Data for 1991

Primary Completion Rate, 1991

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 1991
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Figures for 1991, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 1991 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.47. The middle country reads 84.17. Against 1990, 139 values changed (116 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1991

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

5.47

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

164countries
3measures per country
1991the 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.99	99.9900	99.990
2	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.95	99.9492	99.949
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.93	99.9297	99.930
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.88	99.8805	99.880
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.85	99.8448	99.855
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.84	99.8602	99.820
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.83	99.8247	99.835
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	99.7506	99.731
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.73	99.7249	99.735
=12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.72	99.7563	99.686
=12	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.72	99.7507	99.691
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.70	99.6796	99.720
=15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.67	99.6700	99.670
=15	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.67	99.7005	99.641
=17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.65	99.6858	99.616
=17	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.65	99.6602	99.640
19	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.60	99.5753	99.625
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.57	99.6620	99.482
21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.54	99.6115	99.471
22	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.53	99.5300	99.530
23	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.51	99.4307	99.591
=24	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.49	99.5035	99.473
=24	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.49	99.3900	99.590
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.46	99.5215	99.402
27	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.45	99.5341	99.364
=28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.44	99.3738	99.504
=28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.44	99.4991	99.379
30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.40	99.4148	99.385
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.33	99.3894	99.269
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.18	99.3928	98.973
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.15	99.2832	99.023
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.06	99.0087	99.109
35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.05	99.1668	98.937
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.04	99.0656	99.016
37	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.95	98.9549	98.945
38	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.92	98.8998	98.940
39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.88	98.5465	99.196
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.85	98.9371	98.767
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.81	98.7738	98.844
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.67	98.5753	98.765
43	United States`USA`Northern America	98.60	98.7753	98.435
44	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.59	98.9490	98.219
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.55	98.5219	98.592
46	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.48	98.3715	98.582
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.33	98.3453	98.315
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	98.28	98.7384	97.828
49	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.20	97.8431	98.573
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.06	97.6910	98.411
51	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	97.96	98.7407	97.221
52	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.88	97.4179	98.348
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.81	97.7320	97.882
54	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.74	97.6173	97.857
55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.47	97.2900	97.650
56	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	97.32	98.4775	96.247
57	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	97.20	97.6132	96.803
58	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.12	97.5053	96.735
59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	97.04	96.6706	97.391
60	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.73	98.2277	95.398
61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	96.71	96.4851	96.925
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.40	96.1495	96.650
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	95.28	97.0163	93.566
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	95.22	95.3369	95.107
65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	94.53	95.1311	93.951
66	Chile`CHL`South America	94.47	94.8155	94.136
67	Argentina`ARG`South America	94.11	94.6035	93.633
68	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	92.98	92.6415	93.292
69	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	92.48	95.7430	89.153
70	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	91.74	95.6105	87.860
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	91.27	91.4232	91.123
72	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	91.15	86.2733	94.413
73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	90.31	90.2172	90.397
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	89.21	84.6741	93.564
75	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	87.54	86.0217	89.022
76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	87.11	82.8601	91.130
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	86.32	81.1392	91.309
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	86.30	86.7326	85.883
79	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	85.59	88.0295	82.119
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	85.31	85.2902	85.330
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	84.28	85.4611	83.071
=82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	84.17	78.7594	89.269
=82	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	84.17	82.5973	85.847
84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	83.47	84.4648	82.515
85	Venezuela`VEN`South America	82.17	84.1138	80.284
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	80.91	84.4108	77.591
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	80.84	82.7202	79.050
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	79.92	79.2835	80.543
89	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	78.71	78.4821	78.932
90	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	78.62	79.7407	77.541
91	Peru`PER`South America	76.61	73.1372	80.007
92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	76.10	68.6881	83.088
93	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	75.52	77.6578	73.858
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	74.36	74.2022	74.512
95	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	74.24	80.1186	68.179
96	Colombia`COL`South America	73.32	74.0520	72.612
97	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	70.70	63.1706	77.711
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	69.53	72.2889	66.819
99	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	67.98	65.6133	70.213
100	Suriname`SUR`South America	67.58	67.7801	67.400
101	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	64.15	59.4381	68.798
102	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	62.73	59.6496	65.740
103	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	62.28	59.3065	65.067
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	62.19	56.1452	67.755
105	Bolivia`BOL`South America	61.79	56.4706	66.981
106	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	61.18	56.4292	65.779
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	60.37	57.2899	63.440
108	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	60.12	65.3946	54.965
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	58.90	61.5920	56.142
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	57.64	56.3773	58.897
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	57.07	44.7015	68.502
112	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	55.66	55.1644	56.154
113	Honduras`HND`Central America	54.57	55.7985	53.359
114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	52.92	50.0216	55.862
115	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	52.37	58.7478	45.988
116	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.02	45.0199	59.050
117	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	51.15	37.4967	64.667
118	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50.10	46.8994	53.209
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	48.60	55.8434	41.323
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	47.60	51.5898	43.610
121	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.10	42.0596	51.460
122	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	45.98	41.3505	50.540
123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45.64	43.6932	47.513
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	44.04	54.7940	33.184
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.76	36.5641	46.934
126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	39.80	33.1173	46.547
127	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38.37	29.8988	46.789
128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	38.16	34.9936	41.224
129	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	37.85	16.2858	58.606
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	36.65	35.8853	37.305
131	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.32	31.3324	41.202
132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	35.59	28.1404	42.770
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	33.38	24.6528	42.153
134	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	32.64	25.1544	40.164
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	32.35	21.9302	42.180
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.39	30.6774	32.107
137	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	30.75	25.1263	36.516
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	28.71	18.7875	38.728
139	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	28.07	23.7004	32.620
140	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27.88	20.2112	35.461
141	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	27.48	28.6791	26.299
142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	26.80	18.3615	35.191
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	22.75	15.1303	30.470
144	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	22.66	19.9917	25.312
145	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	22.62	13.5990	31.169
146	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	22.22	18.7505	25.731
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.71	16.4246	24.925
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.06	12.6411	27.351
149	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	18.74	13.7553	23.755
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.15	12.2907	24.021
151	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	17.19	15.3309	19.061
152	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.69	11.8514	21.451
153	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	15.86	8.4817	22.992
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.32	10.8419	17.742
155	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	13.85	4.0592	23.299
156	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	12.72	9.1741	16.284
157	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.68	9.0806	16.191
158	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	12.61	8.7937	16.594
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10.65	8.0432	13.143
160	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	10.31	4.6435	15.863
161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	10.14	5.6543	14.634
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.10	10.6954	9.505
163	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	9.04	7.5926	10.483
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.47	2.0474	8.877

02In 1991

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
5Japan99.85

Lowest

164South Sudan5.47
163Mozambique9.04
162Burundi10.10
161Chad10.14
160Guinea10.31

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 84.17. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGermany99.9900
LowestSouth Sudan2.0474
Middle country: 83.4869
Male
HighestGermany99.990
LowestSouth Sudan8.877
Middle country: 83.080

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
139values changed, of 164 in both
116 · 23rose · fell
25unchanged

Rose most

Maldives58.96 → 62.28+3.32
Bangladesh33.67 → 35.59+1.92
Bhutan14.09 → 15.86+1.77
Bolivia60.08 → 61.79+1.71
Tunisia60.48 → 62.19+1.71

Fell most

Mongolia93.72 → 92.48−1.24
Madagascar28.32 → 27.48−0.84
Republic of the Congo63.34 → 62.73−0.61
Suriname68.19 → 67.58−0.61
Cambodia33.12 → 32.64−0.48

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 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.72. 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) (1991). Primary Completion Rate, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1991

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