Share of children who have completed primary school in Uruguay
Uruguay: Share of children who have completed primary school was 97.9% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Share of children who have completed primary school in Uruguay, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children who have completed primary school in Uruguay is 97.9%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who have completed primary school in Uruguay peaked at 97.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 94.0%, in 1981.
Uruguay ranks 82nd of 165 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 94.5% | 94.0% | 95.0% | 9 |
| 1990s | 95.5% | 95.1% | 95.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 96.5% | 96.1% | 96.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.4% | 97.0% | 97.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.8% | 97.6% | 97.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 18,882 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.4 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who have completed primary school in Uruguay?
- Share of children who have completed primary school in Uruguay was 97.9% 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 97.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.0% in 1981.
- How does Uruguay rank for share of children who have completed primary school?
- Uruguay ranks 82nd out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who have completed primary school rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.