Primary completion rate, female in Eritrea
Eritrea: Primary completion rate, female was 55.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Eritrea, 1994–2022
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 55.8% for primary completion rate, female in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Eritrea peaked at 74.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 30.4%, in 1994.
That places Eritrea 175th out of 189 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 30.4% | — |
| 1995 | 38.4% | +26.4% |
| 1996 | 47.8% | +24.3% |
| 1997 | 51.3% | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 50.4% | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 54.9% | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 56.6% | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 51.0% | -9.9% |
| 2003 | 54.8% | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 58.2% | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 74.0% | +27.2% |
| 2006 | 66.5% | -10.1% |
| 2007 | 66.0% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 59.6% | -9.6% |
| 2009 | 64.4% | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 56.1% | -13.0% |
| 2011 | 55.3% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 52.2% | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 52.0% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 56.7% | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 63.9% | +12.6% |
| 2018 | 62.7% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 55.8% | -11.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 43.7% | 30.4% | 51.3% | 5 |
| 2000s | 60.6% | 51.0% | 74.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.0% | 52.0% | 63.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 55.8% | 55.8% | 55.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 172 Liberia 59.0% compare
- 173 Burkina Faso 57.4% compare
- 174 Guinea-Bissau 55.8% compare
- 176 Ethiopia 54.2% compare
- 177 British Virgin Islands 54.0% compare
- 178 Uganda 54.0% compare
More education data for Eritrea
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2016)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 12,025 (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Eritrea?
- Primary completion rate, female in Eritrea was 55.8% in 2022, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 74.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.4% in 1994.
- How does Eritrea rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Eritrea ranks 175th out of 189 countries with data for 2022.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.