Primary completion rate, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Primary completion rate, male was 86.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 1970–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan recorded 86.1% for primary completion rate, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 86.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65.7%, in 1972.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 30th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 66.1% | — |
| 1971 | 65.9% | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 65.7% | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 66.5% | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 66.9% | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 69.2% | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 70.4% | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 71.9% | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 72.0% | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 69.1% | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 70.8% | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 73.3% | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 72.9% | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 73.0% | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 73.9% | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 76.5% | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 75.6% | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 75.0% | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 75.2% | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 75.4% | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 76.1% | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 76.3% | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 77.0% | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 77.1% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 76.8% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 77.6% | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 77.8% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 77.7% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 77.6% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 77.6% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 76.9% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 77.4% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 77.3% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 78.5% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 80.0% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 81.1% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 78.5% | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 78.3% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 79.1% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 77.6% | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 78.7% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 78.1% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 79.7% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 77.4% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 78.4% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 77.7% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 77.3% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 77.5% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 79.2% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 79.3% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 80.4% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 81.2% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 82.5% | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 84.2% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 86.1% | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68.3% | 65.7% | 72.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 74.2% | 70.8% | 76.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 77.2% | 76.1% | 77.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.5% | 76.9% | 81.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.3% | 77.3% | 79.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.9% | 80.4% | 86.1% | 5 |
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More education data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.29 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 68.09 million (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 91.90 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.113 units per person (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 31.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.1% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- Primary completion rate, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 86.1% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 86.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.7% in 1972.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for primary completion rate, male?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 30th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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.