Completion rate, primary education, female (%) in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: Completion rate, primary education, female (%) was 70.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Least Developed Countries recorded 70.4% for completion rate, primary education, female in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 70.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 24.4%, in 1990.
That places SDG: Least Developed Countries 36th 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, female (%) in SDG: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 24.4% | — |
| 1991 | 25.3% | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 26.3% | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 27.3% | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 28.4% | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 29.4% | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 30.5% | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 31.7% | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 32.9% | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 34.2% | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 35.5% | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 36.8% | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 38.2% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 39.7% | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 41.3% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 43.0% | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 44.6% | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 46.2% | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 47.8% | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 49.5% | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 51.3% | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 53.0% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 54.7% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 56.2% | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 57.6% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 59.0% | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 60.3% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 61.5% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 62.7% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 63.9% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 65.0% | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 66.2% | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 67.3% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 68.4% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 69.4% | +1.5% |
| 2025 | 70.4% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.0% | 24.4% | 34.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 42.3% | 35.5% | 49.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.0% | 51.3% | 63.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.8% | 65.0% | 70.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Least Developed Countries
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7503 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.43 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.684 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 36.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7518 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.90 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 70.4% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, female recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 70.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, female recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.4% in 1990.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for completion rate, primary education, female?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 36th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, primary education, female rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release