Completion rate, primary education, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Completion rate, primary education, male was 73.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for completion rate, primary education, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 is 73.6%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 73.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 57.8%, in 1990.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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.
Completion rate, primary education, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 57.8% | — |
| 1991 | 58.1% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 58.3% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 58.5% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 58.7% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 59.0% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 59.4% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 59.8% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 60.3% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 60.8% | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 61.3% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 61.7% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 62.0% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 62.4% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 62.9% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 63.4% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 63.9% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 64.4% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 64.8% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 65.3% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 65.7% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 66.2% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 66.6% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 67.1% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 67.6% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 68.2% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 68.7% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 69.2% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 69.8% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 70.3% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 70.9% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 71.5% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 72.1% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 72.6% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 73.1% | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 73.6% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.1% | 57.8% | 60.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 63.2% | 61.3% | 65.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.9% | 65.7% | 70.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.3% | 70.9% | 73.6% | 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, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Completion rate, primary education, male in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 73.6% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, male recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 73.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, male recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.8% in 1990.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for completion rate, primary education, male?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 29th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, primary education, male rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release