Primary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2 in Egypt
Egypt: Primary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2 was 94.37 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Primary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2 in Egypt, 1990–2019
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 94.37 for primary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg 4.1.2 in 2019. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg 4.1.2 in Egypt peaked at 94.37 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 69.6, in 1990.
Egypt ranks 57th of 62 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 73 | 69.6 | 76.77 | 10 |
| 2000s | 84.26 | 78.22 | 88.93 | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.15 | 89.59 | 94.37 | 10 |
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More education data for Egypt
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 483,053 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.71 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg 4.1.2 in Egypt?
- Primary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg 4.1.2 in Egypt was 94.37 in 2019, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest primary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg 4.1.2 recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 94.37 in 2019.
- What is the lowest primary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg 4.1.2 recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.6 in 1990.
- How does Egypt rank for primary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg 4.1.2?
- Egypt ranks 57th out of 62 countries with data for 2019.
- Is primary education completion rate (uis/gem estimates) - sdg 4.1.2 rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Primary education completion rate (UIS/GEM estimates) - SDG 4.1.2. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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