Completion rate, primary education, urban, male in Uruguay
Uruguay: Completion rate, primary education, urban, male was 99.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, urban, male in Uruguay, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, completion rate, primary education, urban, male in Uruguay stood at 99.4%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, urban, male in Uruguay peaked at 99.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 93.0%, in 2008.
Uruguay ranks 15th of 75 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Completion rate, primary education, urban, male in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 93.1% | — |
| 2001 | 94.1% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 94.0% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 93.5% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 93.6% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 93.0% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 95.0% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 95.2% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 96.4% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 95.8% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 96.4% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 96.5% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 96.9% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 97.5% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 97.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 96.8% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 98.1% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 98.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 98.7% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 98.4% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 99.4% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.8% | 93.0% | 95.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 96.7% | 95.2% | 98.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.7% | 98.1% | 99.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 12 Costa Rica 99.5% compare
- 13 Bulgaria 99.5% compare
- 14 Switzerland 99.4% compare
- 16 Sweden 99.3% compare
- 17 Kyrgyzstan 99.3% compare
- 18 Chile 99.3% compare
More education data for Uruguay
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,882 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 104.53 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, urban, male in Uruguay?
- Completion rate, primary education, urban, male in Uruguay was 99.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, urban, male recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, urban, male recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.0% in 2008.
- How does Uruguay rank for completion rate, primary education, urban, male?
- Uruguay ranks 15th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, primary education, urban, male rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, primary education, urban, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release