Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
164
Highest
100.0%
Kazakhstan
Lowest
9.0%
Guinea-Bissau
Median
91.9%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
13,511
What the numbers show
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Kazakhstan; the lowest is 9.0% in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 91.9%, and the mean is 82.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 174.0%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 80.2%).
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2019 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 2 | Oman | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 3 | Italy | 100.0% | 2022 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Japan | 100.0% | 1998 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Spain | 99.9% | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 6 | Greece | 99.9% | 2022 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 7 | Norway | 99.9% | 2021 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 8 | Croatia | 99.9% | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 9 | Singapore | 99.9% | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 99.9% | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 11 | Poland | 99.8% | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 12 | Serbia | 99.7% | 2021 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 13 | Denmark | 99.6% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 14 | Iceland | 99.6% | 2019 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 15 | Slovakia | 99.5% | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 16 | Egypt | 99.5% | 2020 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 17 | Austria | 99.5% | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 18 | Macau, China | 99.5% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Czechia | 99.4% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 99.4% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 21 | Azerbaijan | 99.4% | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 22 | Switzerland | 99.4% | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 23 | Chile | 99.1% | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 24 | Estonia | 99.0% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 25 | Montenegro | 99.0% | 2021 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 98.9% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 27 | Russian Federation | 98.9% | 2018 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 28 | Israel | 98.9% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 29 | Türkiye | 98.8% | 2022 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 30 | Mexico | 98.8% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 31 | Slovenia | 98.8% | 2022 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 32 | Finland | 98.7% | 2021 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 33 | Portugal | 98.7% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 34 | Sweden | 98.6% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 98.6% | 2016 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 36 | Lithuania | 98.3% | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 37 | Hungary | 98.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 38 | Armenia | 98.2% | 2022 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 39 | Paraguay | 98.1% | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 40 | Mongolia | 97.9% | 2018 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 41 | Belarus | 97.6% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 42 | Argentina | 97.5% | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 97.5% | 2020 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 44 | Indonesia | 97.3% | 2017 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 97.3% | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 97.2% | 2020 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 47 | Thailand | 97.1% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 48 | Georgia | 96.7% | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 49 | Germany | 96.7% | 2012 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 50 | Tunisia | 96.7% | 2020 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 51 | Brunei Darussalam | 96.5% | 2019 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 52 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 96.4% | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 53 | Algeria | 96.4% | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 54 | Hong Kong, China | 96.3% | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 55 | Romania | 96.2% | 2022 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 56 | Bahrain | 96.1% | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 57 | Cyprus | 95.9% | 2021 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 58 | Trinidad and Tobago | 95.7% | 2022 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 59 | Malta | 95.6% | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 60 | Belize | 95.6% | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 61 | Qatar | 95.5% | 2021 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 62 | Seychelles | 95.0% | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 63 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 94.9% | 2022 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 64 | Jordan | 94.7% | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 65 | Republic of Moldova | 94.7% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 66 | Ecuador | 94.6% | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 67 | Cape Verde | 94.6% | 2021 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 68 | New Caledonia | 94.5% | 1989 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 69 | Latvia | 94.3% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 70 | South Africa | 94.0% | 2022 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 71 | Viet Nam | 94.0% | 2014 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 72 | North Macedonia | 93.9% | 2022 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 93.8% | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 74 | Ukraine | 93.6% | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 93.6% | 2022 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 76 | Peru | 93.1% | 2016 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 77 | Mauritius | 92.9% | 2020 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 78 | Botswana | 92.7% | 2012 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 79 | Fiji | 92.4% | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 80 | Morocco | 92.4% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 81 | Samoa | 92.3% | 2019 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 82 | Netherlands | 92.2% | 1984 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 83 | Philippines | 91.6% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 84 | Ghana | 91.4% | 2021 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 91.2% | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 86 | Uruguay | 91.0% | 2021 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 87 | Maldives | 90.6% | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 88 | Colombia | 89.8% | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 89 | Guyana | 89.8% | 2011 | up 46.0% | flat |
| 90 | Lebanon | 89.8% | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 91 | Cuba | 88.9% | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 92 | Dominica | 88.6% | 2021 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 93 | El Salvador | 88.5% | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 94 | Kiribati | 86.8% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 95 | Timor-Leste | 86.0% | 2018 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 96 | Aruba | 86.0% | 2020 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 97 | Syrian Arab Republic | 85.8% | 2023 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 98 | Albania | 85.7% | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 99 | Malaysia | 85.5% | 2023 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 100 | Guatemala | 85.0% | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 101 | Bhutan | 84.6% | 2016 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 102 | Libya | 84.4% | 1980 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 84.4% | 2019 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 104 | Vanuatu | 82.5% | 2019 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 105 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 82.3% | 2016 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 106 | Namibia | 81.3% | 2017 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 107 | Kuwait | 80.3% | 2020 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 108 | Eswatini | 80.2% | 2018 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 109 | Eritrea | 80.2% | 2017 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 110 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 79.8% | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 111 | Honduras | 78.2% | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 77.0% | 2020 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 113 | Belgium | 75.7% | 1987 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 114 | Cambodia | 75.3% | 2019 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 115 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 74.6% | 2019 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 116 | Kenya | 74.0% | 2003 | — | rising |
| 117 | Nepal | 73.7% | 2016 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 118 | Gambia | 73.5% | 2020 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 119 | Solomon Islands | 73.1% | 2018 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 120 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 72.6% | 2020 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 121 | India | 72.5% | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 122 | Myanmar | 72.2% | 2009 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 123 | Yemen | 71.8% | 2012 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 124 | Chad | 71.5% | 2017 | up 111.8% | rising |
| 125 | Djibouti | 71.5% | 2022 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 126 | Congo | 70.6% | 2007 | up 174.0% | falling |
| 127 | United Arab Emirates | 70.1% | 2020 | down 27.8% | flat |
| 128 | Sudan | 67.5% | 2018 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 129 | Guinea | 66.7% | 2013 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 130 | Panama | 66.5% | 2022 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 131 | Suriname | 65.5% | 2020 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 132 | Bahamas | 65.1% | 2012 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 133 | Mali | 63.5% | 2011 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 134 | Mauritania | 63.3% | 2016 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 135 | Nigeria | 62.5% | 2009 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 136 | Sao Tome and Principe | 62.0% | 2008 | up 17.4% | falling |
| 137 | Jamaica | 61.8% | 2022 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 138 | Lesotho | 61.8% | 2022 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 139 | Togo | 61.7% | 2023 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 140 | Pakistan | 61.3% | 2018 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 141 | Cameroon | 61.0% | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 142 | Rwanda | 60.5% | 2023 | up 99.5% | falling |
| 143 | Saint Lucia | 60.0% | 2022 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 144 | Senegal | 58.6% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 57.6% | 1997 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 146 | Zambia | 57.3% | 2012 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 147 | Côte d'Ivoire | 56.0% | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 148 | Benin | 53.9% | 2021 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 149 | Malawi | 53.5% | 2013 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 150 | Gabon | 51.8% | 1995 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 151 | Iraq | 51.5% | 1999 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 152 | Central African Republic | 47.3% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 46.9% | 2021 | up 37.9% | falling |
| 154 | Burundi | 45.7% | 2019 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 155 | Nicaragua | 44.7% | 2007 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 156 | Mozambique | 43.5% | 2019 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 157 | Niger | 42.5% | 2023 | down 32.9% | flat |
| 158 | Sierra Leone | 39.4% | 2019 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 159 | Uganda | 35.3% | 2016 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 160 | Haiti | 30.9% | 1985 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 161 | Madagascar | 29.9% | 2018 | down 38.2% | rising |
| 162 | Burkina Faso | 26.5% | 2022 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 163 | Palestine, State of | 18.7% | 2023 | down 80.2% | falling |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.0% | 1987 | down 43.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 98.9%
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 98.8%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 98.6%
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 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%
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 98.3%
- UIS: Central Asia 98.3%
- AIMS: Central Asia 98.3%
- SDG: Central Asia 98.3%
- 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%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 98.1%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 98.0%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 98.0%
- SDG: Europe 97.7%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 97.6%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 97.3%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 97.2%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 97.2%
- WB: European Union 97.2%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 96.9%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 96.9%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 96.8%
- WB: Euro Area 96.7%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 96.6%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 96.5%
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 96.3%
- MDG: Northern Africa 96.2%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 96.2%
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 95.9%
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 95.8%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 95.7%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 95.2%
- AIMS: East Asia 95.2%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 95.1%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 95.0%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 95.0%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release