Data for 1983

Primary Completion Rate, 1983

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 1983
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 1983 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.97; South Sudan is lowest, at 4.92. The middle country reads 78.93. Against 1982, 153 values changed (145 up, 8 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1983

HighestGermany

99.97

LowestSouth Sudan

4.92

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

165countries
3measures per country
1983the year it describes
158distinct 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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.97	99.9649	99.9749
2	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.95	99.9497	99.9497
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.92	99.9146	99.9246
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.87	99.8598	99.8798
5	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.81	99.8251	99.7951
6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.77	99.7545	99.7845
=7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.76	99.7343	99.7843
=7	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.76	99.7959	99.7259
9	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.75	99.7757	99.7257
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.72	99.7190	99.7190
11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.71	99.7207	99.7007
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.68	99.7108	99.6508
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.67	99.6443	99.6943
=14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.64	99.6400	99.6400
=14	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.64	99.6604	99.6204
16	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.62	99.6510	99.5910
=17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.61	99.6611	99.5611
=17	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.61	99.6152	99.6052
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.59	99.6717	99.5117
20	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.58	99.5597	99.5997
21	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.52	99.4740	99.5640
=22	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.49	99.5600	99.4200
=22	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.49	99.5572	99.4272
24	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.48	99.3849	99.5749
25	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.44	99.3593	99.5193
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.43	99.4454	99.4154
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.39	99.4578	99.3279
28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.35	99.3297	99.3697
29	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.31	99.2851	99.3351
30	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.30	99.3507	99.2507
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.27	99.3405	99.2005
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.25	99.3167	99.1867
33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.08	99.3402	98.8402
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.07	98.9929	99.1429
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.00	99.1437	98.8637
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	98.99	99.0207	98.9607
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	98.76	98.8768	98.6468
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.74	98.6807	98.8007
39	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.71	98.6260	98.7960
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.63	98.6814	98.5814
41	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.62	99.0172	98.2172
42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.54	98.4684	98.6084
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.39	98.2799	98.4699
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.35	97.9958	98.7058
=45	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.22	97.5870	98.8170
=45	United States`USA`Northern America	98.22	98.3890	98.0590
47	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.13	97.4642	98.7742
48	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	97.99	98.0157	97.9657
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	97.77	97.3191	98.1991
50	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.75	97.0757	98.4357
51	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.69	97.5418	97.8318
52	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.65	98.1417	97.1517
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.61	97.5410	97.6710
54	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.37	98.3783	96.4183
55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.11	96.9200	97.3000
56	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	96.75	97.1852	96.3652
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.36	95.8932	96.8132
58	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	96.32	98.0552	94.6552
59	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.23	97.8999	94.7199
60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	96.19	95.5556	96.7856
=61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	96.17	95.8476	96.4776
=61	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	96.17	96.6475	95.7075
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	95.56	97.0441	94.0641
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	94.28	94.0862	94.4662
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	93.75	96.0597	91.4197
66	Argentina`ARG`South America	92.06	92.1205	92.0005
67	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	91.93	92.3785	91.4885
68	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	90.96	95.1140	86.8439
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	90.82	89.1813	92.3613
70	Chile`CHL`South America	90.62	90.5189	90.7189
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.71	78.9837	92.0037
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	86.69	84.5752	88.6652
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	85.51	78.0616	92.6616
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	85.48	85.9918	84.9818
75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	85.00	83.8904	86.0604
76	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	84.61	87.1775	81.6275
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	83.81	75.9710	91.2410
78	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	83.29	80.1042	86.2842
79	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	82.98	76.2422	89.3922
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	81.69	80.2756	83.1056
81	Venezuela`VEN`South America	80.91	81.8760	79.9660
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	79.10	75.1497	82.9897
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	78.93	81.2272	76.7572
84	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	78.81	79.2928	78.3428
85	Ecuador`ECU`South America	77.96	76.6636	79.2336
86	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77.95	75.0720	80.7720
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	76.54	75.1640	77.8740
88	Guyana`GUY`South America	75.93	76.9385	74.9185
89	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	74.45	63.6519	84.5019
90	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.21	76.1515	72.5915
91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	71.04	71.6022	70.4822
92	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	69.16	63.0396	75.6296
=93	Peru`PER`South America	69.15	63.3532	74.8632
=93	Suriname`SUR`South America	69.15	68.3078	69.9478
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	68.90	56.6009	79.9509
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	68.14	66.9963	69.2563
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	66.94	62.0131	71.9431
98	Colombia`COL`South America	65.39	65.8929	64.9029
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.51	66.3620	62.6820
100	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	63.35	53.9661	72.4461
101	Belize`BLZ`Central America	62.91	58.4831	67.2431
102	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	61.31	55.4133	67.2233
103	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	60.81	50.7378	70.2578
104	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	59.13	64.8171	53.1171
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	57.03	60.3084	53.8084
106	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	54.94	48.9563	60.9963
107	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	53.56	49.8302	57.2702
108	Bolivia`BOL`South America	53.03	46.9514	59.0114
109	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	52.51	45.5851	59.4251
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	50.65	49.6479	51.6579
111	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	50.42	45.1276	55.5876
112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	50.40	49.1705	51.6605
113	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	50.04	56.7796	43.2496
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	48.00	38.3170	56.9570
115	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	44.95	32.1385	57.9884
116	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	44.10	40.0837	47.8937
117	India`IND`Southern Asia	43.68	27.3750	58.8950
118	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	43.53	39.5959	47.3159
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	43.40	46.2104	40.6004
120	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	42.27	33.6788	49.6188
121	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	41.76	37.4442	45.8242
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	41.45	52.8504	29.6704
123	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	40.54	23.6722	57.3722
124	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40.32	28.5213	52.1013
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	39.75	46.2059	32.7559
126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	38.02	31.9090	44.0990
127	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.89	30.4581	41.3181
128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	34.82	32.1944	37.3744
129	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	34.27	23.2932	45.6532
130	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	34.02	23.2960	43.8160
131	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	32.17	32.4975	31.8475
132	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	29.31	6.0806	52.0506
133	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	28.01	24.1511	31.7311
134	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	26.62	24.0795	29.0395
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.40	13.5265	38.5365
136	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	26.03	15.2108	37.0508
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	25.09	15.6506	34.4606
138	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	24.05	15.3593	32.3293
139	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	23.90	21.1352	26.6752
140	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	23.80	18.3551	29.7251
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	23.37	16.9353	29.8253
142	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	23.35	16.5748	30.1848
143	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	21.68	10.4535	32.9235
144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	20.99	15.3712	26.6712
145	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	20.62	16.5399	24.7599
146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	19.54	11.2785	27.8485
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	19.07	13.6513	24.6013
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	18.78	10.9496	26.4796
149	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	18.41	12.1119	24.9019
150	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	17.92	11.8558	24.0558
151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.71	12.3194	21.1094
152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	13.46	5.0957	21.4057
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.41	6.5246	20.1446
154	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.49	8.7896	16.1696
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.54	7.3475	15.7075
156	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	10.01	4.1458	15.9458
157	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.95	1.6441	18.0241
158	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9.87	5.2313	14.2613
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.83	7.8380	11.7480
160	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.00	5.1841	8.6641
161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.92	3.3137	10.5337
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.77	6.3998	5.1398
163	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	5.68	0.5184	10.6684
164	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.33	1.4838	9.1438
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.92	1.4094	8.3894

02In 1983

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
4Denmark99.87
5Czechia99.81

Lowest

165South Sudan4.92
164Guinea5.33
163Bhutan5.68
162Burundi5.77
161Chad6.92

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 78.93. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGermany99.9649
LowestBhutan0.5184
Middle country: 76.6636
Male
HighestGermany99.9749
LowestBurundi5.1398
Middle country: 80.7720

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
153values changed, of 165 in both
145 · 8rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

India41.76 → 43.68+1.92
Botswana57.34 → 59.13+1.79
Tunisia46.21 → 48.00+1.79
Maldives40.23 → 41.76+1.53
Indonesia77.63 → 79.10+1.47

Fell most

Benin23.98 → 23.37−0.61
Costa Rica79.14 → 78.81−0.33
Republic of the Congo67.17 → 66.94−0.23
Sierra Leone20.78 → 20.62−0.16
DR Congo40.40 → 40.32−0.08

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

158 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.76. 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) (1983). Primary Completion Rate, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1983

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