Data for 1981
Primary Completion Rate, 1981
Figures for 1981, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Primary Completion Rate, 1981 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.96; Bhutan is lowest, at 4.24. The middle country reads 78.92.
Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1981
HighestGermany
99.96LowestBhutan
4.24Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Primary Completion Rate, 1981, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 165 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEUWestern Europe | 99.96 | 99.9548 | 99.965 |
| 2 | AUTWestern Europe | 99.94 | 99.9352 | 99.945 |
| 3 | SWENorthern Europe | 99.91 | 99.9052 | 99.915 |
| 4 | DNKNorthern Europe | 99.86 | 99.8549 | 99.865 |
| 5 | CZEEastern Europe | 99.80 | 99.8207 | 99.781 |
| 6 | GBRNorthern Europe | 99.75 | 99.7911 | 99.711 |
| =7 | BLREastern Europe | 99.74 | 99.7652 | 99.715 |
| =7 | JPNEastern Asia | 99.74 | 99.7144 | 99.764 |
| 9 | KOREastern Asia | 99.73 | 99.7040 | 99.754 |
| 10 | CHEWestern Europe | 99.71 | 99.7103 | 99.710 |
| 11 | SVKEastern Europe | 99.70 | 99.7051 | 99.695 |
| 12 | IRLNorthern Europe | 99.67 | 99.6996 | 99.640 |
| 13 | NORNorthern Europe | 99.66 | 99.6235 | 99.693 |
| =14 | NLDWestern Europe | 99.63 | 99.6249 | 99.635 |
| =14 | UZBCentral Asia | 99.63 | 99.6453 | 99.615 |
| =16 | FINNorthern Europe | 99.60 | 99.6306 | 99.571 |
| =16 | RUSEastern Europe | 99.60 | 99.6000 | 99.600 |
| 18 | ITASouthern Europe | 99.59 | 99.6461 | 99.536 |
| =19 | POLEastern Europe | 99.57 | 99.6468 | 99.497 |
| =19 | UKREastern Europe | 99.57 | 99.5497 | 99.590 |
| 21 | HRVSouthern Europe | 99.51 | 99.4692 | 99.549 |
| 22 | ARMWestern Asia | 99.48 | 99.5495 | 99.410 |
| 23 | LTUNorthern Europe | 99.47 | 99.5411 | 99.401 |
| 24 | SRBSouthern Europe | 99.46 | 99.3602 | 99.560 |
| 25 | TKMCentral Asia | 99.42 | 99.3349 | 99.505 |
| 26 | LVANorthern Europe | 99.41 | 99.4183 | 99.398 |
| 27 | SVNSouthern Europe | 99.37 | 99.4454 | 99.295 |
| 28 | ESTNorthern Europe | 99.33 | 99.3147 | 99.345 |
| 29 | KGZCentral Asia | 99.29 | 99.3403 | 99.240 |
| 30 | KAZCentral Asia | 99.28 | 99.2501 | 99.310 |
| 31 | ROUEastern Europe | 99.26 | 99.3353 | 99.185 |
| 32 | CANNorthern America | 99.20 | 99.2666 | 99.137 |
| 33 | BRBCaribbean | 99.05 | 99.3017 | 98.792 |
| 34 | HUNEastern Europe | 99.04 | 98.9473 | 99.127 |
| =35 | FRAWestern Europe | 98.97 | 99.1033 | 98.843 |
| =35 | GRCSouthern Europe | 98.97 | 98.9957 | 98.946 |
| =37 | CYPWestern Asia | 98.72 | 98.6451 | 98.795 |
| =37 | PRTSouthern Europe | 98.72 | 98.8417 | 98.602 |
| 39 | GEOWestern Asia | 98.64 | 98.5271 | 98.757 |
| 40 | MDAEastern Europe | 98.59 | 99.0107 | 98.161 |
| 41 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 98.57 | 98.6008 | 98.541 |
| 42 | LUXWestern Europe | 98.52 | 98.4438 | 98.594 |
| 43 | MLTSouthern Europe | 98.36 | 98.2527 | 98.463 |
| 44 | BIHSouthern Europe | 98.26 | 97.8460 | 98.676 |
| =45 | TJKCentral Asia | 98.08 | 97.3588 | 98.779 |
| =45 | USANorthern America | 98.08 | 98.2329 | 97.933 |
| 47 | ISRWestern Asia | 98.05 | 97.3286 | 98.719 |
| 48 | ESPSouthern Europe | 97.94 | 97.9707 | 97.911 |
| 49 | AZEWestern Asia | 97.70 | 96.9861 | 98.426 |
| 50 | BGREastern Europe | 97.69 | 97.2109 | 98.141 |
| 51 | ISLNorthern Europe | 97.68 | 97.5379 | 97.818 |
| 52 | MNESouthern Europe | 97.53 | 97.4495 | 97.609 |
| 53 | JAMCaribbean | 97.51 | 98.0077 | 97.008 |
| 54 | CUBCaribbean | 97.22 | 98.3020 | 96.192 |
| 55 | TUVPolynesia | 97.00 | 96.7850 | 97.215 |
| 56 | TONPolynesia | 96.64 | 97.0651 | 96.265 |
| 57 | ALBSouthern Europe | 96.31 | 95.8575 | 96.748 |
| =58 | LCACaribbean | 96.06 | 97.9826 | 94.183 |
| =58 | WSMPolynesia | 96.06 | 97.7801 | 94.490 |
| 60 | BELWestern Europe | 96.02 | 95.6621 | 96.362 |
| 61 | MKDSouthern Europe | 95.92 | 95.2280 | 96.568 |
| 62 | PSEWestern Asia | 95.88 | 96.3657 | 95.406 |
| 63 | MNGEastern Asia | 95.18 | 96.5520 | 93.782 |
| 64 | URYSouth America | 94.05 | 93.7605 | 94.330 |
| 65 | FJIMelanesia | 93.37 | 95.9119 | 90.812 |
| 66 | ARGSouth America | 91.59 | 91.5192 | 91.659 |
| 67 | TTOCaribbean | 91.08 | 91.6847 | 90.475 |
| 68 | KIRMicronesia | 90.80 | 95.1303 | 86.600 |
| 69 | JORWestern Asia | 90.20 | 88.2301 | 92.060 |
| 70 | CHLSouth America | 89.46 | 89.1521 | 89.762 |
| 71 | MUSEastern Africa | 85.83 | 82.9750 | 88.505 |
| 72 | QATWestern Asia | 85.67 | 76.7413 | 90.761 |
| 73 | PANCentral America | 85.19 | 85.8288 | 84.569 |
| 74 | NRUMicronesia | 84.49 | 87.2577 | 81.898 |
| 75 | SYRWestern Asia | 84.47 | 76.1446 | 92.465 |
| 76 | TURWestern Asia | 83.46 | 75.2899 | 91.130 |
| 77 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 83.23 | 81.8244 | 84.574 |
| 78 | ZWEEastern Africa | 83.17 | 79.7150 | 86.575 |
| 79 | CHNEastern Asia | 82.08 | 74.8364 | 88.976 |
| 80 | VENSouth America | 80.16 | 80.7927 | 79.543 |
| 81 | MEXCentral America | 79.98 | 78.1962 | 81.736 |
| 82 | CRICentral America | 79.38 | 79.6087 | 79.159 |
| 83 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 78.92 | 80.7804 | 77.160 |
| 84 | ECUSouth America | 77.52 | 75.8614 | 79.151 |
| 85 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 76.97 | 73.2827 | 80.583 |
| 86 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 76.31 | 71.8892 | 80.669 |
| 87 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 75.07 | 72.6463 | 77.436 |
| 88 | VUTMelanesia | 73.87 | 75.7215 | 72.291 |
| 89 | GUYSouth America | 73.50 | 74.3302 | 72.660 |
| 90 | IRNSouthern Asia | 73.05 | 61.4540 | 83.744 |
| 91 | SURSouth America | 69.11 | 68.6860 | 69.516 |
| 92 | TZAEastern Africa | 68.48 | 61.6019 | 75.862 |
| 93 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 68.42 | 68.7185 | 68.128 |
| 94 | DZANorthern Africa | 67.25 | 53.7719 | 79.382 |
| 95 | COGMiddle Africa | 67.20 | 61.6708 | 72.791 |
| 96 | PERSouth America | 66.98 | 60.4372 | 73.427 |
| 97 | PRYSouth America | 66.22 | 64.7410 | 67.671 |
| 98 | COLSouth America | 63.58 | 63.8949 | 63.275 |
| =99 | BRASouth America | 62.68 | 64.3350 | 61.045 |
| =99 | IRQWestern Asia | 62.68 | 52.1560 | 72.886 |
| 101 | BLZCentral America | 61.10 | 55.9533 | 66.143 |
| 102 | NGAWestern Africa | 60.60 | 54.3084 | 66.958 |
| 103 | EGYNorthern Africa | 58.20 | 47.5094 | 68.289 |
| 104 | DOMCaribbean | 56.13 | 58.7727 | 53.533 |
| 105 | BWASouthern Africa | 55.88 | 61.5885 | 49.798 |
| 106 | ZMBEastern Africa | 54.89 | 48.0793 | 61.799 |
| 107 | CMRMiddle Africa | 52.33 | 48.0451 | 56.605 |
| 108 | BOLSouth America | 52.20 | 46.1061 | 58.216 |
| 109 | KENEastern Africa | 52.01 | 44.3362 | 59.676 |
| 110 | GABMiddle Africa | 49.27 | 55.7299 | 42.750 |
| 111 | HNDCentral America | 48.87 | 47.4634 | 50.283 |
| 112 | NAMSouthern Africa | 48.45 | 46.3138 | 50.644 |
| 113 | SLVCentral America | 47.77 | 42.0021 | 53.322 |
| 114 | TUNNorthern Africa | 44.33 | 33.9973 | 54.117 |
| 115 | GNQMiddle Africa | 43.66 | 29.7370 | 57.847 |
| 116 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 42.85 | 38.1284 | 47.398 |
| 117 | SDNNorthern Africa | 42.70 | 38.4907 | 46.731 |
| 118 | NICCentral America | 41.77 | 44.1594 | 39.389 |
| 119 | PNGMelanesia | 41.29 | 32.1118 | 48.892 |
| 120 | LSOSouthern Africa | 40.61 | 52.0765 | 28.686 |
| 121 | CODMiddle Africa | 40.43 | 28.4190 | 52.439 |
| 122 | INDSouthern Asia | 39.94 | 22.9302 | 55.800 |
| 123 | MDVSouthern Asia | 39.15 | 36.1055 | 41.975 |
| 124 | SWZSouthern Africa | 38.08 | 44.3896 | 31.220 |
| 125 | DJIEastern Africa | 37.97 | 20.5154 | 55.435 |
| 126 | GHAWestern Africa | 36.17 | 29.6414 | 42.661 |
| 127 | GTMCentral America | 33.82 | 28.3713 | 39.261 |
| 128 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 33.77 | 30.9788 | 36.489 |
| 129 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 33.50 | 22.0578 | 45.388 |
| 130 | STPMiddle Africa | 33.07 | 21.9807 | 43.171 |
| 131 | MDGEastern Africa | 32.17 | 32.2304 | 32.110 |
| 132 | YEMWestern Asia | 27.43 | 3.9728 | 50.513 |
| 133 | MARNorthern Africa | 25.75 | 22.1191 | 29.269 |
| 134 | PAKSouthern Asia | 25.10 | 11.8445 | 37.574 |
| 135 | BENWestern Africa | 24.47 | 17.9000 | 31.060 |
| 136 | MRTWestern Africa | 24.30 | 14.5912 | 33.951 |
| 137 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 24.27 | 21.4834 | 26.993 |
| 138 | GMBWestern Africa | 24.01 | 12.9897 | 35.230 |
| 139 | MWIEastern Africa | 22.91 | 17.0371 | 29.237 |
| 140 | RWAEastern Africa | 21.84 | 18.4875 | 25.198 |
| 141 | COMEastern Africa | 21.79 | 15.0071 | 28.657 |
| 142 | BGDSouthern Asia | 21.51 | 12.7574 | 29.827 |
| 143 | SLEWestern Africa | 20.89 | 16.4253 | 25.425 |
| 144 | UGAEastern Africa | 20.77 | 14.6104 | 26.990 |
| 145 | AGOMiddle Africa | 20.09 | 8.5303 | 31.360 |
| 146 | CAFMiddle Africa | 18.74 | 13.1785 | 24.408 |
| 147 | SOMEastern Africa | 18.42 | 10.5519 | 26.162 |
| 148 | TGOWestern Africa | 18.26 | 10.0706 | 26.511 |
| 149 | CIVWestern Africa | 17.86 | 11.9782 | 23.948 |
| 150 | LBRWestern Africa | 17.54 | 11.2408 | 23.921 |
| 151 | HTICaribbean | 15.67 | 10.8405 | 20.521 |
| 152 | SENWestern Africa | 12.49 | 5.4884 | 19.338 |
| 153 | MLIWestern Africa | 12.31 | 8.5540 | 16.054 |
| 154 | NPLSouthern Asia | 11.76 | 3.9143 | 19.204 |
| 155 | BFAWestern Africa | 11.01 | 6.8796 | 15.120 |
| 156 | NERWestern Africa | 9.68 | 7.7286 | 11.559 |
| 157 | GNBWestern Africa | 9.35 | 4.5718 | 13.872 |
| 158 | ETHEastern Africa | 9.34 | 3.1806 | 15.581 |
| 159 | AFGSouthern Asia | 9.24 | 1.2605 | 16.980 |
| 160 | MOZEastern Africa | 6.51 | 4.8037 | 8.224 |
| 161 | TCDMiddle Africa | 6.25 | 2.8134 | 9.683 |
| 162 | BDIEastern Africa | 5.43 | 6.1394 | 4.719 |
| 163 | SSDEastern Africa | 4.78 | 1.2391 | 8.279 |
| 164 | GINWestern Africa | 4.43 | 0.9587 | 7.879 |
| 165 | BTNSouthern Asia | 4.24 | 0.0000 | 8.545 |
02In 1981
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Lowest
- 165
Bhutan4.24
- 164
Guinea4.43
- 163
South Sudan4.78
- 162
Burundi5.43
- 161
Chad6.25
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 78.92. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
03Caveats
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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
156 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.74. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 165 countries has every column.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1981). Primary Completion Rate, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1981
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Primary Completion Rate, 1981: questions and answers
Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 1981?
Germany, at 99.96, of the 165 countries in the file.
What year does Primary Completion Rate, 1981 describe?
1981.
How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 1981 cover?
165.
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