Completion rate, primary education, male (%) in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Completion rate, primary education, male (%) was 71.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States stood at 71.4%. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 71.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 63.2%, in 1994.
SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 30th 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.
Completion rate, primary education, male (%) in SDG: Small Island Developing States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 64.5% | — |
| 1991 | 64.0% | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 63.6% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 63.3% | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 63.2% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 63.2% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 63.4% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 64.0% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 64.6% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 65.2% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 65.6% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 65.8% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 66.1% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 66.4% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 66.7% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 66.9% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 67.1% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 67.1% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 67.2% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 67.3% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 67.7% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 68.1% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 68.5% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 68.8% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 69.2% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 69.5% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 69.9% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 70.1% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 70.2% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 70.3% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 70.2% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 70.3% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 70.4% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 70.7% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 71.1% | +0.6% |
| 2025 | 71.4% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 63.9% | 63.2% | 65.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.6% | 65.6% | 67.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.2% | 67.7% | 70.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.7% | 70.2% | 71.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1765 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0678 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.021 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.756 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 71.4% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, male recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 71.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, male recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.2% in 1994.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for completion rate, primary education, male?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 30th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, primary education, male rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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