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Gross graduation ratio, primary, male (%) by country

Primary completion rate is the percentage of students completing the last year of primary school. The rate based on completers is calculated by taking the total number of completers in the last grade of primary school divided by the total number of children of official graduation age.

Countries reporting
108
Highest
129.4%
Nepal
Lowest
27.3%
Chad
Median
95.5%
Years covered
21
1999–2019
Data points
1,073

What the numbers show

Gross graduation ratio, primary, male (%) is currently reported for 108 countries. The highest value is 129.4% in Nepal; the lowest is 27.3% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 95.5%, and the mean is 87.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 218.3%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 35.7%).

Gross graduation ratio, primary, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nepal 129.4% 2019 up 82.9% rising
2 Grenada 125.2% 2018 down 1.2% flat
3 Maldives 116.2% 2017 up 218.3% rising
4 Dominica 113.6% 2016 up 36.6% falling
5 Algeria 111.8% 2018 up 43.1% rising
6 United Arab Emirates 110.5% 2016 up 21.4% rising
7 Azerbaijan 110.2% 2017 up 14.5% rising
8 Poland 109.0% 2017 β€” rising
9 Indonesia 106.0% 2017 up 12.7% rising
10 Denmark 105.4% 2017 β€” rising
11 Brunei Darussalam 105.4% 2018 up 22.8% rising
12 Argentina 105.1% 2017 up 5.2% rising
13 Colombia 105.1% 2018 down 0.7% flat
14 Samoa 104.9% 2017 up 12.7% rising
15 Eswatini 104.5% 2017 up 33.3% rising
16 Hungary 104.5% 2017 β€” rising
17 Belize 103.4% 2018 up 10.9% rising
18 Hong Kong (China) 102.7% 2018 up 3.1% rising
19 Peru 102.4% 2017 β€” rising
20 Mexico 102.2% 2017 β€” flat
21 Canada 102.2% 2016 β€” flat
22 Egypt 102.2% 2018 up 21.6% rising
23 Seychelles 102.1% 2018 down 4.6% flat
24 Saint Lucia 101.5% 2018 up 4.8% falling
25 Costa Rica 101.4% 2018 up 16.3% rising
26 Serbia 101.2% 2017 down 2.9% flat
27 Kazakhstan 101.1% 2019 down 5.2% flat
28 Belarus 100.6% 2018 up 1.1% flat
29 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.2% 2018 up 13.6% falling
30 Mongolia 100.0% 2018 down 6.8% flat
31 Qatar 99.9% 2018 down 10.0% rising
32 Uruguay 99.8% 2017 down 2.8% flat
33 Ecuador 99.8% 2018 up 7.7% rising
34 New Zealand 99.6% 2017 β€” flat
35 Lithuania 98.7% 2017 β€” flat
36 China 98.6% 2018 down 4.2% falling
37 Saint Kitts and Nevis 98.1% 2016 down 12.1% flat
38 Republic of Korea 98.0% 2017 β€” falling
39 Ghana 98.0% 2019 up 11.4% rising
40 Czechia 98.0% 2017 β€” flat
41 Albania 97.8% 2018 up 8.9% rising
42 Macau, China 97.6% 2018 up 9.6% flat
43 Kyrgyzstan 97.5% 2018 down 0.4% flat
44 Lao People's Democratic Republic 97.2% 2017 up 24.4% rising
45 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 97.1% 2017 up 4.5% flat
46 Tunisia 97.1% 2018 up 8.9% rising
47 Greece 96.8% 2017 β€” flat
48 Trinidad and Tobago 96.7% 2010 up 7.8% flat
49 State of Palestine 96.6% 2018 up 6.6% flat
50 Aruba 96.6% 2010 up 3.0% rising
51 Uzbekistan 96.1% 2018 down 3.5% falling
52 Malaysia 96.0% 2017 β€” falling
53 Cuba 95.8% 2018 up 2.2% flat
54 Myanmar 95.5% 2018 up 14.6% rising
55 Chile 95.5% 2017 β€” flat
56 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 95.4% 2017 up 5.1% rising
57 Georgia 95.1% 2018 down 7.4% flat
58 Slovenia 94.7% 2017 β€” flat
59 Barbados 94.6% 2018 up 1.8% falling
60 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 93.9% 2018 up 0.5% falling
61 Morocco 93.7% 2018 up 9.3% rising
62 Thailand 93.6% 2018 down 5.1% falling
63 Tajikistan 91.9% 2017 down 13.1% flat
64 Saudi Arabia 91.3% 2018 down 8.5% falling
65 Dominican Republic 90.6% 2018 up 5.6% flat
66 Panama 89.8% 2017 down 5.2% flat
67 Bhutan 89.2% 2018 up 18.7% rising
68 Antigua and Barbuda 89.0% 2018 up 23.5% rising
69 Republic of Moldova 88.6% 2017 down 10.6% falling
70 Oman 86.9% 2018 down 9.8% rising
71 Cabo Verde 86.9% 2018 down 7.9% flat
72 El Salvador 86.4% 2017 down 3.3% rising
73 Armenia 85.3% 2018 down 11.4% falling
74 Zambia 83.6% 2016 down 24.2% falling
75 Togo 82.9% 2018 up 15.0% flat
76 Jamaica 81.9% 2018 up 7.6% flat
77 Puerto Rico 80.2% 2016 down 2.9% flat
78 Honduras 78.8% 2016 up 6.9% flat
79 Syrian Arab Republic 78.8% 2013 down 25.1% falling
80 Cambodia 78.1% 2018 up 1.7% flat
81 Bangladesh 77.8% 2018 up 47.5% rising
82 Nigeria 76.4% 2009 down 14.5% falling
83 Nicaragua 75.4% 2010 up 13.4% rising
84 Guatemala 74.9% 2018 down 3.5% flat
85 Mauritius 73.4% 2018 down 2.9% flat
86 CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 73.4% 2018 up 45.5% rising
87 Jordan 73.0% 2018 down 1.4% falling
88 Afghanistan 70.7% 2018 down 7.3% flat
89 Sudan 65.0% 2017 up 1.2% flat
90 Rwanda 62.8% 2018 up 36.8% rising
91 Pakistan 62.2% 2018 up 24.7% rising
92 Burkina Faso 60.0% 2016 up 95.2% rising
93 Eritrea 59.9% 2018 down 32.5% falling
94 Benin 56.1% 2018 down 23.1% rising
95 British Virgin Islands 55.0% 2017 down 35.7% falling
96 Djibouti 54.3% 2018 up 30.2% rising
97 Suriname 52.4% 2018 down 34.6% falling
98 Uganda 51.6% 2017 up 2.5% flat
99 Burundi 48.7% 2018 up 70.7% rising
100 Mozambique 45.5% 2017 down 1.0% flat
101 Madagascar 44.7% 2018 down 7.8% falling
102 Guinea 42.1% 2016 down 19.4% falling
103 Cameroon 42.0% 2018 down 28.5% falling
104 Mali 39.0% 2010 up 15.7% rising
105 Mauritania 37.5% 2018 up 42.0% rising
106 Senegal 34.2% 2018 down 3.9% rising
107 Niger 33.3% 2018 up 60.7% rising
108 Chad 27.3% 2013 up 0.9% rising

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Indicator
Gross graduation ratio, primary, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,073 data points, 1999–2019
Last refreshed

Primary completion rate is the percentage of students completing the last year of primary school. The rate based on completers is calculated by taking the total number of completers in the last grade of primary school divided by the total number of children of official graduation age.