Primary completion rate, male in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Primary completion rate, male was 54.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in Ethiopia, 1982–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 54.7% for primary completion rate, male in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in Ethiopia peaked at 64.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 16.5%, in 1994.
Ethiopia ranks 178th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, male in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 22.9% | — |
| 1987 | 31.0% | +35.4% |
| 1988 | 30.0% | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 27.7% | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 16.5% | -40.4% |
| 1995 | 17.8% | +7.6% |
| 1996 | 20.0% | +12.8% |
| 1999 | 25.7% | +28.2% |
| 2000 | 28.0% | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 34.4% | +22.9% |
| 2002 | 38.4% | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 41.3% | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 42.9% | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 46.8% | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 48.5% | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 48.7% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 50.0% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 50.3% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 57.7% | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 53.5% | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 49.6% | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 51.3% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 52.3% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 64.5% | +23.4% |
| 2022 | 62.1% | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 55.5% | -10.6% |
| 2024 | 54.7% | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 27.9% | 22.9% | 31.0% | 4 |
| 1990s | 20.0% | 16.5% | 25.7% | 4 |
| 2000s | 42.9% | 28.0% | 50.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.9% | 49.6% | 57.7% | 5 |
| 2020s | 59.2% | 54.7% | 64.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More education data for Ethiopia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 9.64 % change on previous year (2012)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 151,765 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 186,951 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 173,906 (2014)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 14.17 % change on previous year (2012)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 413,109 (2014)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.68 % change on previous year (2012)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, male in Ethiopia?
- Primary completion rate, male in Ethiopia was 54.7% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 64.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.5% in 1994.
- How does Ethiopia rank for primary completion rate, male?
- Ethiopia ranks 178th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.