Primary completion rate, female in Euro area
Euro area: Primary completion rate, female was 97.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Primary completion rate, female in Euro area, 1999–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, female in Euro area stood at 97.5%.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Euro area peaked at 100.3% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 96.9%, in 2018.
Primary completion rate, female in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 98.3% | — |
| 2000 | 98.3% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 100.3% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 99.0% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 98.9% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 99.5% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 99.1% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 98.7% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 99.3% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 99.7% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 99.1% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 98.6% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 98.5% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 97.9% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 97.7% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 97.2% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 98.0% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 97.1% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 97.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 96.9% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 97.5% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 97.2% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 97.6% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 97.0% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 97.7% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 97.5% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 98.3% | 98.3% | 98.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.2% | 98.3% | 100.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.6% | 96.9% | 98.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.4% | 97.0% | 97.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
- 1 Turks and Caicos Islands 135.9% compare
- 2 Saint Kitts and Nevis 115.2% compare
- 3 Fiji 113.8% compare
- 4 Vanuatu 113.2% compare
More education data for Euro area
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.51 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 63.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1.51 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.8% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.0% (2024)
- Labor force, female 46.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Euro area?
- Primary completion rate, female in Euro area was 97.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 100.3% in 2001.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.9% in 2018.
- How does Euro area rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Euro area ranks 1st out of 2 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Euro area 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.