Primary completion rate, male in Egypt
Egypt: Primary completion rate, male was 97.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in Egypt, 1971–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, male in Egypt stood at 97.9%. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in Egypt peaked at 97.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 48.8%, in 1979.
Egypt ranks 59th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, male in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 71.5% | — |
| 1972 | 66.7% | -6.8% |
| 1973 | 70.5% | +5.8% |
| 1974 | 72.2% | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 75.9% | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 77.1% | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 78.1% | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 71.9% | -7.9% |
| 1979 | 48.8% | -32.1% |
| 1980 | 56.6% | +15.9% |
| 1981 | 66.4% | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 80.1% | +20.6% |
| 1997 | 90.0% | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 91.9% | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 89.8% | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 86.7% | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 83.0% | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 84.2% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 85.1% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 88.7% | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 82.7% | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 87.3% | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 87.6% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 87.9% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 88.7% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 84.5% | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 84.1% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 86.4% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 88.6% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 91.5% | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 92.5% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 93.5% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 97.9% | +4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 70.3% | 48.8% | 78.1% | 9 |
| 1980s | 67.7% | 56.6% | 80.1% | 3 |
| 1990s | 91.0% | 90.0% | 91.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 86.1% | 82.7% | 89.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 86.7% | 84.1% | 88.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 93.8% | 91.5% | 97.9% | 4 |
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More education data for Egypt
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 5.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.87 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 319,626 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 163,427 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.92 million (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, male in Egypt?
- Primary completion rate, male in Egypt was 97.9% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 97.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.8% in 1979.
- How does Egypt rank for primary completion rate, male?
- Egypt ranks 59th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, male (% 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.