Data for 1987

Primary Completion Rate, 1987

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 1987
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 1987 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.20. The middle country reads 80.43. Against 1986, 147 values changed (129 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1987

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

5.20

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

165countries
3measures per country
1987the year it describes
159distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Primary Completion Rate, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.99	99.990	99.990
2	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.95	99.950	99.950
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.93	99.925	99.935
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.88	99.874	99.884
5	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.83	99.846	99.816
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.81	99.795	99.825
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.79	99.780	99.800
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.78	99.821	99.741
9	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.77	99.796	99.746
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.73	99.735	99.725
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.72	99.720	99.720
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.71	99.746	99.676
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.69	99.664	99.714
=14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.66	99.660	99.660
=14	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.66	99.685	99.635
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.65	99.701	99.601
=17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.64	99.676	99.606
=17	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.64	99.650	99.630
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.59	99.667	99.517
20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.57	99.530	99.610
21	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.56	99.550	99.570
22	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.53	99.601	99.461
23	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.51	99.425	99.595
24	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.48	99.559	99.399
=25	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.47	99.478	99.458
=25	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.47	99.386	99.556
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.42	99.488	99.358
28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.40	99.362	99.432
=29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.36	99.416	99.306
=29	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.36	99.350	99.370
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.33	99.379	99.279
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.16	99.190	99.130
33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.13	99.375	98.905
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.08	99.028	99.128
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.07	99.204	98.944
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.03	99.061	99.001
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	98.97	99.097	98.847
38	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.85	98.791	98.911
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.78	98.725	98.835
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.76	98.832	98.692
41	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.66	99.037	98.277
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.55	98.064	99.014
=43	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.54	98.301	98.781
=43	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.54	98.494	98.584
45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.43	98.321	98.511
46	United States`USA`Northern America	98.40	98.585	98.225
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.25	98.276	98.226
48	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.23	97.748	98.718
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	97.98	98.448	97.518
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	97.91	97.505	98.295
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.85	97.265	98.445
52	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.77	98.608	96.978
53	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.74	97.625	97.865
54	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.73	97.668	97.798
55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.28	97.075	97.485
56	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	96.94	97.341	96.571
57	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	96.87	98.258	95.508
58	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	96.70	97.132	96.282
59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	96.68	96.175	97.155
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.52	96.084	96.944
61	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.51	98.124	95.144
62	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	96.48	96.224	96.724
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	95.59	97.515	93.665
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	94.75	94.719	94.779
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	94.47	96.495	92.445
66	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	93.85	94.074	93.634
67	Argentina`ARG`South America	93.25	93.457	93.047
68	Chile`CHL`South America	93.19	93.433	92.953
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	92.05	91.119	92.919
70	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	91.27	95.278	87.268
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	88.92	82.558	93.208
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	88.64	87.804	89.424
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	88.37	87.874	88.844
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	87.61	81.692	93.302
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	85.83	86.135	85.535
76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	85.15	79.542	90.472
=77	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	85.08	87.967	82.217
=77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	85.08	78.517	91.367
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	84.50	81.613	87.333
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	84.02	83.272	84.782
81	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	83.66	81.153	86.183
82	Venezuela`VEN`South America	81.43	82.900	80.000
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	80.43	81.691	79.141
84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	79.93	80.006	79.856
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	79.34	78.370	80.290
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	79.30	82.232	76.522
87	Ecuador`ECU`South America	79.02	78.137	79.887
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	78.54	70.082	86.502
89	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	77.79	78.823	76.793
90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	76.25	77.650	74.900
91	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.84	76.821	73.241
92	Peru`PER`South America	73.56	68.943	78.093
93	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	72.69	62.737	81.717
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	71.13	70.494	71.744
95	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	69.92	66.139	73.469
96	Colombia`COL`South America	69.26	70.114	68.434
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	69.20	68.111	70.231
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	67.26	69.713	64.843
99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	67.05	72.591	61.281
100	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	66.19	57.355	74.415
101	Belize`BLZ`Central America	66.18	63.051	69.291
102	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.17	61.039	69.249
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	62.80	57.633	67.953
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	62.61	55.995	69.015
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.49	63.035	54.035
106	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	55.86	53.478	58.228
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	55.79	51.503	60.053
108	Bolivia`BOL`South America	55.59	49.614	61.444
109	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	55.17	47.227	62.497
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	54.47	50.013	58.983
111	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	54.41	55.278	53.518
112	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	53.98	49.689	58.259
113	Honduras`HND`Central America	52.95	52.770	53.130
114	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.23	57.895	44.545
115	India`IND`Southern Asia	50.62	36.219	64.029
116	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	50.09	44.927	54.857
117	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	48.12	37.983	58.383
118	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.90	43.383	50.243
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	45.83	49.471	42.191
120	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	45.82	30.416	61.126
121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	44.63	41.760	47.390
122	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	44.08	37.025	50.275
123	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	43.91	50.911	36.711
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	42.41	53.779	31.179
125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.84	36.541	47.081
126	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.52	34.176	44.816
127	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	39.16	28.306	49.966
128	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	36.50	27.689	45.469
129	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	36.49	34.064	38.844
130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	34.74	25.848	43.978
131	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	33.51	11.029	55.319
132	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.19	27.698	36.538
133	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	31.55	29.831	33.111
134	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	30.67	31.360	29.990
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	29.95	19.936	40.026
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.04	17.121	40.301
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.90	20.216	37.276
138	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	28.39	26.565	30.225
139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	26.82	20.714	33.024
140	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	26.78	18.149	35.329
141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25.01	14.375	35.785
142	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	24.82	19.814	30.334
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	22.59	14.235	30.955
144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21.01	16.974	25.094
145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20.59	13.424	27.904
146	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	19.89	15.006	24.836
147	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	19.81	13.836	25.806
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.57	11.944	27.054
149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	19.29	15.676	22.896
150	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	19.04	16.394	21.714
151	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	18.72	13.292	24.192
152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	17.28	8.271	25.831
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15.49	9.458	21.398
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.05	9.038	17.018
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.28	8.651	15.851
156	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	11.89	7.169	16.659
157	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	11.71	2.622	20.562
158	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	11.04	6.788	15.268
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10.11	7.855	12.285
160	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.82	3.316	16.106
161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.35	4.236	12.466
162	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8.15	6.401	9.751
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7.55	2.910	12.120
164	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.29	7.770	6.810
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.20	1.685	8.675

02In 1987

At either end

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

Highest

1Germany99.99
2Austria99.95
3Sweden99.93
4Denmark99.88
5Czechia99.83

Lowest

165South Sudan5.20
164Burundi7.29
163Guinea7.55
162Mozambique8.15
161Chad8.35

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 80.43. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGermany99.990
LowestSouth Sudan1.685
Middle country: 80.006
Male
HighestGermany99.990
LowestBurundi6.810
Middle country: 81.717

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 165 in both
129 · 18rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

Maldives47.61 → 50.09+2.48
Botswana65.14 → 67.05+1.91
Tunisia53.37 → 55.17+1.80
India48.89 → 50.62+1.73
Bangladesh27.56 → 28.90+1.34

Fell most

Benin20.71 → 19.81−0.90
Madagascar31.32 → 30.67−0.65
Sierra Leone19.58 → 19.04−0.54
Republic of the Congo65.66 → 65.17−0.49
Iraq63.08 → 62.61−0.47

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

159 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.66. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
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Every one of the 165 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1987). Primary Completion Rate, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1987

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