Share of children who have completed primary school by country
The share of children who are three to five years older than the official age for the last grade of primary education who have successfully completed it. This broader age band is used to include children who started school late or had to resit particular years.
Countries reporting
162
Highest
100.0%
Germany
Lowest
7.9%
South Sudan
Median
97.4%
Years covered
45
1981–2025
Data points
7,390
What the numbers show
Share of children who have completed primary school is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Germany; the lowest is 7.9% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.4%, and the mean is 87.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 156 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 81.2%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 13.9%).
Share of children who have completed primary school: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Japan | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 100.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Austria | 100.0% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 8 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 9 | Italy | 99.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Denmark | 99.9% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 11 | Canada | 99.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Czechia | 99.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 13 | Mauritius | 99.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 99.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 15 | Malaysia | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 16 | Slovakia | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Turkmenistan | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Belarus | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 20 | Georgia | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Netherlands | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Norway | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Switzerland | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 25 | Croatia | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 27 | Russia | 99.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 28 | Mongolia | 99.7% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 99.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 30 | Finland | 99.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 31 | Poland | 99.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 32 | Lithuania | 99.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 32 | Serbia | 99.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 34 | Palestine | 99.6% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 35 | Latvia | 99.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | France | 99.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 99.6% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 38 | Ukraine | 99.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 39 | North Macedonia | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 40 | Australia | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 40 | Estonia | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 40 | Slovenia | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 43 | Cuba | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 43 | Ecuador | 99.5% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 45 | Portugal | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 46 | Armenia | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 47 | Barbados | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 48 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.4% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 49 | Jamaica | 99.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 50 | Maldives | 99.4% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 51 | Greece | 99.3% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 52 | Guyana | 99.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 52 | Thailand | 99.2% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 54 | Hungary | 99.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 99.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 56 | Romania | 99.1% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 57 | Botswana | 99.0% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 57 | China | 99.0% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 59 | Cyprus | 99.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 60 | Belgium | 98.9% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 98.9% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 62 | Fiji | 98.9% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 63 | Indonesia | 98.9% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 63 | Montenegro | 98.9% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 65 | Moldova | 98.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 66 | Tajikistan | 98.8% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 67 | Tuvalu | 98.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 68 | Vietnam | 98.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 70 | Spain | 98.6% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 71 | Jordan | 98.5% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 71 | Samoa | 98.5% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 73 | Bolivia | 98.5% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 98.4% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 74 | Tonga | 98.4% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 76 | Mexico | 98.2% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 78 | Syria | 98.1% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 79 | Peru | 98.1% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.0% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 80 | Turkey | 98.0% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 82 | Uruguay | 97.9% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 83 | Albania | 97.4% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 83 | Chile | 97.4% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 83 | Iceland | 97.4% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 86 | South Africa | 97.1% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 87 | Tunisia | 96.9% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 88 | Iran | 96.7% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 89 | Argentina | 96.7% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 90 | India | 96.5% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 91 | Algeria | 96.5% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 92 | Egypt | 96.3% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 93 | Philippines | 96.2% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 96.1% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 95 | Colombia | 95.5% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 96 | Panama | 95.1% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 97 | Paraguay | 94.9% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 98 | Kiribati | 94.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 99 | Congo | 93.9% | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 100 | El Salvador | 93.7% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 100 | Sao Tome and Principe | 93.7% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 102 | Bhutan | 93.6% | 2025 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Brazil | 93.0% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 104 | Suriname | 91.3% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 105 | Nepal | 90.8% | 2025 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Bangladesh | 90.8% | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 107 | Belize | 90.2% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 108 | Myanmar | 89.8% | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 109 | Honduras | 89.6% | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 110 | Djibouti | 89.4% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 111 | Nauru | 89.2% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 112 | Kenya | 88.4% | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 113 | Venezuela | 88.0% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 114 | Togo | 87.8% | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 115 | Guatemala | 87.0% | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 86.9% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 117 | Namibia | 86.3% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 118 | Comoros | 86.1% | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 119 | Morocco | 84.6% | 2025 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 120 | Iraq | 83.3% | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 121 | Cambodia | 82.7% | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 122 | Eswatini | 82.5% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 123 | East Timor | 82.1% | 2025 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 124 | Lesotho | 79.8% | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 125 | Vanuatu | 79.8% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 126 | Ghana | 79.1% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 127 | Cote d'Ivoire | 78.8% | 2025 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 128 | Cameroon | 77.8% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 77.7% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 130 | Niger | 77.5% | 2025 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Nigeria | 76.8% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 132 | Tanzania | 75.7% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 133 | Sudan | 75.6% | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 134 | Gambia | 74.8% | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 135 | Yemen | 74.8% | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 136 | Gabon | 74.2% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 73.6% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 138 | Burkina Faso | 72.2% | 2025 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Rwanda | 71.9% | 2025 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 140 | Laos | 70.1% | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 141 | Benin | 70.1% | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 142 | Sierra Leone | 68.8% | 2025 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 68.4% | 2025 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 144 | Zambia | 67.4% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 66.0% | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 146 | Senegal | 65.7% | 2025 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Angola | 65.2% | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 148 | Ethiopia | 64.6% | 2025 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Guinea | 61.0% | 2025 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Burundi | 60.5% | 2025 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Pakistan | 59.5% | 2025 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 152 | Malawi | 57.7% | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 153 | Afghanistan | 55.4% | 2025 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Madagascar | 54.0% | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 155 | Mozambique | 53.5% | 2025 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Mauritania | 51.8% | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 157 | Haiti | 50.5% | 2025 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 158 | Mali | 50.0% | 2025 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Chad | 37.8% | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 160 | Central African Republic | 30.8% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 161 | Guinea-Bissau | 30.5% | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 162 | Uganda | 30.4% | 2025 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 163 | Liberia | 29.8% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 164 | Somalia | 28.8% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 165 | South Sudan | 7.9% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
About this data
The share of children who are three to five years older than the official age for the last grade of primary education who have successfully completed it. This broader age band is used to include children who started school late or had to resit particular years.