Share of children who have completed primary school in Nauru
Nauru: Share of children who have completed primary school was 89.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of children who have completed primary school in Nauru, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of children who have completed primary school in Nauru stood at 89.2%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who have completed primary school in Nauru peaked at 89.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 84.5%, in 1981.
Nauru ranks 111th of 165 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 84.9% | 84.5% | 85.4% | 9 |
| 1990s | 86.0% | 85.5% | 86.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 87.2% | 86.7% | 87.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.2% | 87.8% | 88.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.9% | 88.7% | 89.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nauru
More education data for Nauru
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.2% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 94.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 66 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.29 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who have completed primary school in Nauru?
- Share of children who have completed primary school in Nauru was 89.2% 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 Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 89.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.5% in 1981.
- How does Nauru rank for share of children who have completed primary school?
- Nauru ranks 111th out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who have completed primary school rising or falling in Nauru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nauru 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.