Completion rate, primary education, middle quintile, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
40
Highest
100.0%
Costa Rica
Lowest
35.6%
Mali
Median
96.5%
Years covered
25
2000β2024
Data points
433
What the numbers show
Completion rate, primary education, middle quintile, female (%) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Costa Rica; the lowest is 35.6% in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 96.5%, and the mean is 85.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 277.6%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 18.2%).
Completion rate, primary education, middle quintile, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 100.0% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Bolivia | 99.8% | 2021 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 3 | Peru | 99.8% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.8% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 6 | Ecuador | 99.7% | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 7 | Chile | 99.5% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Uruguay | 99.4% | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 9 | United States | 99.2% | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 10 | Mexico | 99.2% | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 11 | Jordan | 98.8% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 12 | Paraguay | 98.3% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 98.1% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 14 | Colombia | 97.6% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 15 | Egypt | 97.6% | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 16 | Panama | 97.5% | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 17 | Philippines | 97.4% | 2022 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 18 | Venezuela | 97.2% | 2014 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 19 | El Salvador | 96.9% | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 96.6% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 21 | India | 96.5% | 2019 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 22 | Lesotho | 95.9% | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 93.9% | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 90.4% | 2019 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 25 | Honduras | 87.2% | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 26 | Nepal | 82.9% | 2021 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 27 | Nigeria | 81.5% | 2021 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 28 | Zambia | 81.2% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 29 | Ghana | 79.1% | 2022 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 30 | Cameroon | 77.3% | 2018 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 31 | Guatemala | 75.9% | 2015 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 32 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 64.7% | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 64.4% | 2019 | up 118.7% | rising |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 63.4% | 2021 | up 277.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Gambia | 63.3% | 2020 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 36 | Senegal | 52.4% | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 37 | Malawi | 51.8% | 2020 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 38 | Benin | 45.7% | 2021 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 39 | Mozambique | 42.9% | 2022 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Mali | 35.6% | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release