Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) by country
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations...
Countries reporting
189
Highest
135.9%
Turks and Caicos Islands
Lowest
31.2%
Central African Republic
Median
94.8%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
6,295
What the numbers show
Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 135.9% in Turks and Caicos Islands; the lowest is 31.2% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 94.8%, and the mean is 89.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 174.1%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 44.4%).
Primary completion rate, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 135.9% | 2024 | up 100.6% | rising |
| 2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 115.2% | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 3 | Fiji | 113.8% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 4 | Vanuatu | 113.2% | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 5 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 111.3% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 6 | Hungary | 110.0% | 2024 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 7 | Tonga | 109.8% | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 8 | Nepal | 108.9% | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 9 | Cayman Islands | 108.8% | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 10 | Montenegro | 108.7% | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 11 | Tuvalu | 108.2% | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 107.8% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 13 | Albania | 107.2% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | Morocco | 107.1% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 15 | Myanmar | 106.8% | 2018 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 16 | Palau | 106.2% | 2024 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 17 | Thailand | 106.2% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 105.9% | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 19 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 105.3% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 20 | Cyprus | 105.1% | 2024 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 21 | Antigua and Barbuda | 104.6% | 2022 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 22 | Portugal | 104.4% | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 23 | China | 103.9% | 2010 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 24 | Botswana | 103.5% | 2022 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 25 | Bermuda | 103.5% | 2013 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 26 | Guyana | 103.3% | 2012 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 27 | Georgia | 102.9% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 102.8% | 2024 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 29 | Mexico | 102.8% | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 30 | Republic of Korea | 102.6% | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 31 | Kenya | 102.1% | 2016 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 102.0% | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 101.8% | 2024 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 34 | Uruguay | 101.6% | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 35 | Ecuador | 101.5% | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 101.3% | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 37 | Brunei Darussalam | 101.3% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 38 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 101.0% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 100.9% | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 40 | Lithuania | 100.4% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 41 | Estonia | 100.3% | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 42 | Croatia | 100.2% | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 43 | Cape Verde | 100.1% | 2022 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Argentina | 99.9% | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 45 | Sweden | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 46 | Russian Federation | 99.7% | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 48 | Greece | 99.6% | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 49 | Denmark | 99.4% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 50 | Indonesia | 98.8% | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 51 | Norway | 98.8% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 52 | Viet Nam | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 53 | Spain | 98.6% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 54 | Slovakia | 98.5% | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 55 | Egypt | 98.5% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 56 | Samoa | 98.4% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 57 | Iceland | 98.4% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 58 | Latvia | 98.3% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 59 | Maldives | 98.1% | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 60 | Ghana | 98.1% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 61 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 98.0% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 62 | Czechia | 97.9% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 63 | Chile | 97.9% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 64 | Jordan | 97.8% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 65 | Qatar | 97.5% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 66 | Marshall Islands | 97.4% | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 67 | Israel | 97.4% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 68 | Italy | 97.4% | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 69 | Germany | 97.3% | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 70 | Algeria | 97.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 97.3% | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 72 | Finland | 97.2% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 73 | Malta | 97.0% | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 74 | Austria | 96.9% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 75 | Slovenia | 96.8% | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 76 | Colombia | 96.8% | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 77 | Singapore | 96.7% | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 78 | Armenia | 96.6% | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 79 | Belize | 96.4% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 80 | Serbia | 96.4% | 2022 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 96.2% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 82 | Tunisia | 96.2% | 2021 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 83 | Belarus | 96.2% | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 84 | Panama | 96.2% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 85 | Gibraltar | 96.1% | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 86 | New Caledonia | 95.9% | 1990 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.7% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 88 | Ukraine | 95.6% | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 89 | Switzerland | 95.5% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 95.4% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 91 | Eswatini | 95.3% | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 95.2% | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 93 | Ireland | 94.9% | 2022 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 94 | Bhutan | 94.8% | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 95 | Peru | 94.8% | 2019 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 96 | Liechtenstein | 94.7% | 2021 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 97 | Mongolia | 94.7% | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 98 | Bahrain | 94.6% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 99 | Grenada | 94.6% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 100 | San Marino | 94.6% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 94.6% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 102 | South Africa | 94.5% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 103 | Aruba | 94.4% | 2022 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 104 | Poland | 94.3% | 2019 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 105 | United States of America | 94.1% | 2022 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 106 | Macau, China | 93.9% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 107 | Seychelles | 93.8% | 2024 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 108 | Timor-Leste | 93.3% | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 109 | Cambodia | 93.2% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 110 | Gambia | 93.1% | 2025 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Naoero | 92.7% | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 92.6% | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 113 | Oman | 92.1% | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 114 | Cuba | 92.0% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 115 | Kuwait | 91.3% | 2021 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 116 | India | 91.0% | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 117 | Togo | 91.0% | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 90.9% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 119 | Philippines | 90.9% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 120 | Hong Kong, China | 90.7% | 2024 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 90.7% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 122 | Namibia | 90.4% | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 123 | Palestine, State of | 90.3% | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 124 | Malaysia | 89.9% | 2024 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 125 | Dominica | 89.8% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 126 | Tajikistan | 89.5% | 2017 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 127 | Türkiye | 89.4% | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 128 | Barbados | 89.1% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 129 | Bahamas | 88.4% | 2019 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 130 | Kiribati | 88.3% | 2024 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 131 | Paraguay | 88.3% | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 132 | Zimbabwe | 88.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 133 | Guatemala | 87.8% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 134 | Sao Tome and Principe | 87.2% | 2017 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 135 | Libya | 86.1% | 1983 | up 129.7% | rising |
| 136 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 85.6% | 2025 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 137 | Jamaica | 84.3% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 138 | El Salvador | 84.2% | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 139 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 84.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 140 | Mauritius | 83.2% | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 141 | Uzbekistan | 83.1% | 2025 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 82.9% | 2022 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 143 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 82.6% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | 81.2% | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 145 | Romania | 81.0% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 146 | Côte d'Ivoire | 80.8% | 2024 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 147 | Suriname | 80.3% | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 148 | Zambia | 79.8% | 2013 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 149 | Luxembourg | 77.3% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 150 | Afghanistan | 76.7% | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Mauritania | 74.5% | 2020 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Malawi | 74.5% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 153 | Senegal | 73.9% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 154 | Honduras | 73.9% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 155 | Comoros | 73.5% | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 156 | Rwanda | 73.3% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 157 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 72.9% | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 158 | Pakistan | 72.9% | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 159 | Cameroon | 72.4% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 71.9% | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 161 | Lesotho | 71.9% | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 162 | Congo | 71.0% | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 163 | Gabon | 68.6% | 2003 | up 18.1% | flat |
| 164 | Lebanon | 68.6% | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 165 | Mozambique | 68.6% | 2022 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 166 | Nigeria | 65.5% | 2010 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 167 | Andorra | 65.2% | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 168 | Madagascar | 63.7% | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 169 | Syrian Arab Republic | 61.4% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 170 | Sudan | 59.7% | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 171 | Benin | 59.1% | 2022 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Liberia | 59.0% | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | 57.4% | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 55.8% | 2010 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Eritrea | 55.8% | 2022 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 176 | Ethiopia | 54.2% | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 177 | British Virgin Islands | 54.0% | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 178 | Uganda | 54.0% | 2017 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 179 | Yemen | 53.9% | 2016 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 180 | Iraq | 53.7% | 2007 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 181 | Guinea | 52.7% | 2020 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Burundi | 51.3% | 2020 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Haiti | 50.5% | 1997 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 184 | Angola | 48.8% | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 185 | Mali | 47.1% | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Niger | 40.6% | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Chad | 36.3% | 2021 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Equatorial Guinea | 34.1% | 2015 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 189 | Central African Republic | 31.2% | 2016 | up 75.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- OECD members 98.1%
- Euro area 97.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 98.0%
- European Union 97.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 97.8%
- High income 97.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 97.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 97.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 97.0%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 96.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 96.5%
- Post-demographic dividend 96.2%
- South Asia 96.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 96.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 95.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 95.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 95.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 95.4%
- Upper middle income 95.1%
- IBRD only 95.0%
- North America 94.5%
- Pacific island small states 94.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 91.4%
- Middle income 91.2%
- Caribbean Small States 90.0%
- Lower middle income 88.3%
- World 87.7%
- IDA & IBRD total 86.8%
- Low & middle income 86.6%
- Small states 84.6%
- Other small states 82.8%
- Arab World 81.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 81.1%
- IDA blend 74.1%
- IDA total 73.1%
- IDA only 72.7%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 70.7%
- Least developed countries 70.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 68.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 68.1%
About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.