Completion rate, primary education, male (%) in SDG: Eastern Asia
SDG: Eastern Asia: Completion rate, primary education, male (%) was 98.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Eastern Asia, 1990–2025
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.
Completion rate, primary education, male (%) in SDG: Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 92.0% | — |
| 1991 | 92.1% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 92.4% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 92.7% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 93.0% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 93.2% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 93.3% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 93.4% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 93.4% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 93.6% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 94.0% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 94.5% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 95.0% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 95.3% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 95.6% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 95.9% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 96.1% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 96.3% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 96.5% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 96.7% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 96.8% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 96.9% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 96.9% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 97.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 97.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 97.2% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 97.3% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 97.5% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 97.6% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 97.8% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 97.9% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 98.0% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 98.1% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 98.3% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 98.4% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 98.5% | +0.1% |
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 Kyrgyzstan 99.6% compare
- 11 Russia 99.5% compare
More education data for SDG: Eastern Asia
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 51.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 58.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 109.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -10.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.1647 % change on previous year (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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February 2026 Data Release