Data for 1982

Primary Completion Rate, 1982

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 1982
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Figures for 1982, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 1982 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.97; South Sudan is lowest, at 4.84. The middle country reads 79.00. Against 1981, 154 values changed (149 up, 5 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1982

HighestGermany

99.97

LowestSouth Sudan

4.84

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

165countries
3measures per country
1982the year it describes
155distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Primary Completion Rate, 1982, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Primary Completion Rate, 1982: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.97	99.965	99.9748
2	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.95	99.950	99.9500
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.92	99.915	99.9251
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.86	99.849	99.8694
5	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.80	99.821	99.7810
=6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.75	99.724	99.7743
=6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.75	99.729	99.7693
=6	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.75	99.786	99.7160
9	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.74	99.766	99.7157
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.72	99.720	99.7200
11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.70	99.705	99.6947
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.68	99.711	99.6512
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.67	99.644	99.6943
=14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.63	99.630	99.6301
=14	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.63	99.650	99.6105
=16	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.61	99.641	99.5806
=16	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.61	99.615	99.6051
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.60	99.656	99.5462
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.58	99.662	99.5018
20	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.57	99.550	99.5897
21	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.52	99.480	99.5602
=22	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.48	99.549	99.4095
=22	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.48	99.546	99.4162
24	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.47	99.376	99.5659
25	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.43	99.345	99.5153
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.42	99.432	99.4122
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.38	99.451	99.3112
28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.34	99.323	99.3531
29	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.30	99.270	99.3299
30	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.29	99.341	99.2407
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.28	99.350	99.2103
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.22	99.287	99.1567
=33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.06	99.312	98.8018
=33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.06	98.983	99.1326
=35	France`FRA`Western Europe	98.98	99.118	98.8484
=35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	98.98	99.011	98.9505
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	98.74	98.856	98.6263
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.73	98.663	98.7928
39	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.68	98.582	98.7819
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.61	98.656	98.5658
41	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.60	99.007	98.1873
42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.54	98.469	98.6088
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.37	98.269	98.4793
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.30	97.906	98.6957
45	United States`USA`Northern America	98.15	98.308	97.9983
46	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.14	97.462	98.7724
47	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.11	97.420	98.7795
48	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	97.95	97.976	97.9256
=49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.73	97.036	98.4362
=49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	97.73	97.268	98.1675
51	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.69	97.545	97.8447
=52	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.57	98.063	97.0733
=52	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.57	97.504	97.6343
54	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.29	98.333	96.3030
55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.05	96.845	97.2550
56	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	96.68	97.105	96.3049
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.36	95.898	96.8082
58	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	96.19	98.020	94.4200
59	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.15	97.845	94.6051
60	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	96.09	95.752	96.4122
61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	96.04	95.377	96.6572
62	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	96.02	96.497	95.5569
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	95.37	96.791	93.9313
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	94.15	93.925	94.3654
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	93.55	95.960	91.1196
66	Argentina`ARG`South America	91.80	91.805	91.7952
67	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	91.47	91.996	90.9365
68	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	90.85	95.103	86.6726
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	90.49	88.688	92.1880
70	Chile`CHL`South America	89.98	89.773	90.1828
71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	86.21	83.751	88.5106
72	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.09	77.797	91.3073
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	85.37	85.948	84.8078
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	85.03	77.152	92.5920
75	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	84.49	87.083	81.5227
76	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	84.09	82.812	85.3119
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	83.60	75.558	91.1881
78	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	83.24	79.925	86.4046
79	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	82.55	75.577	89.1873
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	80.81	79.164	82.4442
81	Venezuela`VEN`South America	80.55	81.344	79.7741
82	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	79.14	79.490	78.7998
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	79.00	81.066	77.0460
84	Ecuador`ECU`South America	77.74	76.282	79.1724
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	77.63	73.465	81.7347
86	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77.39	74.067	80.6474
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	75.77	73.843	77.6432
88	Guyana`GUY`South America	74.69	75.597	73.7765
89	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.04	75.887	72.4870
90	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	73.71	62.464	84.0941
91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	69.64	70.083	69.2032
92	Suriname`SUR`South America	69.12	68.536	69.6756
93	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	68.75	62.240	75.7900
94	Peru`PER`South America	68.12	62.025	74.1252
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	68.01	55.124	79.5937
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	67.26	65.937	68.5569
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.17	61.838	72.5779
98	Colombia`COL`South America	64.50	64.937	64.0768
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	63.68	65.431	61.9510
100	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	63.07	53.069	72.7692
101	Belize`BLZ`Central America	62.10	57.336	66.7759
102	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	60.97	54.909	67.0692
103	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	59.47	49.119	69.2090
104	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	57.34	63.091	51.2310
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.56	59.505	53.6654
106	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	54.94	48.507	61.4573
107	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	52.90	48.887	56.8973
108	Bolivia`BOL`South America	52.56	46.476	58.5563
109	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	52.27	44.890	59.6403
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	49.78	48.594	50.9736
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.61	56.184	42.9840
112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	49.44	47.762	51.1619
113	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	49.06	43.516	54.4356
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.21	36.265	55.5246
115	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	44.41	30.989	58.0688
116	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	43.50	39.384	47.4140
117	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	43.13	38.748	47.3483
118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.58	45.240	39.9299
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	41.83	32.935	49.3254
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	41.76	25.081	57.3208
121	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	41.01	52.442	29.1616
122	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40.40	28.485	52.3047
123	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	40.23	36.488	43.7277
124	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	39.27	22.068	56.4581
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	38.85	45.264	31.8843
126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	37.09	30.780	43.3597
127	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	34.76	29.314	40.2042
128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	34.28	31.559	36.9290
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	33.89	22.606	45.5962
130	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	33.54	22.575	43.5654
131	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	32.21	32.366	32.0562
132	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	28.41	5.028	51.3582
133	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.87	23.128	30.4878
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.74	12.732	37.9924
135	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	25.36	22.700	27.9200
136	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	25.02	14.064	36.1743
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	24.71	15.078	34.2783
138	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	23.98	17.485	30.4948
139	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	23.41	17.762	29.5322
140	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	22.80	14.062	31.1016
141	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	22.79	19.739	25.8491
142	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	22.58	15.747	29.4770
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20.88	14.956	26.8659
144	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.84	9.418	32.1381
145	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	20.78	16.473	25.1525
146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	18.94	10.707	27.2269
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	18.91	13.417	24.5166
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.62	10.801	26.3111
149	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	18.09	12.021	24.3606
150	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	17.77	11.578	24.0382
151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.18	11.587	20.7872
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.90	5.954	19.6935
153	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12.56	4.430	20.2801
154	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.43	8.702	16.1418
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.24	7.044	15.4136
156	Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.77	7.788	11.6779
=157	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	9.61	3.544	15.7537
=157	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9.61	4.908	14.0475
159	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.54	1.427	17.4172
160	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.75	4.987	8.4274
161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.56	3.042	10.0817
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.57	6.225	4.9147
163	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	4.89	0.089	9.5292
164	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.87	1.217	8.4966
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.84	1.329	8.3094

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Germany99.97
2Austria99.95
3Sweden99.92
4Denmark99.86
5Czechia99.80

Lowest

165South Sudan4.84
164Guinea4.87
163Bhutan4.89
162Burundi5.57
161Chad6.56

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 79.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGermany99.965
LowestBhutan0.089
Middle country: 75.887
Male
HighestGermany99.9748
LowestBurundi4.9147
Middle country: 80.6474

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
154values changed, of 165 in both
149 · 5rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Tunisia44.33 → 46.21+1.88
India39.94 → 41.76+1.82
Botswana55.88 → 57.34+1.46
Indonesia76.31 → 77.63+1.32
Djibouti37.97 → 39.27+1.30

Fell most

Benin24.47 → 23.98−0.49
Costa Rica79.38 → 79.14−0.24
Sierra Leone20.89 → 20.78−0.11
Republic of the Congo67.20 → 67.17−0.03
DR Congo40.43 → 40.40−0.03

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

155 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 99.75. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 165 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1982). Primary Completion Rate, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1982

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