Data for 1992

Primary Completion Rate, 1992

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 1992
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 1992 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.57. The middle country reads 84.75. Against 1991, 141 values changed (118 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1992

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

5.57

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

164countries
3measures per country
1992the 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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.99	99.98992	99.990
2	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.95	99.95000	99.950
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.93	99.93063	99.931
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.88	99.88000	99.880
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.86	99.85490	99.865
=6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.84	99.85515	99.825
=6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.84	99.82966	99.850
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.79	99.83085	99.751
9	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.78	99.79481	99.765
10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.74	99.75054	99.731
=11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.73	99.75053	99.711
=11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.73	99.72529	99.735
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.72	99.75591	99.686
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.70	99.67900	99.719
=15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.67	99.66524	99.675
=15	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.67	99.70075	99.641
17	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.66	99.67520	99.645
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.65	99.68531	99.615
19	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.61	99.58526	99.635
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.57	99.66192	99.482
21	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.54	99.60657	99.477
=22	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.52	99.44041	99.600
=22	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.52	99.51487	99.525
24	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.50	99.51015	99.490
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.49	99.55166	99.432
26	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.47	99.36401	99.574
=27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.45	99.39389	99.504
=27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.45	99.50645	99.396
29	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.44	99.51979	99.360
30	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.40	99.41980	99.380
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.33	99.39329	99.263
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.19	99.40775	98.978
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.17	99.30824	99.038
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.06	99.00896	99.109
=35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.04	99.06590	99.016
=35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.04	99.16210	98.922
37	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	98.98	98.99444	98.964
38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	98.96	98.66185	99.242
39	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.88	98.84972	98.910
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.86	98.95229	98.772
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.80	98.75594	98.836
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.71	98.64526	98.775
43	United States`USA`Northern America	98.68	98.85022	98.520
44	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.58	98.92374	98.224
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.55	98.51406	98.584
46	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.49	98.39758	98.598
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.34	98.35033	98.330
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	98.33	98.76908	97.899
49	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.12	97.76375	98.494
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.09	97.73157	98.432
51	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.00	98.75143	97.291
52	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.86	97.41600	98.306
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.83	97.74797	97.918
54	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.74	97.60751	97.838
55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.52	97.34000	97.700
56	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	97.45	98.51027	96.410
57	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	97.30	97.70764	96.908
58	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.17	97.55480	96.785
59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	97.13	96.79887	97.449
60	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.82	98.27934	95.489
61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	96.77	96.55016	96.980
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.37	96.17026	96.570
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	95.49	97.18066	93.831
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	95.27	95.39297	95.153
65	Chile`CHL`South America	94.67	95.05097	94.301
66	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	94.48	95.17142	93.811
67	Argentina`ARG`South America	94.29	94.84032	93.760
68	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	93.22	92.95039	93.470
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	91.86	92.07413	91.654
70	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	91.84	95.71780	88.038
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	91.64	87.23085	94.731
72	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	90.88	94.65160	87.042
73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	90.66	90.69742	90.627
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	89.59	85.39911	93.609
75	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	88.07	86.79842	89.308
76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	87.72	83.82767	91.398
77	Panama`PAN`Central America	86.55	87.01381	86.104
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	86.35	81.29861	91.209
79	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	85.74	88.57390	82.594
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	85.60	85.62981	85.570
81	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	85.54	80.93380	89.904
82	Guyana`GUY`South America	85.13	86.35091	83.871
83	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	84.38	85.51606	83.296
84	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	84.35	83.13910	85.759
85	Venezuela`VEN`South America	82.49	84.54659	80.497
86	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	81.73	83.75000	79.780
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	81.40	85.04075	77.951
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	80.10	79.50854	80.679
89	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	79.02	80.12019	77.960
90	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	78.57	78.29125	78.841
91	Peru`PER`South America	77.30	74.10450	80.424
92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	76.79	69.89626	83.366
93	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	75.75	77.98473	74.025
94	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	75.64	81.45020	69.620
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	75.32	75.35054	75.291
96	Colombia`COL`South America	74.46	75.33924	73.609
97	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	71.48	64.40759	78.078
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.50	73.36025	67.690
99	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	67.81	65.84053	69.691
100	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.96	67.52072	66.431
101	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	65.80	63.77877	67.689
102	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	64.52	59.87424	69.094
103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	63.98	58.41729	69.147
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	63.64	58.75415	68.404
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	62.07	59.26314	64.803
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	61.10	58.15807	64.028
107	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	61.05	66.44820	55.778
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	60.66	56.29883	64.879
109	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.04	63.18888	56.819
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	58.60	46.69565	69.586
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	58.02	57.04806	58.988
112	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	55.70	56.07548	55.325
113	Honduras`HND`Central America	55.18	56.69376	53.694
114	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	52.90	50.47386	55.364
115	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.78	46.56631	59.006
116	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	52.71	59.05371	46.364
117	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	52.61	39.34904	65.729
118	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50.96	47.86430	53.964
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	49.75	56.99899	42.489
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48.25	52.23991	44.260
121	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.71	43.25408	51.584
122	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	47.05	42.72446	51.304
123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.30	44.70494	47.835
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	44.77	55.18628	34.166
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.43	37.30066	47.541
126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	40.53	34.48386	46.574
127	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.04	17.65532	59.585
128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	38.98	35.74200	42.112
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	37.95	30.12045	45.730
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	37.70	37.08060	38.231
131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37.64	30.79235	44.232
132	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	37.52	32.40496	42.535
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	34.25	25.89048	42.640
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	33.38	23.48196	42.742
135	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	32.58	25.13839	39.978
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	31.84	26.37082	37.481
137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.48	31.02190	31.942
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	29.70	19.99594	39.486
139	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	29.16	25.03266	33.403
140	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	28.12	20.80391	35.354
141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	28.11	19.73397	36.434
142	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	26.71	28.04503	25.395
143	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.21	15.34629	32.616
144	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	23.64	21.32223	25.942
145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.46	15.95897	31.059
146	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	22.96	19.49115	26.471
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.82	16.75450	24.805
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.06	12.63620	27.356
149	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	18.71	13.84045	23.600
150	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.46	12.43725	24.487
151	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	17.71	10.24054	24.931
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	17.01	15.01028	19.020
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.88	12.17546	21.515
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.69	11.31654	18.007
155	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	14.39	4.36425	24.054
156	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	13.06	9.34039	16.900
157	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.90	9.25935	16.449
158	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	12.82	9.39852	16.249
159	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	11.12	5.16181	16.952
160	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10.79	8.18034	13.280
161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	10.70	6.15540	15.255
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.69	11.36016	10.020
163	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	9.29	7.91409	10.684
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.57	2.16036	8.980

02In 1992

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
5Japan99.86

Lowest

164South Sudan5.57
163Mozambique9.29
162Burundi10.69
161Chad10.70
160Niger10.79

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 84.75. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGermany99.98992
LowestSouth Sudan2.16036
Middle country: 84.18713
Male
HighestGermany99.990
LowestSouth Sudan8.980
Middle country: 83.619

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
141values changed, of 164 in both
118 · 23rose · fell
23unchanged

Rose most

Maldives62.28 → 65.80+3.52
Bangladesh35.59 → 37.64+2.05
Bhutan15.86 → 17.71+1.85
Bolivia61.79 → 63.64+1.85
Tunisia62.19 → 63.98+1.79

Fell most

Mongolia92.48 → 90.88−1.60
Madagascar27.48 → 26.71−0.77
Republic of the Congo62.73 → 62.07−0.66
Suriname67.58 → 66.96−0.62
Iraq61.18 → 60.66−0.52

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 99.84. 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 164 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1992). Primary Completion Rate, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1992

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