Primary completion rate, female in Uganda
Uganda: Primary completion rate, female was 54.0% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Uganda, 1982–2017
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary completion rate, female in Uganda is 54.0%, measured in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Uganda peaked at 73.3% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 25.9%, in 1982.
That places Uganda 178th out of 189 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 25.9% | — |
| 1986 | 26.9% | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 52.6% | +96.0% |
| 2002 | 55.9% | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 55.6% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 53.4% | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 52.8% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 49.7% | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 54.9% | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 73.3% | +33.4% |
| 2010 | 55.1% | -24.8% |
| 2011 | 53.4% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 54.7% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 55.1% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 59.1% | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 55.5% | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 54.0% | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 26.4% | 25.9% | 26.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 56.0% | 49.7% | 73.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 55.3% | 53.4% | 59.1% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 (2014)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 207,238 (2017)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 43.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Uganda?
- Primary completion rate, female in Uganda was 54.0% in 2017, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 73.3% in 2009.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.9% in 1982.
- How does Uganda rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Uganda ranks 178th out of 189 countries with data for 2017.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.