	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	70.92	68.28	73.79
36	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	70.90	65.20	77.13
37	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	69.66	67.50	72.00
38	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	69.57	65.48	73.82
39	FranceFRAWestern Europe	69.44	66.73	72.44
40	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	69.07	68.17	69.94
41	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	69.05	67.41	70.86
42	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	67.59	68.23	66.96
43	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	66.21	64.70	67.83
44	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	64.66	59.40	70.38
45	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	62.28	55.52	69.10
46	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	62.16	60.50	64.21
47	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	60.83	49.68	72.90
48	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	57.93	56.92	59.01
49	ChileCHLSouth America	56.96	55.97	58.15
50	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	56.73	56.69	56.78
51	PeruPERSouth America	56.02	51.47	60.62
52	VenezuelaVENSouth America	55.79	59.69	51.75
53	BoliviaBOLSouth America	51.26	49.54	52.89
54	OmanOMNWestern Asia	50.37	63.18	45.31
55	ItalyITASouthern Europe	49.15	48.22	50.17
56	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	48.34	45.21	51.68
57	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	48.19	43.45	53.18
58	SpainESPSouthern Europe	47.86	47.34	48.42
59	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	47.55	47.28	47.81
60	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	47.33	41.68	52.84
61	PanamaPANCentral America	46.80	49.00	44.30
62	ColombiaCOLSouth America	45.40	46.14	44.61
63	BrazilBRASouth America	43.78	45.73	41.57
64	EcuadorECUSouth America	42.26	41.90	42.64
65	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	41.62	36.44	47.02
66	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	40.83	39.85	41.91
67	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	39.02	38.26	39.78
68	ParaguayPRYSouth America	38.79	38.59	39.00
69	Costa RicaCRICentral America	37.99	38.90	36.98
70	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	37.07	30.45	43.84
71	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	36.91	35.46	38.38
72	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	35.43	36.70	33.95
73	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	34.87	38.20	31.30
74	MexicoMEXCentral America	33.35	32.15	34.68
75	BelizeBLZCentral America	32.59	32.77	32.40
76	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	32.26	28.53	36.06
77	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	32.22	31.21	33.32
78	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	30.90	29.60	32.50
79	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	29.90	36.32	26.38
80	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	29.73	25.54	33.89
81	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	29.00	24.78	33.57
82	UruguayURYSouth America	28.75	32.13	24.90
83	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	28.56	23.72	33.44
84	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	28.12	25.22	31.29
85	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	25.50	18.45	32.53
86	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	24.02	17.09	31.39
87	HondurasHNDCentral America	22.92	24.74	20.65
88	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	22.74	—	—
89	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	22.08	16.45	29.44
90	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	20.04	19.81	20.29
91	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	19.99	13.66	27.04
92	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	19.79	14.92	24.91
93	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	19.66	17.82	21.54
94	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	17.44	12.24	23.99
95	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	15.30	11.33	19.64
96	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	15.11	13.60	16.99
97	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	12.37	7.60	18.17
98	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	11.78	8.92	15.43
99	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	9.79	3.35	15.99
100	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	9.45	7.79	10.68
101	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	9.30	4.66	15.39
102	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	7.52	5.96	9.53
103	MaliMLIWestern Africa	7.51	6.35	8.80
104	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	7.47	3.98	12.60
105	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	6.88	7.69	5.91
106	SenegalSENWestern Africa	5.71	3.64	8.54
107	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	5.27	3.62	7.20

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

1Armenia94.63
2Russia94.09
3Georgia93.52
4Uzbekistan92.08
5Cayman Islands90.20

Lowest

107Tanzania5.27
106Senegal5.71
105Myanmar6.88
104Mauritania7.47
103Mali7.51

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 50.37. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestArmenia95.59
LowestAfghanistan3.35
Middle country: 49.61
Male
HighestCzechia94.24
LowestMyanmar5.91
Middle country: 52.86

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

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

+18 / −20countries joined / left
89values changed, of 89 in both
72 · 17rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tunisia24.59 → 41.62+17.03
Bolivia40.90 → 51.26+10.36
Bangladesh23.22 → 28.56+5.34
Venezuela51.40 → 55.79+4.39
Ecuador38.53 → 42.26+3.73

Fell most

Guatemala26.60 → 15.11−11.49
Luxembourg79.57 → 69.07−10.49
Belize38.49 → 32.59−5.90
Zimbabwe15.19 → 11.78−3.41
Chile60.31 → 56.96−3.35

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Cabo Verde

+ Ghana

+ Gambia

+ Kuwait

+ Laos

+ Madagascar

+ Myanmar

+ Mozambique

+ Mauritania

+ Malawi

+ Oman

+ Puerto Rico

+ Senegal

+ Solomon Islands

+ Turkmenistan

+ Timor-Leste

+ Zambia

− Burundi

− Burkina Faso

− Côte d’Ivoire

− Cameroon

− Comoros

− Micronesia

− United Kingdom

− Guinea

− Iran

− Jamaica

− Morocco

− Maldives

− Namibia

− Niger

− Nicaragua

− Palau

− Poland

− Qatar

− Uganda

− Yemen

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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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2015). Upper Secondary Attainment, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-attainment/2015

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