Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female was 79.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
79.3%
Change on year
up 6.0%
Rank
125th
of 220 groups
All-time high
84.9%
in 2021
All-time low
62.4%
in 1974
Years of data
54
1970–2023
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries stood at 79.3%.
That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 84.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 62.4%, in 1974.
That places UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 125th out of 220 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 64.8% | — |
| 1971 | 63.6% | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 63.4% | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 62.6% | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 62.4% | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 64.0% | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 65.0% | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 66.7% | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 66.3% | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 66.5% | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 66.0% | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 66.4% | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 67.0% | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 67.4% | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 66.4% | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 68.4% | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 69.0% | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 70.7% | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 70.1% | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 70.3% | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 71.7% | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 72.1% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 72.8% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 73.6% | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 73.9% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 74.8% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 74.8% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 75.3% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 75.2% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 75.4% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 75.3% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 77.0% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 75.5% | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 74.4% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 73.8% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 73.0% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 73.6% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 74.6% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 76.8% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 76.6% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 76.4% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 76.7% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 74.9% | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 75.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 80.2% | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 81.2% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 80.1% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 82.1% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 81.9% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 84.4% | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 84.7% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 84.9% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 74.8% | -11.9% |
| 2023 | 79.3% | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 64.5% | 62.4% | 66.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 68.2% | 66.0% | 70.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.0% | 71.7% | 75.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.1% | 73.0% | 77.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.3% | 74.9% | 84.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.9% | 74.8% | 84.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- 122 India 76.0% compare
- 123 Côte d'Ivoire 75.5% compare
- 124 Suriname 75.0% compare
- 125 Chad 74.9% compare
- 126 Sao Tome and Principe 74.8% compare
- 127 Djibouti 74.0% compare
- 128 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 74.0% compare
More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 569.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8422 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 274.67 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6486 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 345.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 294.84 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 79.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 84.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.4% in 1974.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 125th out of 220 groups with data for 2023.
- Is survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 54 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release