Primary completion rate, male in World
World: Primary completion rate, male was 88.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, male in World, 1995–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, male in World stood at 88.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, male in World peaked at 91.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 83.9%, in 1996.
That places World 23rd out of 43 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, male in World, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 84.7% | — |
| 1996 | 83.9% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 84.1% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 84.4% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 84.7% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 84.9% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 85.3% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 85.9% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 85.6% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 86.1% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 86.8% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 86.9% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 87.9% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 89.4% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 90.0% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 89.5% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 88.8% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 88.7% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 88.7% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 88.7% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 88.4% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 88.9% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 88.7% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 88.7% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 88.2% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 88.4% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 89.2% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 91.6% | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 87.8% | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 88.3% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84.3% | 83.9% | 84.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 86.9% | 84.9% | 90.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.7% | 88.2% | 89.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.0% | 87.8% | 91.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
More education data for World
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 34.10 million (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 65.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0042 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 34.10 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 102.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.4548 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, male in World?
- Primary completion rate, male in World was 88.3% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, male recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 91.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, male recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.9% in 1996.
- How does World rank for primary completion rate, male?
- World ranks 23rd out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, male rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.