Completion rate, primary education, both sexes in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Completion rate, primary education, both sexes was 76.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, both sexes in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Small Island Developing States recorded 76.2% for completion rate, primary education, both sexes in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, both sexes in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 76.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 63.6%, in 1993.
That places SDG: Small Island Developing States 29th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.4% | 63.6% | 66.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.5% | 66.8% | 69.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.4% | 70.3% | 74.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.1% | 74.2% | 76.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.27 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 2.24 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 4.28 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 1.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 1.62 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, both sexes in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Completion rate, primary education, both sexes in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 76.2% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, both sexes recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 76.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, both sexes recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.6% in 1993.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for completion rate, primary education, both sexes?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 29th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, primary education, both sexes rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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