Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
180
Highest
100.0%
Japan
Lowest
8.4%
Guinea-Bissau
Median
92.9%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
14,827
What the numbers show
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Japan; the lowest is 8.4% in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 92.9%, and the mean is 84.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 142.2%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 80.9%).
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 100.0% | 1998 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | Spain | 99.9% | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 3 | Italy | 99.9% | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 99.8% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 5 | Poland | 99.8% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 6 | Egypt | 99.8% | 2020 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 7 | Slovakia | 99.7% | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 8 | Croatia | 99.7% | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 9 | Denmark | 99.7% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Oman | 99.6% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 11 | Switzerland | 99.6% | 2021 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 12 | Chile | 99.6% | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 13 | Greece | 99.5% | 2022 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 14 | Austria | 99.5% | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 15 | Czechia | 99.5% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 16 | Montenegro | 99.5% | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 17 | Serbia | 99.4% | 2021 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 18 | Singapore | 99.4% | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 19 | Estonia | 99.4% | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 20 | Slovenia | 99.4% | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Norway | 99.3% | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 22 | Azerbaijan | 99.3% | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 23 | Macau, China | 99.3% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 24 | Portugal | 99.3% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 25 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 99.3% | 2020 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 26 | Finland | 99.3% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 99.1% | 2018 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 28 | Türkiye | 99.0% | 2022 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 29 | Tajikistan | 99.0% | 2016 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 30 | Korea | 98.9% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 31 | Iceland | 98.9% | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 32 | Mexico | 98.9% | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 33 | Lithuania | 98.6% | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 34 | Mongolia | 98.6% | 2018 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 35 | Sweden | 98.6% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 36 | Thailand | 98.5% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 37 | Armenia | 98.5% | 2022 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 38 | Hungary | 98.3% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 39 | Indonesia | 98.2% | 2017 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 40 | Israel | 98.2% | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 98.1% | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 42 | France | 98.0% | 1999 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 97.9% | 2022 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 44 | Cyprus | 97.9% | 2021 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 45 | Belarus | 97.9% | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 97.7% | 2020 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 47 | Argentina | 97.6% | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 48 | Tunisia | 97.3% | 2020 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 97.1% | 2019 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 50 | Brunei Darussalam | 97.0% | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 51 | Georgia | 96.9% | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 52 | China | 96.8% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 53 | Algeria | 96.8% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 54 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 96.8% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 55 | Paraguay | 96.7% | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 56 | San Marino | 96.6% | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 57 | Germany | 96.5% | 2012 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 58 | Bahrain | 96.4% | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 59 | Malta | 96.3% | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 60 | Liechtenstein | 96.3% | 2020 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 96.1% | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 62 | Romania | 96.1% | 2022 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 63 | Belize | 96.1% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 64 | Réunion | 96.0% | 1986 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 65 | Viet Nam | 96.0% | 2014 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95.7% | 2022 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 67 | Hong Kong, China | 95.6% | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 68 | Republic of Moldova | 95.5% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 69 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 95.4% | 2014 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 70 | South Africa | 95.4% | 2022 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 71 | Seychelles | 95.3% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 72 | Jordan | 95.2% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 73 | Cape Verde | 94.9% | 2021 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 74 | Qatar | 94.7% | 2021 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 75 | Barbados | 94.7% | 2022 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 76 | Latvia | 94.7% | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 77 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 94.7% | 2022 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 78 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 94.6% | 2017 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 79 | Ecuador | 94.4% | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 80 | New Caledonia | 94.3% | 1989 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 94.3% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 82 | Netherlands | 94.1% | 1984 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 83 | Botswana | 94.0% | 2012 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 84 | Ukraine | 93.6% | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 85 | Philippines | 93.4% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 86 | Fiji | 93.1% | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 87 | Peru | 93.1% | 2016 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 93.0% | 2022 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 89 | Morocco | 93.0% | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 90 | Kenya | 93.0% | 2014 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 91 | Lebanon | 92.7% | 2022 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 92 | Sao Tome and Principe | 92.7% | 2016 | up 23.5% | flat |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 92.2% | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 94 | Guyana | 92.2% | 2011 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 95 | Maldives | 91.9% | 2023 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 96 | Colombia | 91.3% | 2021 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 97 | Tonga | 91.3% | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 98 | Timor-Leste | 89.8% | 2018 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 99 | Dominica | 89.7% | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 100 | El Salvador | 89.3% | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 101 | Cuba | 89.0% | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 102 | Uruguay | 88.8% | 2022 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 103 | Bhutan | 88.7% | 2016 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 104 | Samoa | 88.6% | 2019 | up 15.7% | flat |
| 105 | Ghana | 88.4% | 2021 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 106 | Syrian Arab Republic | 88.4% | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 107 | Kiribati | 87.9% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 108 | Zimbabwe | 87.6% | 2019 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 109 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 87.3% | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 110 | Grenada | 86.9% | 1984 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 111 | Albania | 86.7% | 2023 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 112 | Guatemala | 86.6% | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 113 | Kuwait | 85.7% | 2020 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 114 | Malaysia | 85.2% | 2023 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 115 | Aruba | 85.0% | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 116 | Bermuda | 84.2% | 2005 | — | falling |
| 117 | Namibia | 84.1% | 2017 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 118 | Marshall Islands | 83.4% | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 119 | Eswatini | 83.2% | 2018 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 120 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 82.1% | 2019 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 121 | Libya | 81.6% | 1980 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 122 | Brazil | 80.6% | 2003 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 123 | Eritrea | 80.0% | 2017 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 124 | Honduras | 79.9% | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 125 | Cambodia | 79.7% | 2019 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 126 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 78.6% | 2019 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 78.4% | 2020 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 128 | Gambia | 78.2% | 2020 | up 24.1% | flat |
| 129 | Belgium | 77.8% | 1987 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 77.1% | 2020 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 131 | Solomon Islands | 74.8% | 2018 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 132 | Myanmar | 74.8% | 2009 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 133 | India | 74.2% | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 134 | Sudan | 74.2% | 2018 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 73.9% | 2020 | down 24.6% | flat |
| 136 | Nepal | 73.5% | 2016 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 137 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 73.3% | 2020 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 138 | Chad | 73.0% | 2017 | up 142.2% | rising |
| 139 | Djibouti | 72.7% | 2022 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 140 | Mauritius | 72.2% | 2023 | down 26.5% | flat |
| 141 | Comoros | 70.9% | 2013 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 142 | Congo | 70.3% | 2007 | up 86.2% | falling |
| 143 | Suriname | 70.1% | 2020 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 144 | Lesotho | 69.9% | 2022 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 145 | Yemen | 69.5% | 2012 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 146 | Rwanda | 67.1% | 2023 | up 94.2% | flat |
| 147 | Panama | 66.7% | 2022 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 148 | Jamaica | 66.4% | 2022 | down 22.9% | flat |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 66.2% | 2009 | — | rising |
| 150 | Andorra | 66.1% | 2020 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 151 | Guinea | 65.9% | 2013 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 152 | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.4% | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 153 | Pakistan | 65.3% | 2018 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 154 | Mauritania | 64.9% | 2016 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 155 | Bahamas | 64.8% | 2012 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 156 | Nigeria | 64.4% | 2009 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 157 | Senegal | 63.5% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 158 | Togo | 62.6% | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 159 | Cameroon | 61.8% | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 160 | Mali | 61.6% | 2011 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 161 | Gabon | 59.8% | 2002 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | 59.1% | 2022 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 56.2% | 1997 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 164 | Zambia | 55.5% | 2012 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 165 | Benin | 54.1% | 2021 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 166 | Malawi | 54.1% | 2013 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 167 | Ethiopia | 50.5% | 2021 | up 38.1% | falling |
| 168 | Burundi | 49.7% | 2019 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 169 | Iraq | 49.5% | 1999 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 170 | Nicaragua | 48.4% | 2007 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 171 | Central African Republic | 46.6% | 2011 | — | flat |
| 172 | Niger | 44.6% | 2023 | down 30.7% | flat |
| 173 | Mozambique | 43.1% | 2019 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 174 | Sierra Leone | 39.9% | 2019 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 175 | Uganda | 35.5% | 2016 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 176 | Haiti | 32.2% | 1985 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 177 | Madagascar | 31.6% | 2018 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 178 | Burkina Faso | 31.0% | 2022 | down 55.1% | flat |
| 179 | Palestine, State of | 18.6% | 2023 | down 80.9% | falling |
| 180 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.4% | 1987 | down 37.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 98.9%
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 98.7%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 98.7%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 98.6%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 98.5%
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 98.4%
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 98.4%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 98.2%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 98.2%
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 98.2%
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 98.2%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 98.2%
- UIS: Central Asia 98.2%
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 98.2%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 98.1%
- AIMS: Central Asia 98.1%
- SDG: Central Asia 98.1%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 98.0%
- SDG: Europe 98.0%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 97.7%
- WB: European Union 97.7%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 97.7%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 97.3%
- WB: Euro Area 97.3%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 97.3%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 97.1%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 97.0%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 96.9%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 96.9%
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 96.8%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 96.7%
- MDG: Northern Africa 96.5%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 96.3%
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 96.2%
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 95.7%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 95.7%
- AIMS: East Asia 95.7%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 95.5%
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 95.5%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 95.5%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release