Completion rate, primary education, urban, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
77
Highest
100.0%
Armenia, Republic of
Lowest
41.0%
Liberia
Median
98.5%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
892

What the numbers show

Completion rate, primary education, urban, female (%) is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Armenia, Republic of; the lowest is 41.0% in Liberia.

The median across all reporting countries is 98.5%, and the mean is 92.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 37.3%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 6.6%).

Completion rate, primary education, urban, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Armenia, Republic of 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Russian Federation 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Norway 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Latvia 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 100.0% 2021 unchanged flat
6 Thailand 100.0% 2022 up 0.8% flat
7 United Kingdom 99.9% 2019 up 0.3% flat
8 Costa Rica 99.8% 2024 up 5.2% rising
9 Italy 99.7% 2021 up 0.2% flat
10 Portugal 99.7% 2021 up 1.7% flat
11 Croatia 99.7% 2021 up 1.1% flat
12 Hungary 99.7% 2021 up 0.2% flat
13 Lithuania 99.7% 2021 up 0.1% flat
14 Denmark 99.6% 2021 down 0.4% flat
15 Uruguay 99.6% 2024 up 1.5% flat
16 France 99.6% 2021 up 0.2% flat
17 Indonesia 99.6% 2022 up 1.1% flat
17 Slovenia 99.6% 2021 down 0.0% flat
19 Sweden 99.5% 2021 down 0.0% flat
20 Finland 99.5% 2021 down 0.5% flat
21 Switzerland 99.4% 2021 up 0.1% flat
22 Greece 99.3% 2021 up 0.4% flat
23 Chile 99.3% 2022 up 1.4% flat
24 Peru 99.2% 2023 up 0.9% rising
25 Panama 99.1% 2023 up 0.8% flat
26 Colombia 99.1% 2024 up 3.0% rising
27 Bolivia 99.0% 2024 up 4.5% rising
28 Spain 99.0% 2021 up 1.1% flat
29 Bulgaria 99.0% 2021 up 1.4% flat
30 Romania 98.9% 2021 down 0.6% flat
31 Mexico 98.8% 2022 up 0.7% rising
32 China (People’s Republic of) 98.8% 2018 down 0.9% flat
33 Kyrgyz Republic 98.8% 2023 down 0.7% flat
34 Austria 98.7% 2021 down 0.2% flat
35 Poland 98.7% 2020 down 0.9% flat
36 Vietnam 98.6% 2021 down 1.3% flat
37 South Africa 98.5% 2024 down 0.1% flat
38 Ecuador 98.5% 2024 down 0.3% rising
39 Argentina 98.5% 2023 up 0.5% flat
40 Zimbabwe 98.3% 2019 up 3.3% flat
41 Cyprus 98.2% 2021 down 1.0% flat
42 Brazil 98.2% 2024 up 2.4% rising
43 Philippines 97.9% 2022 up 4.9% flat
44 Germany 97.8% 2020 down 1.0% flat
45 Paraguay 97.4% 2024 up 2.8% rising
46 Mongolia 97.4% 2020 down 0.6% flat
47 Egypt, Arab Republic of 97.2% 2022 up 3.0% rising
48 Jordan 97.0% 2023 down 1.6% flat
49 El Salvador 96.8% 2023 up 5.6% rising
50 India 96.4% 2019 up 3.7% rising
51 Lesotho, Kingdom of 96.3% 2024 up 10.7% rising
52 Kenya 95.6% 2024 up 2.7% rising
53 Honduras 92.3% 2024 up 3.1% rising
54 Bangladesh 92.1% 2022 up 11.4% rising
55 Dominican Republic 91.8% 2024 down 3.5% rising
56 Guatemala 90.0% 2024 up 9.2% rising
57 Zambia 89.6% 2024 up 2.3% rising
58 Cambodia 89.0% 2021 up 9.2% rising
59 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 88.7% 2023 up 3.7% rising
60 Cameroon 88.5% 2018 up 11.0% rising
61 Tanzania, United Republic of 87.6% 2022 down 4.2% rising
62 Ghana 86.4% 2024 up 12.7% rising
63 Nepal 85.8% 2021 up 0.3% rising
64 Togo 85.5% 2022 up 19.0% rising
65 Sierra Leone 85.0% 2019 up 23.6% rising
66 Nigeria 84.4% 2024 down 4.4% rising
67 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 82.0% 2022 up 11.7% rising
68 Malawi 78.9% 2020 up 2.7% flat
69 Gambia, The 77.1% 2023 up 6.2% rising
70 Rwanda 76.2% 2022 up 37.3% rising
71 Haiti 70.9% 2017 up 14.7% rising
72 Senegal 69.4% 2023 up 7.3% rising
73 Uganda 65.5% 2016 up 0.2% flat
74 Benin 61.4% 2022 down 6.6% rising
75 Mali 60.9% 2024 up 13.5% rising
76 Guinea 60.3% 2018 up 34.8% rising
77 Liberia 41.0% 2019 up 25.0% flat

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Indicator
Completion rate, primary education, urban, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
77 places, 892 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release