Completion rate, primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Completion rate, primary education, both sexes was 75.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 stood at 75.9%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 75.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 53.6%, in 1990.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 30th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 53.6% | — |
| 1991 | 54.0% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 54.5% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 54.9% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 55.3% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 55.8% | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 56.3% | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 57.0% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 57.7% | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 58.4% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 59.0% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 59.6% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 60.2% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 60.8% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 61.5% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 62.2% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 62.9% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 63.6% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 64.2% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 64.9% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 65.6% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 66.3% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 67.0% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 67.7% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 68.3% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 69.0% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 69.7% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 70.4% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 71.1% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 71.8% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 72.5% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 73.2% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 74.0% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 74.6% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 75.3% | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 75.9% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 55.8% | 53.6% | 58.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 61.9% | 59.0% | 64.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.7% | 65.6% | 71.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.2% | 72.5% | 75.9% | 6 |
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More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 175.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Completion rate, primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 75.9% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, both sexes recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 75.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, both sexes recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.6% in 1990.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for completion rate, primary education, both sexes?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 30th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, primary education, both sexes rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release