Data for 1990

Primary Completion Rate, 1990

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 1990
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 1990 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.38. The middle country reads 83.03. Against 1989, 142 values changed (121 up, 21 down), 1 left.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1990

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

5.38

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

164countries
3measures per country
1990the year it describes
154distinct 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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.99	99.9849	99.995
2	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.95	99.9500	99.950
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.94	99.9400	99.940
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.88	99.8805	99.880
=5	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.84	99.8602	99.820
=5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.84	99.8297	99.850
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.82	99.8096	99.830
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.79	99.8308	99.751
9	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.78	99.8005	99.761
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.74	99.7499	99.730
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.73	99.7249	99.735
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.72	99.7567	99.687
=13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.70	99.7410	99.661
=13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.70	99.6745	99.724
=15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.67	99.6700	99.670
=15	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.67	99.7008	99.641
=17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.65	99.6853	99.615
=17	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.65	99.6551	99.645
19	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.60	99.5702	99.630
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.57	99.6569	99.487
=21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.54	99.6056	99.476
=21	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.54	99.5400	99.540
23	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.51	99.4152	99.605
24	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.50	99.4208	99.581
25	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.49	99.5045	99.475
26	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.46	99.5380	99.378
=27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.44	99.5016	99.382
=27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.44	99.3804	99.500
=27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.44	99.5003	99.380
30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.40	99.4098	99.390
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.33	99.3838	99.274
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.16	99.3708	98.941
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.13	99.2683	98.998
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.07	99.0191	99.119
=35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.04	99.0707	99.011
=35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.04	99.1568	98.927
37	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.98	98.9649	98.995
38	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.92	98.9150	98.925
39	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.82	98.9072	98.737
=40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.80	98.7584	98.838
=40	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.80	98.4370	99.147
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.63	98.5008	98.761
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.61	98.9728	98.233
44	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.55	98.5009	98.581
45	United States`USA`Northern America	98.54	98.7203	98.370
46	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.47	98.3777	98.578
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.32	98.3406	98.301
48	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.23	97.8679	98.608
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	98.19	98.6631	97.723
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.02	97.6412	98.381
51	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.91	98.7010	97.161
52	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.89	97.4036	98.384
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.79	97.7155	97.865
54	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.74	97.6347	97.855
55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.41	97.2200	97.600
56	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	97.18	98.3771	96.027
=57	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	97.08	97.4970	96.677
=57	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.08	97.4553	96.705
59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	96.94	96.5303	97.320
60	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.67	98.2267	95.307
61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	96.64	96.4043	96.864
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.46	96.1534	96.763
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	95.13	95.2222	95.042
64	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	95.06	96.8662	93.266
65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	94.51	95.0132	94.023
66	Chile`CHL`South America	94.27	94.5899	93.960
67	Argentina`ARG`South America	93.91	94.3112	93.521
68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	93.72	96.5111	90.881
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	92.75	92.3089	93.159
70	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	91.64	95.5557	87.746
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	90.59	90.6922	90.492
72	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	90.58	85.2478	94.018
73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	89.94	89.6991	90.169
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	88.84	83.9485	93.539
75	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	86.87	85.0647	88.635
76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	86.61	81.9976	90.978
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	86.10	80.6550	91.345
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	86.05	86.4355	85.675
79	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	85.54	88.1914	82.451
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	85.09	84.9761	85.206
81	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	83.95	82.0826	85.923
82	Guyana`GUY`South America	83.34	84.6039	82.044
83	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	82.73	76.5116	88.572
84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	82.56	83.3544	81.794
85	Venezuela`VEN`South America	81.93	83.7762	80.136
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	80.47	83.7802	77.330
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	79.85	81.6030	78.183
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	79.74	79.0686	80.399
89	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	78.95	78.6767	79.217
90	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	78.39	79.5464	77.276
91	Peru`PER`South America	76.01	72.2753	79.665
92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	75.33	67.3207	82.741
93	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	75.27	77.3988	73.629
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	73.47	73.1189	73.809
95	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	72.59	78.4690	66.539
96	Colombia`COL`South America	72.27	72.9409	71.621
97	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	69.77	61.8765	77.116
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	68.86	71.5526	66.213
99	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	68.35	65.6758	70.846
100	Suriname`SUR`South America	68.19	68.0000	68.370
101	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	63.83	59.0851	68.525
102	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	63.34	59.9645	66.645
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	61.44	56.2886	66.429
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	60.48	53.9847	66.455
105	Bolivia`BOL`South America	60.08	54.3785	65.648
106	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	59.49	64.6668	54.427
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.47	56.1714	62.761
108	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	58.96	55.1962	62.476
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	57.77	60.0234	55.453
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	57.12	55.5664	58.666
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	55.56	42.7353	67.435
112	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	55.42	53.9633	56.873
113	Honduras`HND`Central America	54.16	55.0090	53.319
114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	53.16	49.8335	56.534
115	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	52.01	58.5077	45.508
116	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	51.08	43.3013	58.911
117	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	49.84	35.7474	63.807
118	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	49.16	45.9439	52.274
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	47.52	54.7907	40.191
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	47.14	51.0597	43.220
121	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	46.39	40.8664	51.176
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45.21	42.9725	47.363
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	44.89	40.0339	49.674
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	43.45	54.4504	32.430
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.16	35.8913	46.401
126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	38.98	31.7692	46.269
127	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38.59	29.4177	47.708
128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	37.57	34.5872	40.457
129	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.76	14.9692	57.769
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	35.49	34.5360	36.316
131	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	35.14	30.3094	39.859
132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.67	25.7921	41.272
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	33.12	25.5428	40.853
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	32.58	23.4695	41.739
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	31.35	20.4903	41.590
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	30.75	29.7332	31.773
137	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	29.67	23.9511	35.511
138	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	28.32	29.3580	27.298
139	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	27.75	17.6394	37.969
140	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27.67	19.7417	35.512
141	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	27.02	22.4019	31.912
142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	25.65	17.1609	34.101
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	22.13	14.5036	29.864
144	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	21.71	18.7772	24.627
145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	21.61	18.1650	25.095
146	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	21.15	12.0929	29.733
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.57	16.0819	25.012
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.02	12.5697	27.340
149	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	18.79	13.7107	23.901
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.17	12.4178	23.938
151	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	17.50	15.6422	19.372
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.48	11.3860	21.486
153	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.09	6.8525	21.083
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.00	10.4077	17.538
155	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13.26	3.6396	22.560
156	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	12.66	8.8442	16.494
157	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.50	8.9078	16.008
158	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12.16	8.2439	16.244
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10.53	7.9320	13.022
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	9.60	5.2077	13.998
161	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	9.56	4.1491	14.869
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.37	9.9154	8.825
163	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8.85	7.3117	10.352
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.38	1.9274	8.807

02In 1990

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
3Sweden99.94
4Denmark99.88
5Czechiashared99.84

Lowest

164South Sudan5.38
163Mozambique8.85
162Burundi9.37
161Guinea9.56
160Chad9.60

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 83.03. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGermany99.9849
LowestSouth Sudan1.9274
Middle country: 82.7185
Male
HighestGermany99.995
LowestSouth Sudan8.807
Middle country: 82.596

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
142values changed, of 164 in both
121 · 21rose · fell
22unchanged

Rose most

Maldives55.53 → 58.96+3.43
Botswana70.76 → 72.59+1.83
Bolivia58.36 → 60.08+1.72
Bangladesh31.95 → 33.67+1.72
Tunisia58.79 → 60.48+1.69

Fell most

Mongolia94.63 → 93.72−0.91
Madagascar29.16 → 28.32−0.84
Republic of the Congo64.08 → 63.34−0.74
Cambodia33.81 → 33.12−0.69
Suriname68.72 → 68.19−0.53

− Belize

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

154 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 99.44. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1990). Primary Completion Rate, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1990

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Other years

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How it has moved, charted by country

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