Primary completion rate, female in Pacific island small states
Pacific island small states: Primary completion rate, female was 94.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Pacific island small states, 1979–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, female in Pacific island small states stood at 94.4%.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Pacific island small states peaked at 96.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 83.1%, in 1984.
That places Pacific island small states 20th out of 43 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Pacific island small states, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 85.4% | — |
| 1980 | 84.7% | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 86.2% | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 84.8% | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 84.6% | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 83.1% | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 84.3% | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 84.9% | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 85.3% | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 86.0% | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 86.8% | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 87.1% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 89.3% | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 88.5% | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 87.8% | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 87.2% | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 88.0% | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 87.8% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 89.7% | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 90.8% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 87.8% | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 86.6% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 90.4% | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 92.4% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 91.9% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 92.2% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 92.7% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 92.6% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 92.0% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 91.2% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 92.1% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 93.2% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 93.5% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 93.5% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 93.1% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 93.7% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 95.2% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 94.5% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 95.3% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 95.4% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 95.2% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 93.0% | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 94.5% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 95.3% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 96.2% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 94.4% | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 85.4% | 85.4% | 85.4% | 1 |
| 1980s | 85.1% | 83.1% | 86.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 88.4% | 87.1% | 90.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 91.4% | 86.6% | 92.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.3% | 93.1% | 95.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.7% | 93.0% | 96.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pacific island small states
More education data for Pacific island small states
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,401 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 357,181 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.2028 % change on previous year (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 61.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.0% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1312 units per person (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0068 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 18,401 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Pacific island small states?
- Primary completion rate, female in Pacific island small states was 94.4% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The highest recorded value was 96.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.1% in 1984.
- How does Pacific island small states rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Pacific island small states ranks 20th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Pacific island small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pacific island small states 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.