Low upper secondary completion rates in Sweden are connected to poor learning outcomes at the compulsory school level …

„Low upper secondary completion rates in Sweden are connected to poor learning outcomes at the compulsory school level. […] Swedish students achieve comparatively low scores in literacy and numeracy at the end of compulsory school, which makes for a difficult start into upper secondary school.“

OECD (Hrsg.), „Investing in Youth: Sweden“ (2016), S. 124