Completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern Asia: Completion rate, primary education, male was 98.5% in 2025. β² Rising
Completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Eastern Asia, 1990β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Eastern Asia stood at 98.5%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 98.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 92.0%, in 1990.
That places SDG: Eastern Asia 8th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.9% | 92.0% | 93.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 95.6% | 94.0% | 96.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.2% | 96.8% | 97.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.2% | 97.9% | 98.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Eastern Asia
- 5 Croatia 99.7% compare
- 6 Slovenia 99.7% compare
- 7 United Kingdom 99.7% compare
- 8 Italy 99.6% compare
- 9 United States 99.6% compare
- 10 Kyrgyz Republic 99.6% compare
- 11 Russia 99.5% compare
More education data for SDG: Eastern Asia
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 83.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 81.9% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 51.47 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 16.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 58.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 45.36 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 7.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 63.20 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 56.33 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 30.25 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Eastern Asia was 98.5% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, male recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, male recorded in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.0% in 1990.
- How does SDG: Eastern Asia rank for completion rate, primary education, male?
- SDG: Eastern Asia ranks 8th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, primary education, male rising or falling in SDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Eastern Asia 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release