Primary completion rate, female in World
World: Primary completion rate, female was 87.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in World, 1995–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
World recorded 87.7% for primary completion rate, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in World peaked at 90.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 76.8%, in 1996.
World ranks 25th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in World, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 77.4% | — |
| 1996 | 76.8% | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 77.1% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 77.7% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 78.4% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 78.8% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 79.9% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 80.6% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 81.4% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 82.2% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 83.2% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 83.6% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 85.0% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 86.9% | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 88.0% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 87.5% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 86.7% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 87.5% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 87.9% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 87.5% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 87.3% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 88.0% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 87.7% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 87.4% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 87.5% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 87.6% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 88.2% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 90.4% | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 86.8% | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 87.7% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.5% | 76.8% | 78.4% | 5 |
| 2000s | 83.0% | 78.8% | 88.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.5% | 86.7% | 88.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.2% | 86.8% | 90.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
More education data for World
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 34.10 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 65.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 34.10 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4548 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in World?
- Primary completion rate, female in World was 87.7% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 90.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.8% in 1996.
- How does World rank for primary completion rate, female?
- World ranks 25th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.