Primary completion rate, male in Pre-demographic dividend
Pre-demographic dividend: Primary completion rate, male was 70.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in Pre-demographic dividend, 1972–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, male in Pre-demographic dividend stood at 70.9%.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 71.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 53.5%, in 1972.
That places Pre-demographic dividend 35th out of 43 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, male in Pre-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 53.5% | — |
| 1973 | 54.1% | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 54.5% | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 56.2% | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 57.0% | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 59.2% | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 60.8% | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 62.8% | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 63.4% | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 64.1% | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 64.4% | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 63.7% | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 65.4% | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 62.2% | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 61.8% | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 60.6% | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 59.8% | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 58.9% | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 59.9% | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 60.5% | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 59.8% | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 60.8% | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 60.0% | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 59.8% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 60.1% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 59.8% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 59.0% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 59.3% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 59.6% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 61.3% | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 62.6% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 63.4% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 64.6% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 66.4% | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 69.6% | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 68.8% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 68.1% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 71.0% | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 69.7% | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 70.1% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 70.3% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 69.7% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 69.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 69.6% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 69.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 69.9% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 70.4% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 70.2% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 70.7% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 71.8% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 71.1% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 70.8% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 70.9% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 57.3% | 53.5% | 62.8% | 8 |
| 1980s | 62.4% | 58.9% | 65.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 59.9% | 59.0% | 60.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 65.5% | 59.6% | 71.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.9% | 69.6% | 70.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.1% | 70.7% | 71.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pre-demographic dividend
More education data for Pre-demographic dividend
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 4.66 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 41.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 4.66 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.2% (2024)
- Labor force, total 434.67 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, male in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Primary completion rate, male in Pre-demographic dividend was 70.9% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 71.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.5% in 1972.
- How does Pre-demographic dividend rank for primary completion rate, male?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 35th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pre-demographic dividend 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.