Data for 2019

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2019

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

Upper Secondary Attainment, 2019 covers 116 countries on 3 measures. Uzbekistan is highest, at 96.68; Niger is lowest, at 3.14. The middle country reads 55.22. Against 2018, 90 values changed (66 up, 24 down), 26 countries joined, 23 left.

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Upper Secondary Attainment · Data for 2019

HighestUzbekistan

96.68

LowestNiger

3.14

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

116countries
3measures per country
2019the year it describes
116distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Upper Secondary Attainment, 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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Upper Secondary Attainment, 2019: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	96.68	95.812	97.57
2	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	94.75	96.014	93.29
3	BelarusBLREastern Europe	94.74	93.874	95.82
4	United StatesUSANorthern America	94.69	94.795	94.58
5	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	94.31	93.993	94.69
6	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	92.17	91.694	92.75
7	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	91.44	90.771	92.27
8	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	90.93	92.911	88.65
9	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	90.67	87.360	94.17
10	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	89.68	88.826	90.72
11	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	88.42	84.878	92.24
12	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	87.70	84.346	91.34
13	CanadaCANNorthern America	87.44	87.793	87.07
14	BahamasBHSCaribbean	87.09	86.724	87.53
15	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	86.65	83.726	89.66
16	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	84.91	84.624	85.24
17	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	84.32	80.963	87.81
18	IsraelISRWestern Asia	84.16	84.186	84.13
19	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	82.94	79.424	86.56
20	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	81.82	77.341	86.61
21	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	80.67	75.393	86.28
22	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	79.05	77.800	80.34
23	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	79.04	75.480	83.04
24	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	78.75	78.785	78.71
25	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	78.46	80.533	76.12
26	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	78.45	72.377	84.69
27	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	77.45	78.474	76.37
28	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	77.26	77.172	77.34
29	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	77.04	76.882	77.19
30	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	76.74	70.956	83.20
31	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	76.63	75.359	78.05
32	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	75.94	78.140	73.63
33	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	75.12	74.812	75.43
34	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	74.54	73.501	75.78
35	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	74.48	72.074	77.12
36	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	74.22	71.662	76.76
37	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	73.87	73.742	73.98
38	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	73.80	70.756	76.96
39	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	73.64	68.604	79.14
40	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	73.34	72.518	74.22
41	FranceFRAWestern Europe	72.19	69.976	74.65
42	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	71.52	71.313	71.66
43	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	71.45	70.560	72.38
44	UkraineUKREastern Europe	70.98	—	73.65
45	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	69.22	69.050	69.36
46	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	69.18	64.566	74.18
47	ChileCHLSouth America	66.84	66.127	67.59
48	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	64.74	63.703	65.78
49	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	63.96	62.281	66.07
50	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	63.74	60.858	66.94
51	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	62.90	51.883	74.69
52	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	62.79	62.141	63.47
53	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	62.64	67.025	57.95
54	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	62.61	62.957	62.29
55	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	62.30	63.010	61.46
56	BoliviaBOLSouth America	60.15	56.496	63.85
57	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	56.87	54.768	58.17
58	CubaCUBCaribbean	55.33	55.831	54.78
59	PeruPERSouth America	55.10	50.300	60.60
60	PanamaPANCentral America	54.31	56.739	51.63
61	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	53.16	53.939	52.78
62	SpainESPSouthern Europe	53.01	53.144	52.87
63	ItalyITASouthern Europe	52.64	52.312	53.00
64	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	52.33	—	53.77
65	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	51.98	50.994	52.88
66	ColombiaCOLSouth America	51.10	52.478	49.61
67	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	50.71	46.062	55.51
68	BrazilBRASouth America	50.20	52.400	47.90
69	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	48.77	48.984	48.55
70	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	48.22	51.827	44.26
71	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	43.62	42.563	44.78
72	IranIRNSouthern Asia	43.52	41.125	45.95
73	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	42.98	41.296	45.04
74	EcuadorECUSouth America	42.90	42.600	43.20
75	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	42.44	42.496	42.38
76	ParaguayPRYSouth America	42.24	41.826	42.67
77	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	42.17	35.963	48.51
78	JordanJORWestern Asia	41.91	39.742	43.74
79	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	41.37	45.297	37.32
80	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	41.25	43.823	38.74
81	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	40.68	42.203	38.89
82	SamoaWSMPolynesia	39.56	42.782	36.30
83	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	39.27	29.516	50.64
84	Costa RicaCRICentral America	38.40	39.200	37.50
85	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	36.99	33.415	40.59
86	MexicoMEXCentral America	36.73	36.078	37.48
87	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	35.26	35.113	35.42
88	GuyanaGUYSouth America	35.23	36.345	33.83
89	KenyaKENEastern Africa	34.51	29.858	39.45
90	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	33.58	31.184	36.53
91	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	33.13	31.408	34.83
92	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	31.93	29.527	34.49
93	UruguayURYSouth America	31.51	35.049	27.49
94	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	31.33	26.839	35.96
95	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	26.16	16.939	36.48
96	HondurasHNDCentral America	26.10	27.800	24.10
97	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	24.11	24.827	23.40
98	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	24.02	22.428	26.00
99	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	22.76	21.857	23.90
100	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	20.88	18.992	22.70
101	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	15.34	13.169	17.87
102	TogoTGOWestern Africa	14.29	6.844	23.36
103	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	14.24	10.500	18.49
104	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	13.27	10.590	16.66
105	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	12.20	9.469	15.41
106	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	12.09	6.594	18.51
107	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	9.42	6.484	12.83
108	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	8.87	5.881	12.17
109	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	7.82	4.994	11.05
110	SenegalSENWestern Africa	7.41	4.689	11.21
111	MaliMLIWestern Africa	7.13	4.243	10.38
112	BeninBENWestern Africa	6.37	3.262	9.97
113	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	6.06	—	11.88
114	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	5.61	3.260	8.27
115	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	4.56	1.841	7.86
116	NigerNERWestern Africa	3.14	1.882	4.59

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

1Uzbekistan96.68
2Armenia94.75
3Belarus94.74
4United States94.69
5Kazakhstan94.31

Lowest

116Niger3.14
115Chad4.56
114Central African Republic5.61
113Guinea-Bissau6.06
112Benin6.37

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 55.22. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestArmenia96.014
LowestChad1.841
Middle country: 54.768
Male
HighestUzbekistan97.57
LowestNiger4.59
Middle country: 56.73

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

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

+26 / −23countries joined / left
90values changed, of 90 in both
66 · 24rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bolivia45.20 → 60.15+14.95
Türkiye33.50 → 42.17+8.67
Myanmar15.42 → 22.76+7.35
Panama47.20 → 54.31+7.11
Malta45.22 → 51.98+6.76

Fell most

Sweden83.17 → 77.26−5.92
Ukraine74.85 → 70.98−3.87
Norway82.16 → 78.75−3.41
Finland80.59 → 77.45−3.14
Kazakhstan97.40 → 94.31−3.09

+ Benin

+ Bahamas

+ Botswana

+ Central African Republic

+ Cook Islands

+ Cuba

+ Algeria

+ Ethiopia

+ Guatemala

+ Iran

+ Kenya

+ Cambodia

+ Liberia

+ Saint Lucia

+ Marshall Islands

+ Malaysia

+ New Caledonia

+ Nepal

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

+ Togo

+ Trinidad and Tobago

+ Tuvalu

+ Uganda

+ Vanuatu

+ Samoa

+ Zimbabwe

− Antigua and Barbuda

− Bahrain

− Cameroon

− DR Congo

− Egypt

− Estonia

− Guinea

− Gambia

− India

− Iraq

− Kiribati

− Kuwait

− Lesotho

− Madagascar

− North Macedonia

− Mauritius

− Pakistan

− Papua New Guinea

− San Marino

− Suriname

− Tonga

− Tanzania

− Zambia

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) (2019). Upper Secondary Attainment, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/upper-secondary-attainment/2019

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