Completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: Completion rate, primary education, male was 63.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Least Developed Countries is 63.5%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 63.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 35.8%, in 1990.
SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 36th of 39 groups on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 38.2% | 35.8% | 41.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.4% | 41.9% | 50.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.6% | 51.8% | 59.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.8% | 59.9% | 63.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Least Developed Countries
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.3% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 36.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.7% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 22.98 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 4.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 87.82 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 37.68 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 36.80 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 63.5% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, male recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 63.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, male recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.8% in 1990.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for completion rate, primary education, male?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 36th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, primary education, male rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed Countries 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