Primary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Primary completion rate, female was 95.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1995–2022
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 95.4% for primary completion rate, female in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 101.1% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 89.8%, in 1996.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 17th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 92.9% | — |
| 1996 | 89.8% | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 90.4% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 91.9% | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 93.4% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 95.2% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 97.2% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 96.0% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 95.2% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 94.5% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 94.0% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 93.1% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 95.5% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 100.4% | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 101.1% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 100.9% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 99.8% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 98.0% | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 99.1% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 95.2% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 93.6% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 95.7% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 97.4% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 98.4% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 97.4% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 95.1% | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 96.0% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 95.4% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 91.7% | 89.8% | 93.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 96.2% | 93.1% | 101.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.5% | 93.6% | 100.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.5% | 95.1% | 96.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More education data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0837 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.5749 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 179.31 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 18.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.1% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.13 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 161.08 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Primary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 95.4% in 2022, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 101.1% in 2009.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.8% in 1996.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for primary completion rate, female?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 17th out of 45 groups with data for 2022.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.