Primary completion rate, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Primary completion rate, male was 69.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1972–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) recorded 69.7% for primary completion rate, male in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 71.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 53.2%, in 1972.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 42nd of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 53.2% | — |
| 1973 | 53.6% | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 54.0% | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 55.1% | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 55.8% | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 56.9% | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 58.3% | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 59.6% | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 59.9% | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 60.9% | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 61.7% | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 61.8% | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 63.5% | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 60.9% | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 60.7% | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 60.0% | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 59.1% | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 58.0% | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 58.5% | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 58.7% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 58.0% | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 58.6% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 57.7% | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 57.7% | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 58.1% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 57.8% | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 57.0% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 57.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 57.7% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 59.5% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 60.7% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 61.6% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 62.8% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 64.8% | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 67.6% | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 67.0% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 66.7% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 69.4% | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 69.1% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 69.1% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 68.3% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 68.1% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 68.3% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 68.3% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 68.4% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 68.7% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 69.4% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 69.7% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 70.5% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 71.1% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 70.1% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 69.6% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 69.7% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 55.8% | 53.2% | 59.6% | 8 |
| 1980s | 60.6% | 58.0% | 63.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 57.9% | 57.0% | 58.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 63.8% | 57.7% | 69.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.7% | 68.1% | 69.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.2% | 69.6% | 71.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More education data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 196.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 81.42 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5.14 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.4% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.9733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1526 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Primary completion rate, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 69.7% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 71.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.2% in 1972.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for primary completion rate, male?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 42nd out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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.