Primary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Primary completion rate, female was 95.5% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific, 1995–2022
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2022, primary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific stood at 95.5%.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 100.8% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 89.9%, in 1996.
East Asia & Pacific ranks 16th 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, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 92.7% | — |
| 1996 | 89.9% | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 90.5% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 91.9% | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 93.4% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 95.2% | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 97.0% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 95.8% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 95.3% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 94.7% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 94.2% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 93.3% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 95.7% | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 100.2% | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 100.8% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 100.7% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 99.6% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 98.1% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 99.2% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 95.4% | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 94.0% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 95.9% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 97.5% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 98.3% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 97.4% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 95.3% | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 96.2% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 95.5% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 91.7% | 89.9% | 93.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 96.2% | 93.3% | 100.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.6% | 94.0% | 100.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.7% | 95.3% | 96.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
More education data for East Asia & Pacific
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.94 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0801 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4731 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 191.34 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 174.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific?
- Primary completion rate, female in East Asia & Pacific was 95.5% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 100.8% in 2009.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.9% in 1996.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for primary completion rate, female?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 16th out of 45 groups with data for 2022.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- 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 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.