Completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
33
Highest
100.0%
Costa Rica
Lowest
52.5%
Benin
Median
93.2%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
409
What the numbers show
Completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male (%) is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Costa Rica; the lowest is 52.5% in Benin.
The median across all reporting countries is 93.2%, and the mean is 86.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 44.9%), and the largest decrease in Gambia (down 7.9%).
Completion rate, primary education, urban, middle quintile, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 100.0% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 2 | Peru | 99.4% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 3 | Egypt | 99.2% | 2021 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 4 | Chile | 99.1% | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 5 | Mexico | 98.7% | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 5 | Ecuador | 98.7% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 7 | Jordan | 98.3% | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 8 | Uruguay | 98.3% | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 9 | Argentina | 98.1% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 10 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 97.6% | 2021 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 11 | Panama | 97.5% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 12 | Brazil | 97.4% | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 13 | Colombia | 96.7% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 14 | Paraguay | 96.2% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 15 | Philippines | 95.1% | 2022 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 16 | El Salvador | 93.5% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 17 | India | 93.2% | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 91.8% | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 19 | Lesotho | 89.3% | 2024 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 20 | Nepal | 88.3% | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 21 | Honduras | 87.5% | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 22 | Nigeria | 83.8% | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 23 | Cameroon | 80.8% | 2018 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 24 | Guatemala | 79.7% | 2015 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 25 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 77.3% | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 26 | Zambia | 76.5% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 27 | Ghana | 72.0% | 2022 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 69.6% | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 29 | Mali | 68.5% | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 67.7% | 2019 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 31 | Gambia | 62.2% | 2020 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 32 | Senegal | 54.6% | 2023 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 33 | Benin | 52.5% | 2021 | down 3.0% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release