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4.1.2 Completion rate in primary education (%) by country

Countries reporting
164
Highest
100
Austria
Lowest
25.1
Guinea-Bissau
Median
96.88
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
3,228

What the numbers show

4.1.2 Completion rate in primary education (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 100 in Austria; the lowest is 25.1 in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 96.88, and the mean is 85.48.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 970.7%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 27.9%).

4.1.2 Completion rate in primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Austria 100 2020 up 1.0% flat
1 Cyprus 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Czechia 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Germany 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Finland 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 United Kingdom 100 2018 unchanged flat
1 Croatia 100 2020 up 1.0% flat
1 Ireland 100 2018 unchanged flat
1 Iceland 100 2018 unchanged flat
1 Israel 100 2018 unchanged flat
1 Italy 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Japan 100 2018 unchanged flat
1 Korea 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Lithuania 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 100 2020 up 1.0% flat
1 Latvia 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Malta 100 2018 unchanged flat
1 Netherlands 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Norway 100 2018 unchanged rising
1 Slovak Republic 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 100 2020 up 1.0% falling
1 Sweden 100 2020 unchanged flat
1 United States of America 100 2020 unchanged flat
26 Kazakhstan 99.9 2020 down 0.1% flat
26 Poland 99.9 2020 down 0.1% flat
26 Uzbekistan 99.9 2011 down 0.1% flat
29 Belgium 99.8 2020 up 4.0% flat
29 Belarus 99.8 2020 down 0.2% flat
29 Canada 99.8 2016 down 0.2% flat
29 Türkiye 99.8 2018 up 6.2% rising
33 Armenia 99.7 2020 down 0.3% flat
33 Bulgaria 99.7 2020 down 0.3% flat
33 Portugal 99.7 2020 down 0.3% flat
33 Serbia 99.7 2020 down 0.3% flat
33 Turkmenistan 99.7 2020 down 0.3% flat
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 99.6 2016 up 0.6% flat
38 Switzerland 99.6 2018 down 0.4% flat
38 Greece 99.6 2020 down 0.4% flat
38 Jamaica 99.6 2016 up 0.6% flat
38 Mauritius 99.6 2016 up 1.6% rising
38 Russia 99.6 2020 down 0.4% flat
44 Australia 99.5 2020 down 0.5% flat
44 France 99.5 2020 down 0.5% flat
44 Georgia 99.5 2020 up 0.5% flat
44 Romania 99.5 2020 up 0.5% flat
44 Ukraine 99.5 2017 down 0.5% flat
49 Palestine, State of 99.48 2020 up 0.5% flat
50 Cuba 99.4 2020 up 1.4% flat
50 Saint Lucia 99.4 2017 up 0.4% flat
52 Kyrgyzstan 99.3 2020 up 0.3% flat
52 North Macedonia 99.3 2020 up 0.3% flat
52 Mongolia 99.3 2020 up 2.4% rising
52 Thailand 99.3 2020 up 2.4% flat
56 Tuvalu 99.15 2020 up 1.2% flat
57 Hungary 99 2020 down 1.0% flat
57 Qatar 99 2017 up 1.0% flat
59 Barbados 98.9 2017 down 0.1% flat
59 Moldova 98.9 2017 down 0.1% flat
61 Tajikistan 98.8 2020 up 0.8% flat
62 Maldives 98.7 2020 up 1.8% rising
62 Montenegro 98.7 2020 up 0.7% flat
64 Spain 98.6 2020 down 1.4% flat
64 Tonga 98.6 2020 up 0.6% flat
66 Ecuador 98.42 2020 up 2.5% rising
67 Jordan 98.4 2020 up 0.4% flat
68 Viet Nam 98.29 2021 up 2.4% rising
69 Guyana 98.28 2020 up 1.3% rising
70 Peru 98.14 2020 up 5.5% rising
71 Samoa 98.1 2020 up 0.1% flat
72 Chile 98.01 2020 down 1.0% flat
73 China (People’s Republic of) 98 2020 up 1.0% rising
74 Mexico 97.96 2020 up 2.0% rising
75 Fiji 97.9 2019 down 0.1% flat
76 South Africa 97.7 2020 up 2.8% rising
77 Azerbaijan 97.6 2011 up 0.6% flat
78 Indonesia 97.4 2020 up 3.6% rising
78 Panama 97.4 2019 up 4.7% rising
80 Albania 97.3 2020 down 0.7% flat
81 Costa Rica 97.22 2020 up 6.8% rising
82 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 96.95 2020 up 3.1% rising
83 Malaysia 96.8 2005 up 3.0% flat
84 Botswana 96.5 2016 up 7.2% rising
85 Brazil 96.31 2020 up 13.3% rising
86 Argentina 96.3 2020 up 3.5% flat
87 Trinidad and Tobago 96.2 2016 down 1.8% flat
87 Tunisia 96.2 2020 up 4.6% rising
89 Syrian Arab Republic 96.1 2011 up 3.3% flat
90 Algeria 95.3 2020 up 2.5% rising
91 Uruguay 95.03 2020 down 1.0% flat
92 Iran 94.8 2016 up 1.9% flat
93 Paraguay 94.51 2020 up 8.6% rising
94 Egypt 94.4 2019 up 9.8% rising
95 India 94.15 2021 up 7.0% rising
96 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 94.07 2014 up 5.7% rising
97 Colombia 93.52 2020 up 3.9% rising
98 Kiribati 93.4 2020 up 1.5% flat
99 Dominican Republic 92.21 2020 up 7.2% rising
100 El Salvador 91.94 2020 up 12.1% rising
101 Philippines 91.4 2020 up 5.1% rising
102 Honduras 90.6 2020 up 11.9% rising
103 Sao Tome and Principe 87.9 2020 up 20.4% rising
104 Congo 87.1 2020 up 26.2% rising
105 Zimbabwe 86.7 2020 down 1.5% flat
106 Suriname 86.1 2020 up 7.6% rising
107 Lao People's Democratic Republic 85.9 2017 up 53.4% rising
108 Bangladesh 85.2 2020 up 18.3% rising
109 Djibouti 84.6 2017 up 15.9% rising
110 Myanmar 84.4 2020 up 34.0% rising
111 Belize 83.4 2020 up 5.6% rising
112 Guatemala 83 2020 up 18.6% rising
113 Namibia 82 2018 up 7.9% rising
114 Nepal 81.7 2020 up 25.7% rising
115 Togo 80.5 2020 up 41.2% rising
116 Nigeria 79.7 2020 up 10.7% rising
117 Lesotho 78.3 2020 up 35.0% rising
118 Vanuatu 78.2 2012 up 1.6% flat
119 Bhutan 77.8 2015 up 58.8% rising
120 Timor-Leste 77 2020 up 20.3% rising
121 Ghana 76.8 2020 up 20.0% rising
122 Iraq 76.4 2020 up 21.3% rising
123 Cameroon 76.2 2020 up 8.9% rising
124 Cambodia 75.4 2020 up 6.2% rising
125 Nicaragua 74.44 2014 up 20.1% rising
126 Kenya 74.1 2019 up 25.6% rising
126 Tanzania, United Republic of 74.1 2020 up 4.4% rising
128 Comoros 73.7 2017 up 24.9% rising
129 Sudan 73.3 2019 up 11.1% rising
130 Morocco 69.1 2010 up 35.5% rising
131 Zambia 68.8 2020 up 2.7% rising
132 Eswatini 65.7 2019 up 7.7% rising
133 Sierra Leone 65.6 2020 up 9.3% rising
134 Afghanistan 65.2 2020 up 59.0% rising
135 South Sudan 64.24 2017 up 970.7% volatile
136 Gambia 63.77 2020 up 9.9% rising
137 Rwanda 62.86 2020 up 57.2% rising
138 Yemen 62.33 2013 up 9.4% rising
139 Benin 62.1 2020 up 17.2% rising
140 Equatorial Guinea 61.2 2005 up 45.7% rising
141 Angola 59 2020 up 25.5% rising
142 Papua New Guinea 58.8 2020 up 8.9% rising
143 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 58.2 2020 up 32.3% rising
144 Côte d'Ivoire 57.6 2020 up 37.1% rising
145 Gabon 56.9 2017 up 11.6% rising
146 Ethiopia 56.7 2020 up 49.2% rising
147 Pakistan 53.8 2020 up 12.1% rising
148 Guinea 53.1 2020 up 43.5% rising
149 Mali 52.7 2020 up 38.7% rising
150 Madagascar 52.5 2020 up 16.7% rising
151 Burundi 51.8 2020 up 29.5% rising
152 Senegal 50.8 2020 up 23.9% rising
153 Malawi 49.34 2020 down 8.6% rising
154 Mauritania 46.1 2020 up 15.2% rising
155 Haiti 46 2020 up 24.3% rising
156 Somalia 41.18 2011 up 79.0% rising
157 Uganda 40.2 2020 down 2.0% rising
158 Niger 40.1 2017 up 91.0% rising
159 Mozambique 39.4 2016 up 97.0% rising
160 Burkina Faso 34.8 2015 up 45.0% rising
161 Central African Republic 31 2020 down 27.9% rising
161 Chad 31 2020 up 14.8% rising
163 Liberia 28.6 2020 down 1.4% rising
164 Guinea-Bissau 25.1 2020 up 25.5% rising

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Indicator
4.1.2 Completion rate in primary education (%)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
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Coverage
164 places, 3,228 data points, 2000–2021
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