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Gross graduation ratio, primary, total (%) 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
113
Highest
132.3%
Nepal
Lowest
21.4%
Chad
Median
94.8%
Years covered
21
1999–2019
Data points
1,128

What the numbers show

Gross graduation ratio, primary, total (%) is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 132.3% in Nepal; the lowest is 21.4% in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 94.8%, and the mean is 86.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 188.0%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 38.6%).

Gross graduation ratio, primary, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nepal 132.3% 2019 up 88.4% rising
2 Grenada 123.2% 2018 up 2.0% flat
3 Dominica 115.1% 2016 up 36.0% falling
4 Algeria 110.5% 2018 up 39.1% rising
5 Maldives 109.6% 2017 up 188.0% rising
6 Poland 109.1% 2017 — rising
7 Azerbaijan 108.8% 2017 up 13.1% rising
8 United Arab Emirates 108.3% 2016 up 18.6% rising
9 Samoa 108.1% 2017 up 10.2% rising
10 Argentina 106.2% 2017 up 3.3% rising
11 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 105.8% 2018 up 4.8% falling
12 Colombia 105.8% 2018 down 1.2% flat
13 Brunei 105.5% 2018 up 19.4% rising
14 Eswatini 105.5% 2017 up 33.3% rising
15 Seychelles 105.3% 2018 down 3.9% flat
16 Denmark 104.4% 2017 — rising
17 Hungary 104.3% 2017 — rising
18 Vietnam 104.1% 2017 up 2.0% flat
19 Belize 104.0% 2018 up 10.8% rising
20 Hong Kong 103.7% 2018 up 4.2% rising
21 Mexico 102.6% 2017 — flat
22 Kazakhstan 102.3% 2019 down 4.4% flat
23 Egypt 102.3% 2018 up 20.2% rising
24 Canada 102.2% 2016 — flat
25 Peru 102.0% 2017 — rising
26 Costa Rica 102.0% 2018 up 14.4% rising
27 Belarus 100.8% 2018 up 1.5% flat
28 Serbia 100.8% 2017 down 3.0% flat
29 Tunisia 100.6% 2018 up 11.3% rising
30 Albania 100.5% 2018 up 11.5% rising
31 Ecuador 100.4% 2018 up 7.5% rising
32 Mongolia 100.2% 2018 down 7.8% falling
33 Indonesia 99.9% 2018 up 5.0% rising
34 Uruguay 99.6% 2017 down 3.6% flat
35 Macao 99.6% 2018 up 11.2% flat
36 Saint Kitts and Nevis 99.6% 2016 down 9.2% flat
37 China 99.4% 2018 down 3.0% falling
38 New Zealand 99.4% 2017 — flat
39 Lithuania 99.3% 2017 — flat
40 Ghana 98.9% 2019 up 15.9% rising
41 Saint Lucia 98.9% 2018 up 1.3% falling
42 South Korea 97.9% 2017 — falling
43 Czechia 97.7% 2017 — flat
44 Trinidad and Tobago 97.6% 2010 up 7.2% flat
45 Malaysia 97.5% 2017 up 16.5% rising
46 Qatar 97.4% 2018 down 7.5% rising
47 Kyrgyzstan 97.4% 2018 up 0.2% flat
48 Palestine 97.4% 2018 up 8.4% flat
49 Laos 96.2% 2017 up 30.4% rising
50 Greece 96.1% 2017 — flat
51 Iran 96.0% 2017 up 4.9% flat
52 Venezuela 95.9% 2017 up 2.5% rising
53 Georgia 95.8% 2018 down 7.2% rising
54 Uzbekistan 95.4% 2018 down 3.7% falling
55 Barbados 95.0% 2018 up 1.4% falling
56 Myanmar 94.9% 2018 up 12.9% rising
57 Chile 94.8% 2017 — flat
58 Aruba 94.5% 2010 up 5.3% rising
59 Slovenia 94.5% 2017 — flat
60 Antigua and Barbuda 94.1% 2018 up 15.3% rising
61 Thailand 94.0% 2018 down 5.4% falling
62 Bolivia 93.5% 2018 down 0.8% falling
63 Oman 93.5% 2018 down 0.6% rising
64 Morocco 93.4% 2018 up 13.4% rising
65 Bhutan 93.0% 2018 up 19.0% rising
66 Saudi Arabia 91.9% 2018 down 5.8% flat
67 Tajikistan 91.3% 2017 down 12.4% flat
68 Dominican Republic 90.6% 2018 up 2.3% flat
69 Cuba 90.4% 2018 down 2.5% flat
70 Cape Verde 89.2% 2018 down 6.4% flat
71 Panama 89.1% 2017 down 6.4% flat
72 Moldova 88.2% 2017 down 10.5% falling
73 Bangladesh 87.0% 2018 up 59.0% rising
74 El Salvador 86.6% 2017 down 4.5% flat
75 Armenia 86.3% 2018 down 20.3% falling
76 Jamaica 86.3% 2018 up 12.4% rising
77 Puerto Rico 82.7% 2016 down 2.7% flat
78 Zambia 82.4% 2016 down 19.8% falling
79 Cambodia 80.3% 2018 up 3.6% flat
80 Nicaragua 79.8% 2010 up 12.0% rising
81 Honduras 79.7% 2016 up 4.7% flat
82 Syria 78.5% 2013 down 24.7% falling
83 Togo 78.5% 2018 up 30.9% rising
84 Mauritius 77.7% 2018 down 3.0% flat
85 Lesotho 74.7% 2016 up 7.3% flat
86 Guatemala 74.7% 2018 down 1.0% rising
87 Jordan 72.5% 2018 down 1.5% falling
88 Nigeria 71.3% 2009 down 12.0% falling
89 Rwanda 70.0% 2018 up 64.6% rising
90 Botswana 69.1% 2014 down 25.5% falling
91 Cote d'Ivoire 67.1% 2018 up 61.2% rising
92 Sudan 63.5% 2017 up 5.8% rising
93 Yemen 62.3% 2016 up 8.6% rising
94 Burkina Faso 62.3% 2016 up 131.2% rising
95 Suriname 59.0% 2018 down 28.2% falling
96 Afghanistan 58.7% 2018 down 1.8% flat
97 Pakistan 58.1% 2018 up 30.3% rising
98 Burundi 58.0% 2018 up 186.1% rising
99 Eritrea 57.0% 2018 down 28.0% falling
100 Djibouti 56.9% 2018 up 41.8% rising
101 Comoros 56.7% 2018 up 42.5% rising
102 Benin 53.3% 2018 down 10.1% rising
103 Uganda 52.8% 2017 up 11.7% rising
104 British Virgin Islands 51.5% 2017 down 38.6% falling
105 Madagascar 46.5% 2018 down 3.2% rising
106 Mozambique 42.9% 2017 up 9.2% flat
107 Cameroon 40.1% 2018 down 28.3% falling
108 Mauritania 38.9% 2018 up 59.1% rising
109 Senegal 37.0% 2018 down 16.2% rising
110 Guinea 36.0% 2016 down 18.2% falling
111 Mali 33.7% 2010 up 24.9% rising
112 Niger 30.9% 2018 up 81.4% rising
113 Chad 21.4% 2013 up 7.1% rising

About this data

Indicator
Gross graduation ratio, primary, total (%)
Unit
%
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
113 places, 1,128 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.