Share of children who have completed primary school in Finland
Finland: Share of children who have completed primary school was 99.7% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of children who have completed primary school in Finland, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Finland recorded 99.7% for share of children who have completed primary school in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who have completed primary school in Finland peaked at 99.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 99.6%, in 1981.
Finland ranks 30th of 165 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 9 |
| 1990s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 30,824 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.29 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who have completed primary school in Finland?
- Share of children who have completed primary school in Finland was 99.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.6% in 1981.
- How does Finland rank for share of children who have completed primary school?
- Finland ranks 30th out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who have completed primary school rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who have completed primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.