Data for 1988

Primary Completion Rate, 1988

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 1988
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Figures for 1988, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 1988 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.25. The middle country reads 81.41. Against 1987, 149 values changed (133 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1988

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

5.25

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

165countries
3measures per country
1988the year it describes
160distinct 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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.99	99.985	99.99490
2	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.95	99.950	99.94964
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.93	99.931	99.93059
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.88	99.875	99.88489
5	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.84	99.856	99.82573
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.82	99.805	99.83453
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.80	99.790	99.80972
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.79	99.831	99.75095
9	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.78	99.801	99.76058
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.73	99.734	99.72439
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.72	99.720	99.72000
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.71	99.746	99.67556
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.69	99.665	99.71491
=14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.67	99.716	99.62614
=14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.67	99.670	99.67031
16	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.66	99.686	99.63557
17	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.65	99.660	99.64014
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.64	99.677	99.60692
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.58	99.662	99.50191
20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.57	99.535	99.60464
21	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.56	99.555	99.56493
22	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.54	99.605	99.47528
23	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.52	99.435	99.60461
=24	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.48	99.559	99.39902
=24	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.48	99.496	99.46626
=24	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.48	99.396	99.56567
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.43	99.490	99.37049
28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.42	99.372	99.46205
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.39	99.452	99.33160
30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.37	99.370	99.37010
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.33	99.379	99.27878
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.14	99.367	98.90665
33	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.10	99.120	99.08031
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.09	99.223	98.96345
35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.08	99.028	99.12845
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.04	99.066	99.01566
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.00	99.122	98.88192
38	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.88	98.830	98.93039
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.79	98.735	98.83479
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.78	98.857	98.70685
41	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.65	99.033	98.25317
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.63	98.184	99.05425
43	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.58	98.375	98.78534
44	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.55	98.524	98.60377
=45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.44	98.337	98.53721
=45	United States`USA`Northern America	98.44	98.620	98.27013
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.29	98.316	98.26568
48	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.25	97.811	98.70078
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	98.05	98.513	97.59331
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	97.96	97.566	98.33633
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.87	97.309	98.43901
52	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.83	98.637	97.06705
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.75	97.682	97.83192
54	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.74	97.609	97.84949
55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.35	97.160	97.54000
56	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	96.99	98.308	95.67804
57	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	96.96	97.326	96.59599
58	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	96.83	97.252	96.42245
59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	96.78	96.294	97.23434
60	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.57	98.165	95.21523
61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	96.56	96.315	96.79472
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.50	96.111	96.88110
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	95.23	97.379	93.06914
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	94.90	94.931	94.87071
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	94.65	96.603	92.69314
66	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	94.15	94.439	93.86927
67	Chile`CHL`South America	93.64	93.924	93.36440
68	Argentina`ARG`South America	93.49	93.728	93.25767
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	92.32	91.560	93.02966
70	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	91.37	95.329	87.38877
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	89.52	83.457	93.41656
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	89.15	89.037	89.25745
73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	89.13	88.526	89.69592
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	88.04	82.484	93.38358
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	85.90	86.200	85.60981
76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	85.69	80.388	90.71810
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	85.47	79.346	91.34606
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	85.42	82.925	87.86505
79	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	85.20	88.052	82.30219
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	84.48	83.974	84.99441
81	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	83.72	81.434	86.10442
82	Venezuela`VEN`South America	81.54	83.182	79.94227
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	81.41	82.709	80.07909
84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	80.80	81.121	80.49055
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	79.84	72.067	87.14729
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	79.69	82.744	76.79386
87	Ecuador`ECU`South America	79.29	78.487	80.07740
88	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	79.28	78.643	79.90331
89	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	77.98	79.089	76.90915
90	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	77.52	79.079	76.02869
91	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.94	77.020	73.26953
92	Peru`PER`South America	74.51	70.213	78.72277
93	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	73.60	64.366	82.00613
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	71.89	71.325	72.43529
95	Colombia`COL`South America	70.19	71.008	69.39829
96	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	69.42	66.076	72.49591
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	69.06	68.192	69.87181
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	68.89	74.526	63.04638
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	67.85	70.450	65.29015
100	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	67.48	58.929	75.43874
101	Belize`BLZ`Central America	66.92	64.103	69.70319
102	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.70	60.805	68.52466
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	63.21	58.235	68.16473
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	62.11	56.065	67.96503
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	58.70	63.514	53.98410
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	57.17	53.230	61.10037
107	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	56.93	49.511	63.79065
108	Bolivia`BOL`South America	56.80	50.826	62.64632
109	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	56.28	54.144	58.40446
110	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	55.49	56.834	54.11351
111	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	54.54	51.156	57.91560
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	54.08	49.977	58.23656
113	Honduras`HND`Central America	53.47	53.555	53.38483
114	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	52.62	47.724	57.15381
115	India`IND`Southern Asia	52.39	38.523	65.28307
116	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.61	58.238	44.96827
117	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	49.10	39.717	58.58681
118	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	47.64	44.173	50.95259
119	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	47.07	32.090	61.94020
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	46.32	50.070	42.57039
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	45.14	52.233	37.91336
122	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	44.83	38.253	50.59341
123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	44.76	42.104	47.31432
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.83	37.677	47.91730
125	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	42.62	53.945	31.40548
126	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.04	34.710	45.32975
127	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38.93	28.514	49.29382
128	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	37.31	28.964	45.81360
129	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	36.84	34.225	39.37478
130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	34.64	12.393	56.17265
131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	34.41	26.075	43.06473
132	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	33.15	28.576	37.59559
133	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	32.89	31.444	34.18417
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	30.79	21.033	40.60294
135	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	30.35	21.834	38.56386
136	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	29.94	30.676	29.21564
137	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.70	18.064	40.69356
138	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	29.18	27.565	30.80450
139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	27.77	21.809	33.83873
140	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27.12	18.709	35.44858
141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25.86	15.376	36.47554
142	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	25.32	20.408	30.75799
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	23.50	15.072	31.92189
144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	21.13	13.780	28.61969
145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21.03	17.322	24.78170
146	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.15	15.389	24.94889
147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	20.07	16.664	23.46432
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.78	12.196	27.22562
149	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	19.07	13.290	24.87010
150	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	18.83	13.533	24.16282
151	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	18.47	16.171	20.79114
152	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.46	9.387	27.06704
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15.88	10.143	21.50344
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.40	9.531	17.22108
=155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	12.31	7.925	16.73505
=155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.31	8.690	15.86036
157	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12.23	2.978	21.21829
158	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	11.39	7.254	15.57390
159	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	11.08	4.285	17.64488
160	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10.24	7.856	12.53635
161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	8.72	4.502	12.94204
162	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8.40	6.720	9.96998
163	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8.13	3.254	12.92401
164	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	7.91	8.425	7.39536
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.25	1.722	8.74218

02In 1988

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
5Czechia99.84

Lowest

165South Sudan5.25
164Burundi7.91
163Guinea8.13
162Mozambique8.40
161Chad8.72

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 81.41. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGermany99.985
LowestSouth Sudan1.722
Middle country: 81.121
Male
HighestGermany99.99490
LowestBurundi7.39536
Middle country: 82.00613

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 165 in both
133 · 16rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Maldives50.09 → 52.62+2.53
Botswana67.05 → 68.89+1.84
India50.62 → 52.39+1.77
Tunisia55.17 → 56.93+1.76
Bangladesh28.90 → 30.35+1.45

Fell most

Benin19.81 → 19.07−0.74
Madagascar30.67 → 29.94−0.73
Sierra Leone19.04 → 18.47−0.57
Iraq62.61 → 62.11−0.50
Tanzania69.92 → 69.42−0.50

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

160 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 99.48. 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.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1988). Primary Completion Rate, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1988

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Other years

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