Completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: Southern Asia
SDG: Southern Asia: Completion rate, primary education, female was 90.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: Southern Asia, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: Southern Asia stood at 90.3%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: Southern Asia peaked at 90.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 39.3%, in 1990.
That places SDG: Southern Asia 20th 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.
Completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 39.3% | — |
| 1991 | 41.2% | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 43.2% | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 45.2% | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 47.1% | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 49.2% | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 51.2% | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 53.4% | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 55.6% | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 57.7% | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 59.9% | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 61.9% | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 63.9% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 65.8% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 67.6% | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 69.4% | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 71.1% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 72.7% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 74.2% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 75.8% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 77.2% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 78.6% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 79.8% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 81.0% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 82.1% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 83.2% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 84.2% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 85.2% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 86.1% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 86.9% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 87.5% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 88.1% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 88.7% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 89.2% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 89.8% | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 90.3% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48.3% | 39.3% | 57.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.2% | 59.9% | 75.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.4% | 77.2% | 86.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.9% | 87.5% | 90.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Southern Asia
More education data for SDG: Southern Asia
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 88.16 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 94.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 54.48 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 105.86 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 74.28 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 68.86 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: Southern Asia?
- Completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: Southern Asia was 90.3% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, female recorded in SDG: Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 90.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, female recorded in SDG: Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.3% in 1990.
- How does SDG: Southern Asia rank for completion rate, primary education, female?
- SDG: Southern Asia ranks 20th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, primary education, female rising or falling in SDG: Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Southern Asia 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