Completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: World
SDG: World: Completion rate, primary education, female was 89.6% in 2025. β² Rising
Completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: World, 1990β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: World stood at 89.6%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: World peaked at 89.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 67.6%, in 1990.
SDG: World ranks 22nd of 39 groups on this measure, 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 | 70.4% | 67.6% | 73.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.6% | 74.8% | 81.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.6% | 82.1% | 87.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.5% | 87.4% | 89.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: World
- 19 Greece 99.5% compare
- 20 Uruguay 99.5% compare
- 21 Switzerland 99.5% compare
- 22 Portugal 99.4% compare
- 23 Tajikistan, Republic of 99.4% compare
- 24 Kyrgyz Republic 99.3% compare
- 25 France 99.3% compare
More education data for SDG: World
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 651.68 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 314.66 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 10.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 337.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 206.57 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 34.10 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 199.67 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 412.76 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 213.09 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: World?
- Completion rate, primary education, female in SDG: World was 89.6% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, female recorded in SDG: World?
- The highest recorded value was 89.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, female recorded in SDG: World?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.6% in 1990.
- How does SDG: World rank for completion rate, primary education, female?
- SDG: World ranks 22nd out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, primary education, female rising or falling in SDG: World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: World 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release